- "Disembodied human hand."
- —Folio Bruti[src]
A Loose Hand (also known as a Severed Hand or Disembodied Hand) is a detatched human hand that is lacking in any other part of a human's anatomy that is possessed by a malevolent spirit, gaining the ability the stand, walk, and attack any passerby it despises. It is particularly vulnerable to the Fire-Making Spell, and the Skurge Charm when it is possessed.[1]
This was Dean Thomas's greatest fear and Boggart at least from the 1993–1994 school year, but likely developed the fear previously.[2]
History
In 1993, a boggart took the form of a severed hand in Defence Against the Dark Arts class, when Dean Thomas faced it. When he used the Boggart-Banishing Spell, the hand got caught in a mouse trap.[2]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (GBC version only) (First identified as Loose Hand)
- Pottermore
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (GBC)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 7 (The Boggart in the Wardrobe)
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