MuggleGuide

Spells, Charms & Curses

Accio – A summoning charm that sends any object directly to the spell-caster. Can be used over long distances.

Aguamenti – This charm causes a stream of water to sprout from the end of the spell-caster’s wand.

Alohomora – With this spell the caster can open locked doors and windows. Especially effective against doors locked with the colloportus spell.

Anapneo – A charm that eliminates any blockage within a person’s airway allowing them to breathe.

Aparecium – A revealing charm used to turn invisible ink visible again.

Apparate – Allows a witch or wizard to appear out of thin air at will.

Avada Kedavra – One of the Unforgivable Curses, this spell will kill a person instantaneously as long as the spell-caster is sincere when casting it. It is known as the Killing Curse.

Avis – A charm used to conjure a flock of birds

Babbling Curse – Causes the victim to speak incoherently.

Banishing Charm – This charm works the opposite of the summoning charm, causing an object to be removed from the spell-caster’s presence.

Colloportus – A charm to magically seal doors. This charm can be easily broken by ‘alohomora’.

Concealment Charm – A charm used to conceal an object from the naked eye.

Confundus Charm – This charm is used to confuse the victim and make them easy to influence by the spell-caster.

Conjunctivitis Curse – A charm aimed at the eyes, it causes pain to the victim as their eyelids close and crust over rendering the victim blind.

Cruciatus Curse – One of the Unforgivable Curses. This spell causes severe pain within the victim as long as the spell-caster is sincere when casting it. The effects of the cruciatus curse are enough to drive a person to insanity.

Cushioning Charm – Used commonly on broomsticks to create an invisible, cushioned area for the rider to sit upon.

Deletrius – This charm is used to disintegrate, or ‘delete’, an object.

Densaugeo – A charm that will cause the victim’s teeth to grow in size.

Diffindo – A severing charm, used to split an object apart.

Disapparate – Allows a witch or wizard to disappear into thin air at will.

Dissendium – A spell that will reveal a secret passageway.

Drought Charm – This charm will dry up bodies of water when cast.

Engorgio – An engorgement charm. Useful in causing an object to grow in size.

Ennervate – A reviving charm that will return an individual to their normal state.

Episkey – A healing charm that works well on broken bones.

Evanesco – This vanishing charm makes objects disappear.

Expecto Patronum – The Patronus Charm is used as a defense against dementors. When used, the spell-caster conjures a patronus that will ward off dementors.

Expelliarumus – A disarming charm that will cause its victim’s wand to fly out of their hands.

Ferula – This charm can produce bandages and slings for the wounded wizard.

Fidelius Charm – A powerful charm that conceals a secret. The secret is known only to the Secret-Keeper and cannot be found out by anyone else unless told to by the Secret-Keeper.

Finite Incantatem – This spell is used to eliminate the effects of any other spell cast.

Flagrate – A marking charm. With this charm, the spell-caster and use his wand to draw fiery marks in the air.

Flame Freezing Charm – This charm was commonly used by witches being burned at the stake, it allowed them to remain untouched by the fire.

Furnunculus – The victim of this charm will find themselves covered in boils.

Homorphus Charm – This charm will force a werewolf to return to its original human state.

Hover Charm – A charm used to levitate an object and float it in the direction of choice.

Immobulus – A freezing charm used to stop an object from moving.

Impedimenta – This charm will slow down and obstruct attackers.

Imperius Curse – One of the Unforgivable Curses. The imperius curse gives the spell-caster complete control over their victim.

Imperturbable Charm – With this charm a barrier is created that allows nothing to cross. This includes people, objects and sounds.

Impervious – This is a water repelling charm that makes an object resistant to water.

Incarcerous – A charm used to bind the victim with ropes.

Incendio – A fire charm that can be used to ignite fires.

Jelly-Legs Jinx – With this charm the victim’s legs will shake uncontrollably.

Langlock – A charm that renders the victim speechless by causing their tongue to stick to the roof of their mouth.

Levicorpus – This charm will raise the victim up by its ankle and dangle them in mid air.

Liberacorpus – A counter-charm for levicorpus, this charm releases a person from being suspended in mid air.

Locomotor – A motion charm that allows objects to be moved through the air.

Locomotor Mortis – This is the Leg-Locker Curse. The charm will cause the victim’s legs to lock together making them unable to walk.

Lumos – When spoken, this spell produces a light at the end of the spell-caster’s wand. Useful in illuminating dark places.

Mobilarbus – This spell makes immovable objects movable.

Mobilicorpus – A charm used to move individuals who can’t walk, such as an unconscious witch or wizard.

Morsmordre – A charm that conjures the Dark Mark. This is used only by Death Eaters and is a signal to show where a death has occurred.

Muffliato – This charm will allow the spell-caster to speak without being heard by filling the ears of others around them with a buzzing noise.

Nox – A charm to cancel out lumos. Removes the light from the spell-caster’s wand.

Obliviate – This is a memory charm useful in erasing, or modifying, a person’s memory.

Orchideous – A charm that causes flowers to bloom from the end of the spell-caster’s wand.

Oppungo – With this charm the spell-caster can command something to attack a specific target.

Peskipiksi Pesternomi – A charm that supposedly gets rid of Cornish Pixies.

Petrificus Totalus – The petrifying charm. With this charm the victim is unable to move or speak for a period of time.

Point Me – Allows the wand to act like a compass. When the wand is placed in the spell-caster’s hand, speaking the spell will cause the wand to point due north.

Portus – The charm used for turning an object into a portkey.

Prior Incantato – This is a charm that will reveal the last spell cast by a specific wand.

Protean Charm – A charm that will cause multiple items to change even when the charm is only cast on one item.

Protego – A shield charm that can be used to repel harmful charms.

Quietus – This charm will cancel the effects of sonorous, bringing a person’s voice back to its normal state.

Reducio – A shrinking charm causing any object to reduce it’s size.

Reducto – This is the reductor curse, it will blast apart a solid object.

Relashio – A charm to produce a stream of sparks from the spell-caster’s wand. If cast underwater the spell causing boiling water to stream from the spell-caster’s wand.

Rennervate – A charm to revive an unconscious person.

Reparo – The repairing charm. Useful at restoring any object to its original state.

Rictusempra – A charm used to tickle a victim senseless.

Riddikulus – An effective charm to use while facing a boggart. This charm will cause the boggart to turn into a creature or object that is the opposite of frightening.

Scourgify – A spell used to clean an object.

Sectumsempra – A charm for those you don’t like, it causes the victim to develop deep and painful cuts all over their body.

Serpensortia – This charm will produce a snake from the spell-caster’s wand.

Silencio – The victim of this charm loses all ability to make sound of any kind.

Sonorous – When this charm is cast upon someone’s throat, their voice will magnify to carry over a large crowd.

Specialis Revelio – A revealing charm that will show anything hidden by magic.

Stupefy – This charm is useful in knocking a victim unconscious with a bolt of red light.

Tarantallegra – A charm that will cause the victim’s legs to dance rapidly.

Tergeo – Another cleaning charm, useful in cleaning blood.

Unbreakable Charm – A charm used on an object to make it unbreakable.

Unbreakable Vow – A spell to create a magical pact between two people. The vow is so binding that if one person should break it, death will incur.

Waddiwasi – A charm that lets the spell-caster fly an object at high speed to wherever they want it to go.

Wingardium Leviosa – This charm allows the spell-caster to levitate an object and navigate it through the air.