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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (/ ˈ h ɒ ɡ w ɔːr t s /) is a fictional boarding school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen. It is the primary setting for the first six books in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling, and also serves as a major setting in the Wizarding World universe.
The Beâuxbatons Academy of Magic (French: Académie de Magie Beauxbâtons) is a French magic school. It is first introduced in Goblet of Fire when a delegation of students from Beauxbâtons arrives at Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament. Beauxbâtons is described as a boarding school located in the Pyrenees mountains.
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's conflict with Lord Voldemort, a ...
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Alecto Carrow is stunned by Luna Lovegood in the Ravenclaw common room. Harry Potter then uses the Cruciatus Curse on Amycus Carrow after he spat in McGonagall's face. Argus Filch: Caretaker The Squib caretaker of Hogwarts for the entire series. He owns a cat named Mrs Norris, who seems to possess ...
Beauxbatons. Coat of arms for the magic school Beauxbâtons as described in the Harry Potter books: "Two crossed, golden wands, each emitting three stars". Beauxbatons Academy of Magic (from French - "beautiful wands " [ 1]) is a French magic school in the fictional universe of Harry Potter created by the English writer J. K. Rowling .
Nationality. British. House. Gryffindor. Born. 31 July 1980. Harry James Potter is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. The plot of the seven-book series chronicles seven years in the life of the orphan Harry, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. He attends Hogwarts, a school of magic ...
Harry Potter. The fictional universe of the Harry Potter series of novels contains two distinct societies: the "wizarding world" and the " Muggle world". [ 1] The term "Muggle world" refers to a society inhabited by non-magical people ("Muggles"), while the term "wizarding world" refers to a society of wizards that live parallel to Muggles. [ 2]
Other translations have also changed the first book's title, for instance, the French translation which changed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to Harry Potter at the School of Wizards for the same reason as the American translation, citing that the reference to the Philosopher's stone legend was "too obscure for a book aimed at the ...