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|name=Horn tongue hex
|type=[[Hex]]
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|type=[[Hex]]<ref name="GOF20"/>
|effect=Turns the target's tongue into a horn
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|effect=[[Transformation|Transforms]] target's tongue into a horn<ref name="GOF20"/>
 
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{{Quote|[[Instant Scalping Hex|Instant scalping]]… but dragons had no hair… [[Pepper breath hex|pepper breath]]… that would probably increase a dragon's firepower… horn tongue… just what he needed, to give it an extra weapon ''[…]'' |Harry Potter scans ''[[Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed]]'' for defence against a [[dragon]]|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
The '''horn tongue hex''' turns the target's tongue into a horn. [[Harry Potter]] came across it while perusing the index of ''[[Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed]]'' in search of a way to overcome the [[dragon]] he knew he would have to face in the [[First Task]] of the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. He quickly ruled it out, however, realizing it would only give the dragon yet another way to attack him.
 
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The '''Horn tongue hex''' {{Incantation unknown}} was a [[hex]] that [[Transformation|transformed]] the target's tongue into a horn.<ref name="GOF20"/>
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==History==
 
[[Harry Potter]] came across it while perusing the index of ''[[Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed]]'' in search of a way to overcome the [[dragon]] he knew he would have to face in the [[Triwizard Tournament#The First Task|First Task]] of the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. He quickly ruled it out, however, realising it would only give the dragon yet another way to attack him.<ref name="GOF20">{{GOF|B|20}}</ref>
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==See also==
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*''[[Anteoculatia]]''
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*[[Tail-growing hex]]
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{1st Mention}}
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*{{GOF}} {{1st Mention}}
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}[[de:Hornzunge]]
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[[es:Maleficio Lengua de cuerno]]
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[[pl:Zrogowaciały język]]
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[[fr:Langue de corne]]
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[[Category:Articles related to dragons]]
 
[[Category:Hexes]]
 
[[Category:Hexes]]
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[[Category:Spells of unknown incantation]]
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[[Category:Transforming spells]]
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[[Category:Triwizard Tournament]]
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[[Category:Unidentified spells]]

Revision as of 06:43, 6 August 2020

"Instant scalping… but dragons had no hair… pepper breath… that would probably increase a dragon's firepower… horn tongue… just what he needed, to give it an extra weapon […] "
— Harry Potter scans Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed for defence against a dragon[src]

The Horn tongue hex (incantation unknown) was a hex that transformed the target's tongue into a horn.[1]

History

Harry Potter came across it while perusing the index of Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed in search of a way to overcome the dragon he knew he would have to face in the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament. He quickly ruled it out, however, realising it would only give the dragon yet another way to attack him.[1]

See also

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 20 (The First Task)