Mopsus was a Hogwarts professor and a blind Seer whose power was great enough for him to accurately predict future events.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- J. K. Rowling stated at a press conference in 2005 that Mopsus was "a very, very early character", conceived of while she was still in the process of planning out Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.[1] She said she chose to cut him because his skill at Divination was "too good", and that having such a talented Seer around during Harry Potter's time would be detrimental to the story's drama, because it meant there would be someone who knew how things were going to turn out.[1] However, it seems Mopsus may not have been discarded until after the second book, as he is given as the Professor of Divination on a list of Hogwarts teachers which Rowling created at the time she was working on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.[2]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Early drafts)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 16 July, 2005 Edinburgh press conference on Accio Quote!
- ↑ "More idle jottings (Page 1)" on The Harry Potter Lexicon
| Divination | ||
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| Professors: Percival Rackham · Mudiwa Onai · Sybill Trelawney · Firenze | ||
| Known Seers: Calchas · Cassandra Vablatsky · Cassandra Trelawney · Gellert Grindelwald · Inigo Imago · Johan Hoffman · Liz Tuttle's mother · Mopsus · Professor Mopsus · Susie Sooth · Tycho Dodonus · Unidentified Canadian Seer · Unidentified female Seer · Unidentified male Seer | ||
| Textbooks: The Dream Oracle · Unfogging the Future | ||
| Methods: Astrology · Bibliomancy · Capnomancy · Cartomancy · Catoptromancy · Crystal-gazing · Crystal ball · Dream interpretation · Fire-omens · Heptomology · Horoscope · Ichthyomancy · Lithomancy · Myomancy · Ornithomancy · Orrery · Ovomancy · Palmistry · Personal chart · Phyllomancy · Prophecy · Rune stone · Scrying mirror · Tarot cards · Tessomancy · Xylomancy | ||
| Divination at Hogwarts: Divination (class) · Divination Classroom · Divination Stairwell · Sybill Trelawney's office · Classroom Eleven · Xylomancy (class) | ||