The '''Whomping Willow''' is a very valuable, very violent sentient species of [[magic]]al plant.<ref name="COS5">{{COS|B|5}}</ref>
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==Description==
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The '''Whomping Willow''' is a very valuable, very violent species of magical plant. Whomping Willows will attack anyone and anything that comes within range of its branches. A deciduous plant, its limbs function as arms and any damage to them must be treated in much the same way.
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Whomping Willows will attack anyone and anything that comes within range of its branches. A deciduous plant, its limbs function as arms and any damage to them must be treated in much the same way.<ref name="COS5">{{COS|B|5}}</ref>
==Known Whomping Willows==
==Known Whomping Willows==
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{{Main|Hogwarts Whomping Willow}}
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{{Main|Hogwarts Whomping Willow}}[[File:Tumblr_mm80qqESfG1rmesz7o1_250.gif|right|frame|The [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] Whomping Willow]]
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The most famous Whomping Willow is the [[Hogwarts Whomping Willow|one]] planted on the grounds of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].<ref name="COS5">{{COS|B|5}}</ref> The Whomping Willow was planted around the year [[1971]] to disguise the opening of a secret passage leading from the Hogwarts grounds to the [[Shrieking Shack]] in the village of [[Hogsmeade]].<ref name="POA10">{{POA|B|10}}</ref>
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[[File:Tumblr_mm80qqESfG1rmesz7o1_250.gif|left|frame|The [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] Whomping Willow]]
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The most famous Whomping Willow is the [[Hogwarts Whomping Willow|one planted on the grounds of Hogwarts]]. The Whomping Willow was planted around the year [[1971]] to disguise the opening of a secret passage leading from the Hogwarts grounds to the [[Shrieking Shack]] in the village of [[Hogsmeade]]. It had a small knot near the base. Pressing the knot caused the tree to become immobilized. This allowed [[Remus Lupin]] to travel unnoticed to and from the Shrieking Shack, where he was able to undergo his transformation into a [[Lycanthropy|werewolf]] in privacy.
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It had a small knot near the base. Pressing the knot caused the tree to become immobilised. This allowed [[Remus Lupin]] to travel unnoticed to and from the Shrieking Shack, where he was able to undergo his transformation into a [[Lycanthropy|werewolf]] in privacy.<ref name="POA18">{{POA|B|18}}</ref>
*Greek, Modern: ''Ιτιά Που Δέρνει'' (it was mistakenly translated as "''Ιτιά που Kλαίει''" ("the Willow that cries,") in the 7th book. The translator might have confused it with "''Μυρτιά που κλαίει''" ("Myrtle that cries," Moaning Myrtle)
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*Hebrew: ''הערבה המפליקה'' ("The Flicking Willow")
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*Hungarian: ''fúriafűz'' ("Fury Willow"; 'fury' as in the {{w|Furies}})
Whomping Willows will attack anyone and anything that comes within range of its branches. A deciduous plant, its limbs function as arms and any damage to them must be treated in much the same way.[1]
It had a small knot near the base. Pressing the knot caused the tree to become immobilised. This allowed Remus Lupin to travel unnoticed to and from the Shrieking Shack, where he was able to undergo his transformation into a werewolf in privacy.[4]
This same tree also nearly took the eye of student Davey Gudgeon.[3]
Behind the scenes
Translations
Albanian: Shelgu Godites ("Willow that hits")
Bulgarian: Плашещата върба (Plasheshtata v"rba) ("The frightful willow", "The willow that scares")
Catalan: Pi Cabaralla (Pi "pine tree"; Picabaralla "fight" or "quarrel")
Chinese (PRC): 打人柳 (Da ren liu) ("Willow that hits people")
Czech: Vrba mlátička (Vrba mlátivá in formal Czech) (Beating, more than whomping)
Danish: Slagpoppel (slag "hit"; poppel "poplar")
Dutch: Beukwilg ("Batterwillow", though beuk is a pun as it can also be translated to beech)
Estonian: Peksja Paju
Faroese: Pílurin Armalangi
Finnish: Tällipaju
French: Saule Cogneur ("Knocker-Willow")
German: Peitschende Weide ("Whipping Willow")
Greek, Modern: Ιτιά Που Δέρνει (it was mistakenly translated as "Ιτιά που Kλαίει" ("the Willow that cries,") in the 7th book. The translator might have confused it with "Μυρτιά που κλαίει" ("Myrtle that cries," Moaning Myrtle)
Hebrew: הערבה המפליקה ("The Flicking Willow")
Hungarian: fúriafűz ("Fury Willow"; 'fury' as in the Furies)
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