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{{Youmay|the [[Warlock (The Warlock's Hairy Heart)|Warlock]]'s heart|the [[The Warlock's Hairy Heart|fairy tale]] in which the events occur}}
 
{{Youmay|the [[Warlock (The Warlock's Hairy Heart)|Warlock]]'s heart|the [[The Warlock's Hairy Heart|fairy tale]] in which the events occur}}
 
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|name = Hairy Heart
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|usage = * Used to know true [[love]]<ref name="TBB"/>
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}}The '''Heart''' of a handsome, skilled, and rich young [[Warlock (The Warlock's Hairy Heart)|Warlock]] was cut out of his body and placed in an enchanted casket. During the heart's long incarceration away from the Warlock's body, it grew shrivelled, shrunken, and covered with black hair. This symbolises the warlock's own descent into beast-hood due to his attempts to live without [[love]], and that regaining a true [[human]] heart would forever be out of his reach.<ref name="TBB">{{TBB|E}}</ref>
The '''Hairy Heart''' was owned by a handsome, skilled, and rich young [[Warlock (The Warlock's Hairy Heart)|Warlock]].
 
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
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===Early history===
A young Warlock was embarrassed to see his friends falling in love and considered the act foolish and weak. He decided that he never wanted to fall victim to love, and secretly used [[Dark Arts|Dark magic]] to cut out his heart.
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A young Warlock was embarrassed to see his friends falling in love and considered the act foolish and weak. He decided that he never wanted to fall victim to love, and secretly used the [[Dark Arts]] to cut out his heart.<ref name="TBB"/>
   
He lived on, seeming content with his lack of emotion, not even mourning when his parents passed away. After their deaths, he moved into their home and transferred his heart, his "greatest treasure," to the dungeon. Believing in the perfection of his solitude, he was shocked to overhear one of his servants pitying him, and another thinking it funny he didn't have a wife. He decided he would go out and find the most beautiful, talented, wealthy and all-around enviable young woman to be his bride.
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He lived on, seeming content with his lack of emotion, not even mourning when his parents passed away. After their deaths, he moved into their home and transferred his heart, his "greatest treasure," to the dungeon. Believing in the perfection of his solitude, he was shocked to overhear one of his servants pitying him, and another thinking it funny he didn't have a wife. He decided he would go out and find the most beautiful, talented, wealthy and all-around enviable young woman to be his bride.<ref name="TBB"/>
   
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===Interaction with the maiden===
The very next day, the young Warlock had the fortune of meeting the perfect woman. He began pursuing her, convincing all of his friends that he had changed. She was both "fascinated and repelled" by him, and agreed to attend a feast at his home. While at the feast, the maiden asked the Warlock for proof that he had a heart. He took her down into the dungeon and showed her the magic crystal casket that held his beating heart. The woman was horrified at the sight of it, as it had grown hairy and shrunken as a result of it's separation from the Warlock's body. She begged him to replace the heart within himself, so he sliced his chest open with his wand and placed his heart back into his chest. As the woman embraced him, his heart, which had grown blind and perverse, took savage action against the young woman and killed her.
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The very next day, the young Warlock had the fortune of meeting the perfect woman. He began pursuing her, convincing all of his friends that he had changed. She was both "fascinated and repelled" by him, and agreed to attend a feast at his home. While at the feast, the maiden asked the Warlock for proof that he had a heart. He took her down into the dungeon and showed her the magic crystal casket that held his beating heart. The woman was horrified at the sight of it, as it had grown hairy and shrunken as a result of its separation from the Warlock's body. She begged him to replace the heart within himself, so he sliced his chest open with his wand and placed his heart back into his chest. As the woman embraced him, his heart, which had grown blind and perverse, took savage action against the young woman and killed her.<ref name="TBB"/>
   
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===Trying to get a real heart===
When the rest of the guests went looking for the Warlock, they found him in the dungeon, crouched over maiden's lifeless body, caressing her heart. He attempted to take her heart for his own, but his heart was too strong and would not leave his body. Determined never to be mastered by his heart again, he cut it out of his chest, and fell over the maiden's body, dead.
 
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[[File:The Warlock's Hairy Heart 1.jpg|thumb|left|The warlock cut out both hearts]]
 
When the rest of the guests went looking for the Warlock, they found him in the dungeon, crouched over maiden's lifeless body, caressing her heart. He attempted to take her heart for his own, but his heart was too strong and would not leave his body. Determined never to be mastered by his heart again, he cut it out of his chest, and fell over the maiden's body, dead.<ref name="TBB"/>
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*In the modern [[wizarding world]], to say that someone has a "hairy heart" means that they are an unfeeling person.
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* In the modern [[wizarding world]], to say that someone has a "hairy heart" means that they are an unfeeling person.
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* The act of the wizard cutting out his own heart and preserving both it and his own life is considered a piece of dark magic impossible outside of the storybook, and is comparable to a [[horcrux]] in concept.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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* {{TBB|E}} {{1st}}
*''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)]]''
 
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*''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]''
 
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
   
 
{{Tales of Beedle}}
 
{{Tales of Beedle}}
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[[es:Corazón Peludo]]
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[[Category:Articles related to Horcruxes]]
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[[Category:Dark Magic Artefacts]]
 
[[Category:Fictional entities]]
 
[[Category:Fictional entities]]
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[[Category:Love Magic]]
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[[Category:Mottos and sayings]]
 
[[Category:The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]
 
[[Category:The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]

Revision as of 16:30, 11 October 2019

The Heart of a handsome, skilled, and rich young Warlock was cut out of his body and placed in an enchanted casket. During the heart's long incarceration away from the Warlock's body, it grew shrivelled, shrunken, and covered with black hair. This symbolises the warlock's own descent into beast-hood due to his attempts to live without love, and that regaining a true human heart would forever be out of his reach.[1]

History

Early history

A young Warlock was embarrassed to see his friends falling in love and considered the act foolish and weak. He decided that he never wanted to fall victim to love, and secretly used the Dark Arts to cut out his heart.[1]

He lived on, seeming content with his lack of emotion, not even mourning when his parents passed away. After their deaths, he moved into their home and transferred his heart, his "greatest treasure," to the dungeon. Believing in the perfection of his solitude, he was shocked to overhear one of his servants pitying him, and another thinking it funny he didn't have a wife. He decided he would go out and find the most beautiful, talented, wealthy and all-around enviable young woman to be his bride.[1]

Interaction with the maiden

The very next day, the young Warlock had the fortune of meeting the perfect woman. He began pursuing her, convincing all of his friends that he had changed. She was both "fascinated and repelled" by him, and agreed to attend a feast at his home. While at the feast, the maiden asked the Warlock for proof that he had a heart. He took her down into the dungeon and showed her the magic crystal casket that held his beating heart. The woman was horrified at the sight of it, as it had grown hairy and shrunken as a result of its separation from the Warlock's body. She begged him to replace the heart within himself, so he sliced his chest open with his wand and placed his heart back into his chest. As the woman embraced him, his heart, which had grown blind and perverse, took savage action against the young woman and killed her.[1]

Trying to get a real heart

The Warlock's Hairy Heart 1

The warlock cut out both hearts

When the rest of the guests went looking for the Warlock, they found him in the dungeon, crouched over maiden's lifeless body, caressing her heart. He attempted to take her heart for his own, but his heart was too strong and would not leave his body. Determined never to be mastered by his heart again, he cut it out of his chest, and fell over the maiden's body, dead.[1]

Behind the scenes

  • In the modern wizarding world, to say that someone has a "hairy heart" means that they are an unfeeling person.
  • The act of the wizard cutting out his own heart and preserving both it and his own life is considered a piece of dark magic impossible outside of the storybook, and is comparable to a horcrux in concept.

Appearances

Notes and references

The Tales of Beedle the Bard
By Beedle the Bard
Tales of Beedle the Bard
Stories

Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump · The Fountain of Fair Fortune · The Warlock's Hairy Heart · The Tale of the Three Brothers · The Wizard and the Hopping Pot

Characters

Altheda · Amata · Amata's lover · Antioch Peverell · Antioch Peverell's enemy · Antioch Peverell's killer · Asha · Babbitty · Brigade of Witch-Hunters · Cadmus Peverell · Cadmus Peverell's fiancée · Captain of the Brigade of Witch-Hunters · Charlatan · Death · Evil sorcerer · Gigantic white worm · Ignotus Peverell · Ignotus Peverell's son · King · Maiden · Maiden's kinsfolk · Old man · Old man's donkey · Old man's family · Peasant woman · Peasant woman's granddaughter · Sabre · Sir Luckless · Warlock · Warlock's family · Warlock's friends · Wizard · Wizard's father · Young woman · Young woman's child

Objects

Altheda's potion · Altheda's wand · Cloak of Invisibility · Creepers · Crystal casket · Elder Wand · Fountain · Gold statue of Babbitty · Hairy Heart · The Hopping Pot · Poisonous toadstool · Poultice for warts · Resurrection Stone · Silver chalice

Locations

Altheda's home · Cadmus Peverell's house · Enchanted garden · Lonely, winding road · Never-ending hill · River