The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World of Harry Potter (47 page)

This rather kitschy online store is devoted to all things Harry Potter. Even if items are relatively useless (as is likely the case with a cast-iron cauldron, the laminated Apparator’s License, and the ten-pack of parchment paper), The Order of Merlin offers gobs of Harry Potter gifts at reasonable prices.

Set up like a mall of authentic wizard stores you can link to, at Whimsicalley, you can stock up on Harry Potter products to your heart’s content, from wands to robes to books. You can even purchase a bottle of Felix Felicis. Prices are usually quite reasonable.

This store specializes in hats, not Harry Potter memorabilia, but its wizard hats are so authentic-looking and reasonably priced that this site is worth a mention. Click on Fantasy Hats and Helmets when you get to the home page.

Oh my gosh! If you like LEGO toys, there just isn’t anything cuter than the Harry Potter-themed LEGO sets. Products range from Harry Potter keychains to the Hogwarts Express train set to entire kits and games that reenact scenes from the novels. Like all LEGO products, prices tend to be on the steep side, but they also last a lifetime. Another downside is that products appear to be limited edition, so some sell out and are no longer available—at least not in the United States.

Before you spend full price on anything, first check out eBay and view current auctions for everything related to Harry Potter. But
caveat emptor:
if a seller claims to have an item “autographed by J.K. Rowling,” assume it’s a fake.

Much of what’s available at Honeydukes (see Chapter 8) is available at Sylvan Lane Shoppe—Fizzing Whizbees, Cockroach Clusters, Acid Pops, Jelly Slugs, Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, and more! Although the company experiences distribution problems from time to time, when they get stock in, it’s the real deal. You can buy small quantities, too, because not everyone needs a dozen packs of Ice Mice.

Candy Warehouse offers a similar selection to that of Sylvan Lane, but candies are rarely out of stock. Plus, while you’re there, you can also get Willy Wonka candy,
Star Wars
candy, and Disney candy. The downside is that nearly all candy needs to be ordered in bulk.

An online opportunity to purchase much of the British food discussed in Chapter 4, British Delights (operated out of Westford, Massachusetts) offers everything from bangers to mince pie to Yorkshire pudding, all with reasonable shipping times and fees.

Fan fiction
refers to a site full of stories written by fans (not by Rowling) that use the Harry Potter characters and settings in fresh ways. Fan fiction is written by children and adults alike, and some of it is sugar-sweet, some borders on erotic, and most of it lies somewhere in between. The biggest is Fiction Alley (). Harry Potter Fan Fiction () is another of the most prolific of the fan fiction sites; if you don’t like what you find at either of those, search on “Harry Potter fan fiction” for an overload of similar sites. Parents should keep in mind that some fan fiction is not suitable for children. Fan fiction is usually rated by the authors using a system similar to movie ratings (G to NC-17).

Abraxans

Accidental Magic Reversal Squad

Accio!
(Summoning Charm)

Acromantulas

Aging Potion

Agrippa

Alcatraz Island

alchemists

Amortentia

Ancient Runes

Animagus

animals.
See
creatures

antidotes for poisons

apothecary

Apparating

Arithmancy

Artemis Fowl,
Leprecon

artwork

asphodel

Astronomy

Augurey

Aurors

Auto-Answer Quills

Avada Kedavra!
(Killing Curse)

Azkaban prison

Babbling Beverage

balaclava

balls

banshee

Basilisks

Bat-Bogey Hex

Beaters, Quidditch

Beauxbatons Academy of Magic

Belby, Damocles

Belladonna

besom

bezoar, antidote to poison

bicorn, powdered horn of (potions)

Black family

Blood-Replenishing Potion

Bludger (Quidditch)

boarding schools

boggarts

boomslangs

Borgin and Burkes

Bouncing Bulbs

Bowtruckles

brewpubs

British Royal Marines

brooms

bubotubers

Bulbadox Powder

Burke, Caractacus

butterbeer

caduceus

Care of Magical Creatures

caterpillars, potions

Caterwauling Charm

Catholicism, Patronus and

cats

Cauldron Cakes

Diagon Alley

history of

Macbeth

Olympics and

potions and

Pottager’s Cauldron Shop

CEE (Common Entrance Examinations)

centaurs

Charm Club

charms

Charterhouse School, houses

Chaser (Quidditch)

Chimaeras

Chinese Fireball dragon

chipolatas

chocolate, dementors and

chocolate gateau

Christ Church, Oxford University

Christherb

Christmas pudding

Chronicles of Narnia, The,
(Lewis)

Chudley Cannons Quidditch team

Church of Saint Mungo

Cinderella story

Circe

Cleansweep series of brooms

Cliodna

cloaks

coat of arms

cockroaches, potions

Common Welsh Green dragon

Confringo!
(Blasting Curse)

Confundus Charm

Confusing and Befuddlement Draught

cop hold

counterjinxes

Acromantulas

Augurey

banshee

Basilisks

boggarts

boomslangs

Bowtruckles

cats

centaurs

Chimaeras

dementors

Diricawls

Doxies

dragons

elves

fairies

ghouls

giants

gnomes

goblins

griffins

Grindylows

gryphons

hippocampus

Hippogriffs

hobgoblins

Inferi

Irish Death messenger

Irish Phoenix

Jobberknolls

Kappas

kelpies

Kneazles

leprechauns

Lethifolds

Leviathan

manticores

merpeople

orcs

owls

phoenixes

pixies

rats

Red Cap

Reem

salamanders

sirens

sphinxes

trolls

unicorns

vampires

werewolves

Wila

yeti

crocodile heart, potions

Crookshanks

Cruciatus Curse (
Crucio!
)

crushed snake fangs, potions

cuppa

curses

daisy

Damocles

dances

dandelion juice

Durmstrang Institute for Magical Study

Knockturn Alley

Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder

Secrecy Sensor

Shield Cloaks

Shield Gloves

Shield Hats

Sneakoscope

supplies

Dark Lord

Dark Lord of Derkholm

Dark Magic

Dark Side

Dark Wizards

Death Eaters

Death in the Clouds
(Christie)

Cloak of Invisibility

Elder Wand

Resurrection Stone

Delacour, Fleur

dementors

Densaugeo spell

Dervish and Banges, Hogsmeade

Derwent

Devil’s Snare

Diagon Alley

Diggory, Cedric

Dilys Derwent

Diricawls

Disarming Charm (
Expelliarmus
!)

Dittany

Divination

do a bunk

dodgy

Doxies

Doxycide

Dr. Ubbly’s Oblivious Unction

Dracula
(Stoker)

dragons

heartstring for wands

Draught of Living Death

Draught of Peace

dress robes

drinks.
See
food and drink

dueling with wands

Dumbledore, Albus

Durmstrang Institute for Magical Study

Dursley, Dudley

Earthsea
series (Le Guin), Wizards’ Council

Eeylops Owl Emporium

Efteling

Elder Wand

Eldest
(Paolini)

Elixir to Induce Euphoria

Elixir of Life

elves

Episkey!
(Healing Spell)

Eragon
(Paolini)

Essence of Dittany

essence of rue, antidote for poison

Eton College

Evanesco!
(Vanishing Spell)

Expecto Patronum!
(Patronus Charm)

Expelliarmus!
(Disarming Charm)

Exploding Snap

expulsion from Hogwarts

fairies

Fanged Geraniums

Fellowship of the Ring, The,
(Tolkien)

Fidelius Charm

fiendfyre

Firebolt broom

firewhiskey

Flamel, Nicholas

Floo Network

Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor

Flourish and Blotts

fluxweed

flying carpets

Foe-Glass

biscuits

butterbeer

cauldron cakes

chipolatas

chocolate gateau

Christmas pudding

crumpets

cuppa

dandelion juice

firewhiskey

Ginger Newts

kippers

Leaving Feast

mead

meringue

mince

pasty

peppermint humbugs

porridge

pudding

pumpkin juice

spotted dick

tarts

toast and marmalade

treacle

trifle

tripe

Turkish Delight

Welcoming Feast

Yorkshire pudding

forbidden forest

Forest of Dean

gadgets and inventions

Galleons

Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop

Exploding Snap

Gobstones

trading cards

wizard chess

garden gnomes

ghouls

giants

gillyweed

Ginger Newts

git

gnomes

Goblet of Fire

goblins

Gobstones

Godric’s Hollow

Golden Snitch, Quidditch

Golpalott’s Third Law

Granger, Hermione

Great Gatsby, The,
billboard as metaphor for God watching us

Great Hall, Hogwarts

Grindelwald

Grindylows

Gringott’s Wizards’ Bank

gryphons

Care of Magical Creatures

hut

introduction

Madame Olympe Maxime and

half-blood

Harrow School

hats

Head Boy/Girl

Headmaster

Healers, St. Mungo’s

Healing Spell (
Episkey!
)

Hebridean Black dragon

hellebore

Hengist of Woodcroft

herbs

hexes

Hiccupping Solution

hippocampus

Hippogriffs

Hoare, C & Co.

Hobbit, The,
(Tolkien)

Hog’s Head

Hogsmeade

Apparating and

coat of arms

curriculum

expulsion from

forbidden forest

Great Hall

Hagrid’s hut

Head Boy/Girl

Headmaster

houses

Marauder’s Map

passwords

Prefects

required supplies