Severus Snape using a Shield Charm against Harry Potter.
A charm is a spell that adds certain properties to an object or creature. Charms are distinguished from transfigurations in that a charm adds or changes properties of an object; it focuses on altering what the object does as opposed to what the object is.[1] For example, the Color Change Charm causes something to flash different colors; the Levitation Charm causes an object to levitate; the Cheering Charm improves upon a creature's mood. An object that has a lasting charm placed on it is called bewitched, though charms in general appear to last longer than other spells.
Harry Potter using the Summoning Charm.
Charms can be some of the most powerful and game-changing spells in existence. The Fidelius Charm, for example, can completely hide a person or a place in such a way that no one can find them unless they are given the location by a Secret Keeper. Memory Charms can be so strong that they completely remove a person's memory or even damage his or her mind permanently. Spells such as curses, jinxes, and hexes are referred to as "dark charms".[2]
List of Charms[]
Hermione Granger using Confundo
Hermione Granger using a Levitation Charm
Gilderoy Lockhart using a Memory Charm
Harry Potter using the Wand-Lighting Charm at Bathilda Bagshot's house.
- Aqua Eructo Charm (Aqua Eructo)
- Aresto Momentum
- Avifors Spell (Avifors)
- Banishing Charm (Depulso)
- Braking Charm
- Bubble-Head Charm
- Cheering Charm
- Color Change Charm (Colovaria)
- Confundus Charm (Confundo)
- Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra)
- Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus)
- Disillusionment Charm
- Drought Charm
- Engorgement Charm (Engorgio)
- Epoximise
- Fianto Duri
- Fidelius Charm
- Fire-Making Spell (Incendio)
- Fixing Charm
- Flame-Freezing Charm
- Freezing Charm (Immobilus)
- Freezing Spell (Glacius)
- Gouging Spell (Defodio)
- Gripping Charm
- Growth Charm
- Homorphus Charm
- Hot-Air Charm
- Hover Charm
- Imperturbable Charm
- Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa)
- Locking Spell (Colloportus)
- Lumos Duo Charm (Lumos Duo)
- Lumos Maxima
- Lumos Solem
- Memory Charm (Obliviate)
- Mending Charm (Reparo)
- Muggle-Repelling Charm (Repello Muggletum)
- Patronus Charm (Expecto Patronum)
- Permanent Sticking Charm
- Protean Charm
- Protego Maxima
- Refilling Charm
- Repello Inimicum
- Scouring Charm (Scourgify)
- Seize and Pull Charm (Carpe Retractum)
- Severing Charm (Diffindo)
- Shield Charm (Protego)
- Silencing Charm (Silencio)
- Slug-Vomiting Charm (Slugulus Eructo)
- Spell for growing legs
- Stunning Spell (Stupefy)
- Substantive Charm
- Summoning Charm (Accio)
- Supersensory Charm
- Talon-Clipping Charm
- Tergeo
- Tickling Charm (Rictusempra)
- The Trace
- Unbreakable Charm
- Undetectable Extension Charm
- Unlocking Charm (Alohomora)
- Vinegar to Wine
- Wand-Extinguishing Charm (Nox)
- Wand-Lighting Charm
File:Alohomora 288x162.jpg (Lumos)Hermione Granger using Alohomora
- Water-Making Spell (Aguamenti)
See also[]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Quidditch Through the Ages
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- J. K. Rowling Official Site
- Pottermore
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells
- LEGO Harry Potter