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Python is a genus of constricting snakes.[1] It was one possible corporeal form of the Patronus Charm.[2]
History[]
On 23 June 1991, Dudley Dursley with his friend Piers Polkiss wanted to see big, man-crushing pythons in the Zoo, while Harry Potter walked up to boa constrictor's tank, and unknowingly using Parselmouth, communicated with it.[3]
The mobile branches of the Hogwarts Whomping Willow were said to be as thick as a python.[4]
In August 1994, Dudley Dursley's tongue was said to resemble a slimy python,[5] after he ate one of Fred and George Weasley's Ton-Tongue Toffees in his home, after Fred Weasley deliberately dropped on the floor when he and his Weasley briefly visited, knowing Dudley would not resist.[6]
Behind the scenes[]
The animated Nagini as a Reticulated Python
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter spoke to a python from Burma. He accidentally freed the python, while trapping his cousin inside the pen that was holding the giant snake.[7] In the novel, the snake is a Boa constrictor from Brazil, and the glass does not reappear.[3]
- In the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Voldemort's pet snake, Nagini, is portrayed as a Reticulated Python while in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince she is portrayed as a Dumeril's boa. Both of these snakes are non-venomous, using Constriction to kill their prey, while Nagini is venomous.
- A popular fan theory persists that Nagini and the Snake from the Zoo are the same, however this has been debunked by J. K. Rowling.[8]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (Non-canonical appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore (Appears as a Patronus)
- Wizarding World (Appears as a Patronus)
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Python on Wikipedia
- ↑ Pottermore (see this image)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 2 (The Vanishing Glass)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 5 (The Whomping Willow)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 4 (Back to The Burrow)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 5 (Weasley's Wizard Wheezes)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - Chapter 2 (The Vanishing Glass)
- ↑ Noooo... I thought I'd shot that one down! The escaped boa constrictor in Philosopher's Stone wasn't Nagini. It was never Nagini. That's an incorrect but very persistent fan theory! - @jk_rowling on Twitter
