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{{Spell Infobox
  
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|name=Arania Exumai
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|name=Spider Repelling Spell
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|image=[[File:Arania_Exumai_2.jpg|250px]]
  
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|incantation=Arania Exumai (ah-RAHN-ee-a EGGS-oo-may)
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|incantation=''Arania Exumai''<br/>(ah-RAHN-ee-a EX-oo-may)
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|type=[[Curse]]
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|type=[[Charm]]
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|hand=Point wand at desired spider
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|hand=Point wand at target
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|light=White
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|light=Blue
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|effect=Repels or kills spiders
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|effect=Repels [[spider]]s
 
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{{Dialogue a-b-a-b|Ron|Know any spells?|Harry|One, but it's not powerful enough for all of them.|Where's Hermione when you need her?|Let's go! Arania Exumai|Harry saving himself and Ron from the Acromantula|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)}}
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'''Arania Exumai''' is a [[spell]] used to kill or, at least, blast back [[acromantula]]s or other large spiders.
  
   
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The '''Spider Repelling spell''' (''Arania Exumai'') is a [[charm]] used to blast away [[Acromantula]]s or other large [[spider]]s. If the spell misses and strikes stone, it will produce a large black scorch mark, and thus is not recommended for use on humans, although casting through or along a human produces no ill effect so long as a spider is struck.<ref name="cosf">{{COS|F}}</ref>
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==Known uses==
  
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[[Harry Potter]] used this spell in the [[Forbidden Forest]] against the attacking acromantulas in [[1993]]. He learned it from [[Tom Riddle]], who had attempted to use it against [[Aragog]] in the memory Harry visited.
  
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==History==
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During the [[1987–1988 school year]], [[Jacob's sibling]] and their friends set out to discover [[Forest Vault|another]] [[Cursed Vaults|Cursed Vault]], which they later suspected to be near the [[Spider's Lair]] in the [[Forbidden Forest]]. [[Patricia Rakepick]], a consultant at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] at the time, gave Jacob's sibling a private lesson on this spell,<ref name="HMy4ch14" /> which they later used against the [[Forest Vault Acromantula|Acromantula]] that guarded the Vault in the Forbidden Forest.<ref>{{HM|4|16}}</ref>
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==Known practitioners==
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<gallery widths="105" orientation="portrait" spacing="small" position="center">
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FullRiddle.jpg|[[Tom Riddle]]<ref name="cosf"/>
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COS_promo_Harry_Potter_Hogwarts_uniform_cropped.jpg|[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="cosf"/>
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COS_promo_Hermione_cropped.jpg|[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="HPFJ">{{HPFJ}}</ref>
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Patricia_Rakepick_-_Hogwarts_Mystery.png|[[Patricia Rakepick]]<ref name="HMy4ch14" />
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JacobSiblingGeneric.png|[[Jacob's sibling]]<ref name="HMy4ch14">{{HM|4|14|pt}}</ref>
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</gallery>
   
 
==Etymology==
  
==Etymology==
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''Arania'' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''aranea'', meaning "spider". ''Exumai'' is possibly derived from ''exuo'', Latin for "I lay aside" or "I refuse". Alternatively, the pronunciation of ''exumai'' is somewhat similar to that of ''exime'', a conjugation of ''eximo'', Latin for "I banish". Together, the incantation can mean "I lay aside the spider" or "I banish the spider".
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From the Latin ''araneus'', meaning “spider”, and ''exuo'', meaning “I lay aside”.
  
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
  
==Behind the scenes==
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*The spell was created for the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' and does not appear in any of the [[Harry Potter books|novels]].
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*The spell was created for {{COS|FA}} and does not appear in any of the [[Harry Potter (book series)|novels]]. In the film adaptation, Tom Riddle uses this spell to blast away [[Aragog]] on [[13 June]] [[1943]], whilst framing [[Rubeus Hagrid]] for [[Plot to open the Chamber of Secrets|opening]] the [[Chamber of Secrets]]. [[Harry Potter]], after witnessing Riddle's memory from his [[T. M. Riddle's Diary|diary]], uses this spell against several [[Acromantula]] in the [[Forbidden Forest]] whilst escaping the [[Forbidden Forest Acromantula colony]].
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*The spell seemed to produce different level of effectiveness: in {{COS|F}} Tom Riddle's use of this spell released a simple white blast of light that missed Aragog, but left a scorch mark where the spell narrowly missed him; whereas Harry Potter's use of this spell released a beam of blue-white light that kind of carried the Acromantula away before it was blasted out of sight.
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*In ''[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Forbidden_Journey Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey]'', Hermione Granger uses this spell to fend the acromantula off from the riders.
  
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*In {{COS|FA}}, when Harry was successful at saving Ron from the Acromantula that had seized him, Ron was also caught by the light of the spell in the process, therefore it should have left a scorch mark on him.
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*Bearing in mind viewers' concerns on the inaccuracy of subtitles for spells in {{COS|FA}},<ref>[[Harry Potter Wiki]] - [[Talk:Vera_Verto#Fera_or_Vera?|''Vera Verto'' talk page]] and [[Talk:Alarte_Ascendare#Subtitles|''Alarte Ascendare'' talk page]]</ref> it is possible that "Exumai" may also be incorrectly transcribed. "Exumai" is not a valid Latin word with relevant meaning, while the pronunciation by characters in the film can be alternatively transcribed as "Arania Exime." ''Exime'', in contrast, is a conjugation of the Latin word ''eximo'' meaning "I banish,"<ref>{{wtlink|eximo#Latin|''eximo''}}</ref> which is much more appropriate considering the spell's effect of repelling spiders.
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*In {{HPFJ}}, Hermione Granger uses this spell to fend the Acromantulas off from the riders. After Hermione casts ''Arania Exumai'', it causes a bright flash. This is where the pictures are taken.<!-- WHAT pictures????? --><ref name="HPFJ"/>
   
 
==Appearances==
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
  
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*{{HM}}
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==Notes and references==
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Revision as of 13:48, 30 July 2019

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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Spoilers will be present within the article.

Ron: "Know any spells?"
Harry: "One, but it's not powerful enough for all of them."
Ron: "Where's Hermione when you need her?"
Harry: "Let's go! Arania Exumai"
— Harry saving himself and Ron from the Acromantula[src]

The Spider Repelling spell (Arania Exumai) is a charm used to blast away Acromantulas or other large spiders. If the spell misses and strikes stone, it will produce a large black scorch mark, and thus is not recommended for use on humans, although casting through or along a human produces no ill effect so long as a spider is struck.[1]

History

During the 1987–1988 school year, Jacob's sibling and their friends set out to discover another Cursed Vault, which they later suspected to be near the Spider's Lair in the Forbidden Forest. Patricia Rakepick, a consultant at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the time, gave Jacob's sibling a private lesson on this spell,[2] which they later used against the Acromantula that guarded the Vault in the Forbidden Forest.[3]

Known practitioners

Etymology

Arania is derived from the Latin aranea, meaning "spider". Exumai is possibly derived from exuo, Latin for "I lay aside" or "I refuse". Alternatively, the pronunciation of exumai is somewhat similar to that of exime, a conjugation of eximo, Latin for "I banish". Together, the incantation can mean "I lay aside the spider" or "I banish the spider".

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 14 (The Spider's Lair) - Private Transfiguration Lesson "Arania Exumai"
  3. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 16 (The Forest Vault)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
  5. ↑ Harry Potter Wiki - Vera Verto talk page and Alarte Ascendare talk page
  6. ↑ Wiktionary favicon eximo on Wiktionary
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