Master Froggy's
Encyclopaedia
Waddiwasi
A spell
used by Prof. Lupin to send gum up
Peeve's nose
Waffling
Adalbert
Author
of Magic studies and Magical Theory. Adalbert
is one of many saints mentioned in the Harry
Potter books. He was a Bohemian churchman known as the Apostle of the
Prussians. Waffling is debating both for Yes and for No, which makes a good
name for a theorist.
Wagga
Wagga Werewolf
Supposedly
banished by Gilderoy Lockhart Wagga Wagga is a place in New South Wales Australia and means “place of many
crows”. To crow means to boast and call in triumph. Incidentally it's fairly
close to the city of Lockhart.
Wailing Widow
A ghost
from Kent who came to Nearly Headless
Nick's 500th deathday celebration.
Wand
Used
for magic the use of the wand goes back more than nine thousand years magi
are depicted using wands on most of the major tombs in Egypt. The Roman god Indulgentia, Justitia, Liberalitas, Libertas, Patientia, Pax, Pietas, Providentia, are all pictured holding wands or scepters including Salus who is seen holding a patera or septer and is using it to feed a serpent which curling around an altar or in her arms. Wllow wood wands are good
for charm work mahogany wand good for transfiguration.
Wanderings With Werewolves
A book
by Gilderoy Lockhart
Warbeck Celectina
A singing
sorceress very popular on the Witching Hour radio
program, Celesta was the term for a late-18th-century keyboard instrument developed from the harmonica. The word is from Latin caelestis devine or heavenly
Warlocks' Convention
A law making body or event. One that 1709 outlawed captive dragon breeding. In Jo Rowlings world a warlock is a senior Male wizard, but the word Warlock means Oath breaker in Old English from waer meaning Truth and leogere from the west saxon word leogan to be untruthful or lie
Warrington
A Slytherin
Quidditch player and member of the Inquisitorial
Squad who was hospitalised with a horrible skin complaint that made him
look as though he had been coated in cornflakes
Wartcap powder
Powder
that causes unpleasant crusty covering.
Warty Harris
Person
who had all his toads stolen, by Will the gormless gargoyle
Wattlebird
A password into the Gryffindor common room A type of rooster
Weasley Family
All
the Weasley are named after European Kings or Queens
Arthur, (King Arthur)
Molly familiar name of Mary, (Mary queen of Scots)
Bill familiar name of William, (Lots of Kings called William)
Charlie, Familiar name of Charles quite a few English Kings who were Charlies
Fred familiar name of Fredrick, Several King Fredricks come to mind
George, I think there was at least six King George's
Ginny, real name Ginevra (possibly named for Guinevieve who was King Arthur's wife)
Ron familiar name of Ronald, ah did I say all the Weasleys were named after Kings and Queens, except Ron, I think I'll just move on.
Weasley
Arthur
Birthday: February 6th (unknown year)
Ron's
father who is head of the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office in the ministry.
He has two brothers
The World Book says 'There are two versions of the events that led to King
Arthur's death. Both say he fought a war against Roman emperor Lucius.
Weasley Molly.
Birthday October 30
The mother of all of the Weasley kids. Molly is a familiar name for Mary. her maiden name was Prewitt it is worth noting that Molly lost close family to the Followers of the Dark Lord Voldemort
Gideon and Fabian Prewett, killed during Voldemort's first rise to power.
Weasley, Bill
Birthday November 29
William is the eldest Weasley, he was head boy in his last year. Was a curse-breaker for Gringotts. Bill is the familiar form of William, which means "unwavering protector"
Weasley, Charlie
Birthday December 12th
The second eldest Weasley brother. He works with dragons in Romania. He used
to be the Seeker on the Gryffingdor
Quidditch Team, after he left the was
a seven year stretch where Gryffindor did not win the cup. I think it ran
in to an eighth as Harry Potter was
unable to play in the last game of the school season and Gryffindor was beaten
by Ravenclaw, but that's hardly Charlie's
fault.
Weasley Fred and George
Birthday April 1st (in England this is All fools day or April fools day and much loved by jokers and pranksters everywhere)
Ron's twin brothers, they are two years older than him, they are pranksters, but
funny. They are were both are beaters for the Gryffindor Quidditch team until they left to set up a Joke shop in Diagon Alley.
Fred Weasley [Frederick] From Old German frithu "peace" and ric or ruler. The name of lots and lots of German kings.
George Weasley The patron saint of England, whose dragon-killing exploits, said to have happened in Libya, may be a transfer of the Perseus myth. The name is from Greek for "farmer"
Weasley Percy Ignatius
Birthday August 22
Straight-laced ambitious He was a prefect in Hogwarts,
and was made head boy in Harry’s third
year, before leaving to work for the ministry. Ignatius is Latin for fiery
ardent. Ignatius Loyola. He converted to Christianity while being held prisoner,
after being severely injured fighting the French in 1521. He was the Founder
the Society of Jesus in 1534 better known as the Jesuits. He was canonise
in 1622 His feast day is July 31.
Weasley Bilius Ron (Ronald)
Birthday: March 1st Redhead, friend of Harry Potter
middle name is Bilius (is he named after his uncle who saw a Grim and died the next day, best friend of Harry and Hermione former owner of Scabbers. His Birthday
is the first of March In Arthurian legend Ron is the name of King Arthur's trusty spear.
(NB I have found no historical evidence to support the following description for Ron Wesley's full name,) It a myth and popular Fan rumour with no factual basis that Ron's full name may also be a translation of Running Weasel, a king of the 6th dynasty (Chinese). He was supposedly a famous chess player who never lost a game, but met his end when a rat his soldiers had dyed yellow knocked over a lamp and started a fire that consumed his palace. In the first book, the very first spell Ron tried, on the Hogwarts express, in front of Harry and Hermione, was to try and change his rat colour to yellow, This is just a online joke that someone has played on people looking for deeper meaning in the Harry Potter Books
Weasley Molly Ginny (Ginevra)
Birthday August 11 (1981)
Ron's little sister, her middle name is Molly, she had a crush on Harry in her first two years of school. She was possessed by Lord Voldemort in the Chamber Of Secrets, Lucius Malfoy had slipped a Dark Magic diary in with her school books, allowing it previous owner to take over her mind.
Note: J K Rowlings offical site (see link page) she has confirmed that Ginny's real name is Ginevre
Ginny is also a modern familiar name of Guinevieve, (King Arthur's wife and eventual betrayer) which either means wife or black rabbit or black wave, depending on where you look for the entomology. I have found a rather stunning titbit of information about the Welsh roots of the pure lady of King Arthur, in the long distant past before 11th and 12th century writers added their flourishes to the story of Arthur and Guinevieve, she was depicted as a golden cloud, a tree, and a hunting dog, does this mean that if Ginny is really Guinevieve, (I hope not as she was not a very nice lady in any of the legends even the messed about ones from the twelfth century) she will turn out to be good at transformation or even an Animagus
Weatherby
Barty Crouch calls Percy Weasley this, as he cannot be bothered to remember
his real name
Weird Sisters
Pop group at the Yule
Ball, also in the Terry Pratchet book featuring the Lancre Witches: Magrat
Garlick Nanny Ogg (Ogg) and Granny Weatherwax.
Also known as the maiden, the mother, and the... er... other one. See Hag
Weird Wizarding Dilemmas and Their Solutions
A book in the Hogwarts library.
Weirdos
Vernon Dursley opinion of Harry Potters parents,
people who the world was a better place without, Mr
Roberts also thought that the wizards and witches that were staying in
his field for the Quidditch World
Cup were a bunch Weirdos, why would any one want to be paid in solid
gold coins the size of hubcaps when you could be paid with dirty crumpled
bits of paper.
Wendelin the Weird
A witch
from the medieval times who loved getting burned and performing a Flame
Freezing Charm and then pretend to shriek with pain while enjoying the gentle, tickling sensation she was burned forty-seven times in different disguises.
West Country
The western part of England; there was an alleged hurricane there which was actually the work of giants.
Werewolf 1
Wizards that turn into wolves at the full moon In popular folklore a man who is transformed
or who transforms himself into a wolf in nature and appearance under the influence
of a full moon. The werewolf is only active at night and during that period
he devours infants and corpses. According to legend silver objects such as
silver arrows and bullets can kill werewolves. When a werewolf dies he assumes
his human form again.
Werewolf 2
Some German legends Werewolf were the bravest of fighters, who stayed behind in
times of war and invasion, to kill and hunt the unwary troop of the invaders,
they would hide in the forests and only come out after dark.
Werewolf Code of Conduct
Enacted in 1637 The specifics have not been given.
Whalley, Eric
An orphan at the orphanage where tom Riddle grew up, a boy who had chicken pox at the time of Dumbledore's first visit. Eric Scandinavian name meaning all powerful. Whalley one who has greeny white eyes; someone who is wall-eyed
Where There's a Wand, There's a Way
A book in the Hogwarts library.
Which Broomstick
The
definitive reference on all brands of broom.
Whitby, Kevin
A Hufflepuff, 3 years behind Harry.
Whizzing Worms
Something available in Hogsmeade; probably from Dervish and Banges.
Whomping Willow
A magical
tree growing on the Hogwarts grounds which has an urge to batter anyone and
anything in its reach, though it can be temporarily paralysed by touching
a certain spot on its trunk. This particular one was planted to guard the
secret passage from Hogwarts to the Shrieking
Shack.
Widdershins, Willy
A prankster
and spy of sorts who appears to have friends in high places. Arrested over
a matter of regurgitating toilets. One thing I have noticed about the three areas of London mentioned in the regurgitating toilets saga, is that if on a standard map you join the dots between Wimbledon, the Elephant and Castle and Bethel Green a line straight drawn can be drawn between all three, and it also goes though one of the oldest building in London (the tower of London)
It is strange that JK Rowling would pick three areas as they are in an almost straight line, they all have underground stations and the Bloody tower of London is on the same alignment
Kings cross Station is the same distance the Elephant and Castle as it is from Bethel Green The line also passes close to Vauxhall Underground station it's about a ¼ mile ( Vauxhall Road is where Riddle bought his Diary) As a boy Tom Riddle could have used the Victoria line to go from Vauxhall road to Kings Cross where he would have caught a train to Hogwarts
Wilfred the Wistful
A wizard
commemorated with a statue at Hogwarts
Wilkes
Death
eater, killed by Aurors the year before Voldemort fell.
Wilkie Twycross
See Twycross Wilkie
Williamson
A person who works in the Ministry of Magic
Wimbourne Wasps
The
team Ludo Bagman played for professionally.
Wimbourne could be a misspelling for Wimborne, as in Wimborne Minster.
Wimbledon
Site
of one of the regurgitating toilets, see Widdershins, Willy
Wimple, Gilbert
A wizard
on the Committee on Experimental Charms who acquired a pair of horns somewhere
along the way. A wimple is a type of head dress now only worn by Nuns. In
some orders it is shaped in such a way as to appear that the nuns have horns.
Wingardium Leviosa
Spell used to lift objects Wingardium: Wings are used in flight. From the Latin
word arduenna, steep or elevated. Levis to lighten. To levitate
is to rise into the air in defiance of gravity, from the latin Levitas to lighten or lightness.
Winged Horse
Twelve palominos,
each the size of an elephant were used to pull the flying coach that the students
from Beauxbaton arrived at Hogwarts in ready for the Triwizard Tournament
Winged keys
The
third level of protection to the Philosopher
Stone was an enchanted door by Professor
Flitwick and a flock of winged keys
Winky
Barty
Crouch's house elf that was sacked at the Quidditch
World Cup and now works at Hogwarts but is now upset and depressed.
Wisteria Walk
Where Mrs Figg's lives with her cats
Witch Weekly
A weekly
publication focusing on soft news; something along the lines of Womans weekly or People for
wizards.
Witching Hour
A wizard radio program
Witherwings
Buckbeak's alias on his return to Hogwarts.
Wit-Sharpening Potion
A potion studied in the fourth year in Professor Snapes class
Wizard
The term for a Male able to perform magic or is knowledgeable in the arcane, or a lore master. It come from the anglo saxon term wysard meaning Wise-one
Wizard chess
This was exactly like Muggle chess except that the figures were alive, which made
it a lot like directing troops in battle. Professor McGonagall transfigured a giant set of chessmen to make them alive, used
as the fourth line of defence in the Philosophers Stone
Wizarding Examinations Authority
The
department in charge of O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s.
Wizarding Wireless Network
A wizard radio network.
Wizengamot
Wizarding
jury The Wizengamot gets its name from the Witan also known as the Witenagemot
from Anglo-Saxon England. Witan is defined as an assembly of higher ecclesiastics,
king's and important laymen that met to counsel the king on matters
such as judicial problems.
Wizengamot Charter of Rights
Bills of right for wizards, laying down
what protections wizards are in place to protect wizards in the court system,
including the right of the accused to present witnesses in their defence
Wolfsbane
See Aconite
Wolfsbane Potion
A potion that makes a werewolf retain its human mind during
the full moon
Wood Oliver
Former Gryffindor Quidditch captain Like Marcus Flint the Slytherin captain his last name is a raw material. Wood is also an archaic English word
for violently mad which ties in nicely with his manic enthusiasm for Quidditch.
He is now is a reserve keeper for Puddlemore
United.
Wormtail
Peter
Pettigrew's nickname at Hogwarts and now his official death
eater nickname.
Wormwood
A herb that when added to Asphode it makes a sleeping potion so powerful it's known as the Draught
of living death Wormwood
(Artermisia absinthium) - common name for a perennial herb or shrubby plant
of the family of composite flowers. The leaves and flowers contain terpene
thujone, an aromatic bitter toxic substance, used in
the popular French drink Absinthe.
First discovered by a Dr Pierre Ordinaire, but later produced
on a large scale by Henri-Louis Pernod.
Worple, Eldred
Author of Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires, and a friend of Slughorn's.
Wrackspurt
According to the Quibbler it is an invisible creature fond of floating about and finding unattended ears to enter, once it does it makes that persons brain go “funny”
Wronski Defensive Feint
A Quidditch move in which a Seeker pretends to have
seen the Golden Snitch, making the other
team's Seeker follow and possibly causing them harm.
WWN The Wizarding
Wireless Network, with intimations of the BBC.
