Changes: Homorphus Charm

Revision as of 06:31, 12 January 2018

Normal movies officialimages lunaspectre 001

"There are plenty of eye-witness accounts. Just because you're so narrow-minded you need to have everything shoved under your nose before you–"

This article or section currently has few or no notes and references. Please help the Harry Potter Wiki by adding notes and/or references to bring the page to a higher standard of quality.

"Simple, yet effective — and another village will remember me forever as the hero who delivered them from the monthly terror of werewolf attacks."

— Lockhart bragging about his supposed use of this spell to end a village's terror^[src]

The Homorphus Charm was described by Professor Gilderoy Lockhart as what he used to cure the Wagga Wagga Werewolf.

Nature

He described the spell as being "immensely complex." He later admitted to having stolen the credit from an Armenian warlock.

Since Lockhart is known for providing phoney spells, that all of his books are known to contain a wealth of invented details, and given that there is no known cure for Lycanthropy, it is possible that this spell does not truly exist or that it has a different effect than Lockhart described (possibly just temporarily forcing a transformed person back into human shape, rather than preventing the change).

Etymology

Homorphus is a combination of the Latin Homo meaning 'man' and the Greek morphe- meaning 'shape' or 'form'.

Behind the scenes

Although this spell is described as a charm, its effects seem closer to Transfiguration.
Considering the fact that there is no cure for lycanthropy, it is likely that this spell was a highly advanced piece of magic which returned the werewolf to its human state, only for him/her to turn into a werewolf by next full moon.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First mentioned)

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 ==Behind the scenes==
 * Although this spell is described as a [[charm]], its effects seem closer to [[Transfiguration]].
-* Considering the fact that there is no cure for lycantrophy, it is likely that this spell was a highly advanced piece of magic which returned the werewolf to its human state, only for him/her to turn into a werewolf by next full moon.
+* Considering the fact that there is no cure for lycanthropy, it is likely that this spell was a highly advanced piece of magic which returned the werewolf to its human state, only for him/her to turn into a werewolf by next full moon.
 ==Appearances==