{{Quote|[[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]]'d [[Charm|bewitched]] this branch to burn fer evermore, which isn' somethin' any wizard could do...|Description by[[Rubeus Hagrid]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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{{Quote|Dumbledore'd [[Charm|bewitched]] this branch to burn fer evermore, which isn' somethin' any wizard could do... |Description from Rubeus Hagrid|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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'''Gubraithian fire''', also known as '''Everlasting fire''' is a [[Fire|flame]] which has been enchanted to burn forever without dying. It is quite an advanced bit of [[magic]], as few [[Wizardkind|wizards]] were capable of it.<ref name="OOTP">''[[HarryPotter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''</ref>
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'''Gubraithian Fire''' {{Incantation unknown}}, also known as '''Everlasting fire''', is a [[Fire|flame]] which has been [[Charm|enchanted]] to burn forever without dying. It is quite an advanced piece of [[magic]], as few [[Wizardkind|wizards]] were capable of it.<ref name="OP20" />
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==Practitioners==
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*[[Albus Dumbledore]]<ref name="OOTP"/>
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==History==
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Whether or not the casting of this spell was taught at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] was unknown, however, according to [[Hermione Granger]], by [[Harry Potter]]'s [[fifth year]], [[Professor]] [[Filius Flitwick|Flitwick]] had mentioned the spell at least twice during his [[Charms (class)|Charms]] lessons.<ref name="OP20">{{OOTP|B|20}}</ref>
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As a gift for the [[Giant]]s, [[Albus Dumbledore]] provided [[Rubeus Hagrid]] with a branch of this fire, and the gift seemed to go down quite well with them.<ref name="OP20" />
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==Known practitioners==
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*[[Albus Dumbledore]]<ref name="OP20" />
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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The name "Gubraithian" is probably taken from the Scottish Gaelic phrase "gu brath", which means "forever".<ref>See [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gu_br%C3%A0th gu bràth on Wiktionary]</ref>
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"Gubraithian" is possibly taken from the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Gaelic]] phrase "gu bràth", which means "forever".<ref>{{wtlink|gu bràth}}</ref>
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' {{mentioned}}
Gubraithian Fire (incantation unknown), also known as Everlasting fire, is a flame which has been enchanted to burn forever without dying. It is quite an advanced piece of magic, as few wizards were capable of it.[1]
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