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Harry Potter Etymology | Patronus Charm (“Expecto Patronum”)

Patronus means “protector”, “guardian”, or simply “patron” in Latin, specifically reflecting the entire role that the Patronus Charm plays. In archaic Latin, it meant “father”, which is very interesting, considering that Harry Potter’s Patronus is the same as his father’s Patronus and Animagus form, a stag. The Latin word exspecto or expecto means “I look out for” or “I wait for”, thus the charm’s incantation roughly translates into “I await a protector.”

morsmordre-x:

Harry Potter Etymology | Cedric Diggory

CEDRIC: Cedric - Old English for “chief” or “warleader.”

DIGGORY: The name Diggory is of English origin, and it means “strayed” or “lost.”

ashde-phernelia:

sweet-shenanigans:

sararye:

theatomicboom:

how do you think they made up the dark mark tattoo though

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like did voldemort design it in his free time in between manipulating people and releasing basilisks on muggle borns

because he has some mad drawing skills let me tell you what 

one thing is for sure

it wasn’t hermione

GUYS THERE’S AN 8 IN THE DARK MARK

VOLDEMORT (unknowingly) SPLIT HIS SOUL INTO EIGHT PIECES.

JK ROWLING DOES IT AGAIN

you can find light in the darkest of times

(Source: accio-glow)

(Source: sherlockianpond)

themajesticmoosemane:

Why does no one ever talk about Andromeda Tonks I mean she was a pure-blood Slytherin in the Black family and she still chose to marry a muggle born despite being disowned and then she raised one of the most badass witches in all of existence and joined the Order of the Pheonix and when her husband, daughter and son-in-law all died in the war, she stepped up and helped raise Teddy seriously that woman was a fucking hero.

(Source: herimperiouscrockercension)

Haryum