- "Tuck your shirt in, scruffy!"
- — Talking mirror to Harry Potter[src]
A talking mirror is a mirror which advises anybody who looks into it on how to improve their appearance. Both the Weasley family and the Leaky Cauldron own one.
Talking mirrors also seem to have a personality and mind of their own, as the one in the Weasleys' seemed to be brusque and rude, ordering people rather than advising.[1] The one in the Leaky Cauldron, which, when Harry Potter tried flattening his hair, said "You're fighting a losing battle there, dear."[2]
Malodora Grymm, a hag who lived in the Middle Ages, regularly consulted a talking mirror to compliment her on her looks, which she had magically enchanced using a Beautification Potion.[3]
Talking mirrors may be considered a subtype of enchanted mirrors.
Behind the scenes
- The talking mirror is similar to the magic mirror used in the fairy tale Snow White, which, like the one in the Harry Potter universe, comments on the user's appearance. On the other hand, talking mirrors are not all-seeing (an ability which is instead echoed in scrying mirrors).
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 4 (At Flourish and Blotts)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 4 (The Leaky Cauldron)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
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