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The Beastiary; All the creatures in the magical world..
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NOTE: This was taken from here[lol, sorry]and so, means that there will be some random stuff here, and links will not work. and it's a very loong list.. ^^;

Abominable Snowman creature from Muggle legends or mythology
XXXX - Tibet
Another name for the yeti (FB).

Abraxan
Rating Unknown - France(?)
A breed of winged horse; the Abraxan is a gigantic, extremely powerful Palomino (FB). Madame Maxime, headmistress of Beauxbatons, breeds them (OP20), and the winged horses that pull her carriage are Abraxans. They drink only single malt whisky and require "forceful handling" (c.f. GF15 ff.).

Acromantula more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order Acromantula behind wizard
XXXXX - Borneo (CS15, FB)
A gigantic black spider (legspan may reach up to 15 feet) with a poisonous bite, the Acromantula is an anomaly in the beast / being classification system. While capable of human speech, the Acromantula is classified as a beast rather than a being due to its violent tendencies. It is native to Borneo (FB), where it is believed to have been a wizard-bred species, serving as an example of why the Ban on Experimental Breeding was put into effect.

Note that all spiders, including Acromantulas, fear the basilisk above all other living things.

An Acromantula was stationed at the center of the Triwizard Tournament maze, guarding the Triwizard Cup (GF31, OP16).

See Aragog, Mosag.
"acro" from "akros" L. peak + "mantula" from "tarantula" Eng. a species of large (though not that large) black spider that is poisonous, but not very

Aethonon
Rating Unknown - Britain
A breed of winged horse, chestnut in color, which lives mainly in Britain (FB)

Antipodean Opaleye creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXXXX - New Zealand and Australia
See Dragons - Antipodean Opaleye.

armadillo Muggle
(GF27)
The bile of this creature is used for making potions, including Wit-Sharpening Potion.

This reference to the armadillo being part of the Wit-Sharpening Potion may be in homage to a particularly funny advertisement which ran on British television. In the advert, a devastatingly dim country fellow is offered a Dime candy bar, which is "smooth on the outside, crunchy on the inside." He says that he prefers to eat armadillos, which are "smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside!" The presenter says "You're a bit thick, aren't you?" and the country bumpkin nods happily. Thanks to Wayne Childs for noting this connection.

Ashwinder more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXX - Worldwide (FB)
Ashwinder
A thin grey serpent with glowing red eyes which comes out of magical fires and lives long enough to lay fiery hot eggs in some dark and secluded spot. These eggs, while valued as potion ingredients, are very dangerous. If they are not found and frozen in time, they will set buildings on fire.

"Ash" comes from the color of the serpent and also as a reference to its connection to fire. "Winder" recalls the sideways movement of some kinds of snakes, such as the rattler. They are sometimes called "sidewinders."

Augurey

Augurey (Irish Phoenix) more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XX - Ireland (FB)
Thin and mournful-looking bird somewhat resembling a vulture, greenish-black in color, native to Britain and Ireland. Normally remaining hidden in its nest in brambles and thorns, flying only in heavy rain, the feathers of the Augurey repel ink. Its distinctive cry was once thought to be a death omen, but it is now known that the Augurey's cry foretells rain. The Augurey eats insects and fairies.

"augury" - Eng. generally, the art of divination, but specifically, the art of the augur (one who interprets omens based on the behaviour of birds)
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banshee creature from Muggle legends or mythology
Rating Unknown (PA7, GF21, FB)
A Dark creature with the appearance of a woman with floor-length black hair and a skeletal, green-tinged face. Its screams will kill. Seamus Finnigan is particularly afraid of banshees (PA7). The Bandon Banshee was supposedly defeated by Gilderoy Lockhart (CS6) but was actually defeated by a witch with a hairy chin (see CS16). The singer Celestina Warbeck performs with a backing group of banshees (DP).

Basilisk (the King of Serpents) more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to ordercreature from Muggle legends or mythology
XXXXX (CS16 ff., FB)
A wizard-bred Dark creature of enormous power, this extremely poisonous giant serpent (up to 50 feet in length) is brilliant green in color with long thin saber-like fangs and bulbous yellow eyes (see more below). A basilisk can live for at least 900 years given an adequate food supply, and as it can eat most vertebrates (including humans), this is not difficult to achieve. The male can be distinguished from the female by the scarlet plume on its head, but basilisks are usually magically rather than normally bred.

Basilisk-breeding has been outlawed since medieval times and in the present day falls under the Ban on Experimental Breeding, but this law has rarely been broken even by Dark wizards, since only a Parselmouth can control a basilisk.

"Of the many fearsome beasts and monsters that roam our land, there is none more curious or more deadly than the Basilisk, known also as the King of Serpents. This snake, which may reach gigantic size and live many hundreds of years, is born from a chicken's egg, hatched beneath a toad. Its methods of killing are most wondrous, for aside from its deadly and venomous fangs, the Basilisk has a murderous stare, and all who are fixed with the beam of its eye shall suffer instant death. Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it." (CS16)

shed basilisk skin The phoenix seems immune to the basilisk's deadly gaze (CS16 ff.)

When unleashed by the Heir of Slytherin using Parseltongue, the basilisk that lived in the Chamber of Secrets searched the castle for its prey, Muggle-born students, which it apparently could identify by smelling their blood ("I smell blood..." the creature cried as it wandered the pipes). When its eyes were pecked out by Fawkes, it attacked Harry using its keen sense of smell. Harry killed the basilisk by thrusting a sword through the roof of its mouth. Harry's arm was pierced by one of the basilisk's fangs, the poison of which nearly killed him.

Apart from its specific magical powers and long lifespan, many of the characteristics of the basilisk follow naturally from its being a serpent (see). Like more mundane serpents, the basilisk sheds its skin at intervals, and its varied diet is typical of the larger snakes, which tend to pursue larger and larger prey according to their own size and capabilities. It's quite possible that had Harry both retained his wand and been more experienced in Defence Against the Dark Arts, he might have lost his battle against the basilisk in attempting to use Stunning Spells; although not explicitly stated, the basilisk's skin probably has the same armor characteristics as dragon skin, leaving its eyes and the inside of its mouth as its only vulnerable points.

recommend book link"...the basilisk was portrayed as a serpent with a crown or a white spot on its head. Cobras, which have such marks, may be the origin of the basilisk legend..." (pp. 21-22) (c.f. pp. 95-96)

"basilisk" Eng. in the legendary sense means this creature, but also comes from L. "basilicus" royal, so the nickname "King of Serpents" is particularly apt. The detail about males being crested appears to come from the real-life basilisk, which is a kind of iguana.

According to CS/f, the basilisk that lived in the Chamber of Secrets could be controlled only by the true Heir of Slytherin rather than just any Parselmouth, but there is no canon backing for this.

beetle
Rating Unknown

* scarab beetles (see potion ingredients)
* beetle eyes for sale in Diagon Alley (PS5)
* see also insects

Bicorn creature from Muggle legends or mythology
Rating Unknown
Horn of this creature is used as a potion ingredient. The name "bicorn" suggests a creature with two horns. The Bicorn is a mythical demonic creature which eats human flesh. WEB LINKoccultopedia.com

Bigfoot creature from Muggle legends or mythology
XXXX - Pacific Northwest
Another name for the yeti; the Bigfoot variety lives in the Pacific Northwest of the United States (FB).

Billywig

Billywig more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXX (FB) - Australia
A magical insect, native to Australia.It is about a half-inch long and vivid blue in color. A Billywig's sting causes giddiness and levitation. For this reason, the Billywig's sting is highly sought after by Australian wizards. Dried Billywig stingers are useful as a potion ingredient.

birds and bird-like creatures

* huge tropical birds delivered Sirius' letter to Harry (GF2)
* Augurey
* Diricawl
* Fwooper
* Jobberknoll
* Occamy
* owl
* phoenix
* Snidget, Golden

Biting Fairy
XXX - Northern Europe and America
Another name for the Doxy.

Blast-Ended Skrewt
Unrated - Probably Illegally Bred in Scotland (GF13 ff.)
Magical creatures bred by Hagrid prior to the autumn of 1994 [Y14] by crossing manticores with fire-crabs. Blast-Ended Skrewts are some of the most revolting creatures ever seen. [more...]

The name "Blast-Ended Skrewt" may be a reference to the term "blasting off" which is slang in some parts of Britain for breaking wind.

bloodhound, albino Muggle
Rating Unknown - England
The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures keeps some albino bloodhounds around to be used against Nogtails (FB).

Blood-Sucking Bugbear creature from Muggle legends or mythology
Rating Unknown - Scotland
When roosters were being killed at Hogwarts (1992 - 1993 [Y12-Y13]), Hagrid suspected that the culprit might be a blood-sucking bugbear (CS11).

See also bugbear.

boarhound Muggle
Rating Unknown - Worldwide
Hagrid's pet Fang is a black boarhound (U.S.: a Great Dane), a large breed of dog used in hunting wild boars.

Like Hagrid, Fang much fiercer than he is. Fang accompanies Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest and also went with Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Draco when they served detention in the Forest. Hagrid told them that Fang is a coward, but this may have been more an oblique comment on Draco's behaviour than the strict truth about Fang. When Harry and Ron followed the spiders into the Forest and encountered Aragog, Fang accompanied with them. When Hagrid resisted arrest late in Harry's fifth year, Fang was injured in attempting to protect Hagrid, but recovered.

According to WEB LINKGreat Danes - Their Origin and Temperament, boarhounds (unlike other large breeds) do not slobber from their mouths, as Fang has been shown doing (PS8, CS7).

Boggart creature from Muggle legends or mythology Professor Boggart Snape
Rating Unknown
A shape shifter that prefers to live in dark, confined spaces, taking the form of the thing most feared by the person it encounters; nobody knows what a boggart looks like in its natural state (although Moody recognized one using his magical eye to spot it as it hid in a corner desk at number twelve, Grimmauld Place. One wonders what it was that Moody actually saw...). A boggart appears to feed on the emotion of fear rather than simply deploying this ability as a defense mechanism, hence its classification as a Dark creature (PA7). Many Muggle children may have encountered boggarts as "the monster under the bed", though this is not stated explicitly in the text.

Lupin taught his third year Defence Against the Dark Arts class to fight this with the Riddikulus spell (PA7), and used a boggart as a substitute for a Dementor in tutoring Harry (PA12), an experience Harry felt the D.A. really needed in order to learn to cast the Patronus Charm under something resembling realistic conditions (OP27). A boggart was one of the obstacles in the Triwizard Tournament maze (GF31), and a boggart was found infesting a writing desk in the drawing room at Grimmauld Place (OP9).

recommend book link "Often they are house spirits, and in those cases the only way to get rid of them is to move...The more frustrated the family becomes, the more fun the boggart has." (pp. 33-34)

Alastor Moody once used his magical eye to look up through several flights of stairs and into a writing desk with a boggart inside it. He then told Molly Weasley that in fact the desk contained a boggart, so he obviously saw and identified it. While he may know what a boggart looks like when it's hiding and away from people, it's possible that when he looked he saw nothing but a blur and therefore knew that--since he couldn't even see it--it had to be a boggart. Another possibility is that Moody saw whatever form a boggart takes for him, and deduced that if it were inside a writing desk it must be a boggart and not his actual worst fear.

Boomslang Muggle
Rating Unknown - Africa
An African snake, Dispholidus typus, with extremely nasty venom. The skin, which is mostly green in males and mostly brown in females, serves the snake well as camouflage, and is used for Polyjuice Potion. Snape keeps boomslang skin in his private stores (CS10, CS11, GF27).

"boomslang" is an English loan-word from Afrikaans, whence it was in turn formed from two Dutch words, "boom" Du. tree + "slang" Du. snake [NSOED]

Bowtruckle more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XX - Britain, Germany, & Scandinavia
A small (maximum height 8 inches) insect-eating tree-dweller with long sharp fingers (two on each hand), brown eyes, and a general appearance of a flat-faced little stickman made of bark and twigs, which serves well as camouflage in its native habitat.

Found in western England, southern Germany, and Scandinavia, a bowtruckle serves as tree-guardian for its home tree, which is usually a tree whose wood is of wand quality. The twiglike fingers of the bowtruckle appear to be primarily an adaptation like that of a woodpecker's beak, allowing it to more effectively dig out its preferred food of wood lice from its home tree, but they also serve as an effective weapon against the eyes of an opponent. Although ordinarily peaceful, a bowtruckle will attack a human if provoked (which includes perceived assaults upon the bowtruckle's tree as well as the bowtruckle itself). A witch or wizard seeking to take leaves or wood from a bowtruckle-inhabited tree should offer woodlice or fairy eggs to the bowtruckle to placate and distract it (FB, OP13).

"bow" several English senses, but the obsolete Scottish dialect sense traces back to much older words meaning "dwelling", while some senses come from the same root as the English word "bough", meaning the limb of a tree +
"truckle" Eng. to take a subordinate position

Bugbear creature from Muggle legends or mythology
Rating Unknown - Scotland
See Blood-Sucking Bugbear.


"bugbear" Eng. a type of magical creature (possibly resembling a bear) in legend that was supposed to eat naughty children; the term (through being used generally as a label for any imaginary being used to scare children) has come to mean any exaggerated fear based more on imaginary than real danger

Bundimun

Bundimunmore info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXX - Worldwide
Greenish fungus with eyes. An infestation of Bundimuns can destroy a house, as their secretions rot away the foundations. This same secretion, in diluted form, is used in some magical cleaning solutions (FB).
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cats and cat-like creatures Muggle

* McGonagall's Animagus form is a tabby cat with spectacle eye markings (PS1)
* Mrs. Figg's cat/kneazle crossbreeds: Mr. Tibbles, Snowy, Mr. Paws, Tufty (PS2, OP2)
* lots of them on Platform 9 3/4 (PS6)
* Millicent Bulstrode seems to have a black one (CS12)
* Mrs. Norris (PS8 etc.)
* Cats of every color for sale at Magical Menagerie, including Crookshanks (PA4)
* Kneazle (FB
* J.K.Rowling's suggestive comment about cats in the books:

Q: Is there something more to the cats appearing in the books than first meets the eye? (i.e. Mrs. Figg's cats, Crookshanks, Prof. McGonagall as a cat, etc.)
A: Ooooo, another good question. Let's see what I can tell you without giving anything away....erm....no, can't do it, sorry. (Sch2)

Rowling does not like and is allergic to cats (JKR), an attitude she gave to Hagrid in the books (PS5).
Firenze, from The Centaur and the Sneak

centaur creature from Muggle legends or mythologymore info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXXX - Greece
Centaurs are very mysterious creatures. They avoid Muggles and wizards alike (FB). Centaurs watch and read the signs in the stars and planets and they do not take sides in the events unfolding around them, which they have foreseen. They prefer simply to observe (PS15). The centaurs have chosen to be considered Beasts by the Ministry (FB) and do not take part in governing at all.

A number of centaurs live in the Forbidden Forest, including Ronan (PS15), Bane (PS15), Magorian (OP30) and up until Harry's fifth year, Firenze (PS15, OP27).

Chameleon Ghoul
XX (probably)
These ghouls are known to pretend to be suits of armour (CS10)

Chimaera more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order creature from Muggle legends or mythology
XXXXX - Greece
A vicious, bloodthirsty creature with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a dragon's tail. Chimaera eggs are classified as Class A Non-Tradable Goods. Dai Llewellyn, the famous Caerphilly Catapults player, was killed by a Chimaera while on holiday in Greece (FB).

Chizpurfle more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XX - Origin Unknown
A magical parasite that lives in the fur or feathers of some magical creatures, and can also infest magical items (FB).

"chizz" Eng. cheat, swindle + "purfle" Eng. a fur trimming or embroidered border of a garment (NSOED)

Clabbert Clabbert more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XX
This arboreal creature resembles a cross between a monkey and a frog. Its smooth skin is mottled green. The Clabbert has short horns and a wide grinning mouth. Its long arms and webbed hands and feet allow it to move gracefully through the trees. On the Clabbert's forehead is a large pustule which flashes red when the Clabbert senses the approach of danger, including Muggles.

"clabber" Scottish and Anglo-Irish dialect word for mud, soft dirt, wet clay; as a U.S. dialect word, it means to curdle (as in turning milk sour) (NSOED).

Clauricorn more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order creature from Muggle legends or mythology
XXX - Ireland
See LEPRECHAUN.

Cluricaun more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order creature from Muggle legends or mythology
XXX - Ireland
See LEPRECHAUN.

cockatrice

cockatrice creature from Muggle legends or mythology
Rating Unknown
A combination of a rooster and a dragon or snake. A cockatrice went on a rampage in the Triwizard Tournament of 1792 (GF15).

Cornish pixie creature from Muggle legends or mythology
XXX - Cornwall, England
See PIXIE.

Crup more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXX
Magical creature that strongly resembles a Jack Russell terrier, except that a Crup has a forked tail. Crups are extremely loyal to wizards and ferocious toward Muggles. They eat almost anything (FB).

JKR has a Jack Russell terrier (TLC).
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Dark creature
(variable danger rating)
Dark creatures differ from other animals in several important ways.

* They are magical in nature.
* They often do not have a complete life cycle the way a typical animal would but exist simply as a physical extension of an evil intention.
* They seek actively to harm, often for no other reason than that's what they do (i.e., not for reasons of sustaining their own lives).

Dark creatures are not animals. They are actually another form of magical being. Fantastic Beasts refers to many of them as "demons," not in a religious sense, but because it describes a key aspect of them all: they exist to actively do harm and damage. This harm is different from the harm that, say, a manticore would do, since the manticore would be attacking someone to eat them. In other words, it is a predator and that's what predators do to survive.

Dark creatures, on the other hand, aren't animals. They don't have life cycles in the same sense that normal animals have. They attack for the sake of hurting someone, not simply to eat. The Red Caps are a great example. They bludgeon unususpecting travellers so that they can use their blood to stain their cloth caps red. It doesn't give them food, it doesn't allow them to reproduce, they do it purely out of nastiness. One way of thinking about it is to say that they are a physical embodiment of an evil, harmful intent. And if you think about the essence of magic being intent, Dark creatures are a physical embodiment of Dark Magic.

The lines do get blurry, surely. But even werewolves fit this description. Most of the time they aren't Dark creatures, but when they are, they attack people with the intention of passing the disease on to others or kill them.

As for the pixies, they aren't Dark creatures. That's why Seamus snickered when Lockhart showed up with them. They're simply magical creatures with a rude attitude.

some Dark creatures:

* Banshees
* Boggarts
* Dementors
* grindylows
* hinkypunks
* kappas
* Pogrebin
* Red Caps
* vampires (considered part-human)
* werewolves (although human part of the time)

Dementor
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Allied with Lord Voldemort, dementors are perhaps the darkest creatures of all [more...]

Demiguise more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXXX - Far East
The Demiguise is a peaceful, herbivorous creature that can make itself invisible. It resembles an ape with large, black eyes and long, silky hair. This hair can be woven into Invisibility Cloaks. The Demiguise is native to the Far East (FB).

Diricawl Diricawl more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XX - Mauritius
This plump, flightless bird escapes danger by vanishing in a burst of feathers. Muggles knew this bird as the "dodo" and believe that it is extinct, being unaware of its ability to vanish at will. Because this belief (and associated guilt) has spurred more enlightened attitudes toward the animal world among many Muggles, wizards have encouraged it (FB).

dogs and dog-like creatures Muggle

* Sirius Black's Animagus form is a large black dog (PA17)
* Crup
* Fang the boarhound
* Fluffy
* Grim
* Hellhound


double-ended newt
Rating unknown
When Hermione buys Crookshanks at the Magical Menagerie, a wizard is inside being advised on double-ended newts. Aside from this, we don't know what they are (PA4).

Doxy (Biting Fairy) more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXX - Northern Europe and America
The Doxy is a small fairy-like creature that is covered with black hair. They have sharp venomous teeth (FB). Doxies are pests. They can infest houses, taking up residence in the draperies. Removing them requires a good supply of Doxycide. It's a good idea to have an antidote for Doxy venom on hand as well (OP6).

dragon creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXXXX - Worldwide
Dragon
Dragons, large flying reptiles that breathe fire, are some of the most awe-inspiring and dangerous of all magical beasts. There are ten varieties of dragons in the world today (more...)

* Antipodean Opaleye
* Chinese Fireball (Liondragon)
* Common Welsh Green
* Hebridean Black
* Hungarian Horntail
* Norwegian Ridgeback
* Peruvian Vipertooth
* Romanian Longhorn
* Swedish Short-Snout
* Ukrainian Ironbelly

Dugbog more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXX - Europe and North and South America
This strange creature looks like just another hunk of dead wood floating in the marshes in which is lives. The Dugbog has finned paws and sharp teeth with which is attacks small mammals. The Dugbog is particularly fond of Mandrakes (FB).
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Erkling creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXXX - Germany
The Erkling is a small elf-like creature native to Germany. Its high-pitched laugh is particularly entrancing to children, which Erklings like to eat. Erkling killings have decreased dramatically over the last few centuries as the German Ministry of Magic has put in place strict controls over the creatures (FB).

Magical Worlds of Harry Potter (icon) "Rowling has transposed a few letters in the name of the Erl King... of German legend. Otherwise, her description holds true. It is an evil creature in the Black Forest of Germany that tries to snatch children." (p. 26)

Erumpent more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXXX - Africa
This huge African magical beast resembles a rhinoceros. Its horn, which can pierce almost anything, contains a fluid that explodes, destroying what it has hit. Because male Erumpents frequently blow each other up during mating season, the species is somewhat endangered (FB).
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fairy creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
and fairy-like creatures
XX
Tiny creatures that look like perfectly formed humans with insect wings. They are extremely vain and quarrelsome, liking nothing better than to serve as decoration (see CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS). Fairies have their own weak form of magic, which they use primarily to avoid being eaten by predators. According to Scamander, fairies are held to have very limited intelligence, and they do not use any form of language that humans understand (but see languages) (FB).

Fairy-like creatures

* Doxy
* Imp
* Leprechaun
* Pixie

ferret Muggle

* Someone wrote to the Daily Prophet's Problem Page to ask if the Ministry would look the other way if he turned his brother's children into blood-sucking ferrets (the answer was 'no') (DP)
* Buckbeak enjoys a plate of dead ferrets (PA14).
* Mad-Eye Moody once turned Draco into one (GF13).
* Mortlake once owned some extremely odd ferrets (CS3).
* During the practical portion of the Transfiguration O.W.L., Hannah Abbott turned her ferret into a flock of flamingos, temporarily halting the test (OP31).

Fireball, Chinese creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXXXX - China
See DRAGONS - CHINESE FIREBALL.
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fire crab more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXX - Fiji
Also written fire-crab (OP31)

The fire crab looks like a tortoise with a jewelled shell which can shoot fire out of its rear end. It is constantly in danger of being killed for its shell, which unscrupulous wizards will use as cauldrons. The fire crab is native to Fiji, where there is a coastal reserve set aside for its protection (FB). Fifth years, for their Care of Magical Creatures O.W.L., had to demonstate how to feed and clean out a fire crab without sustaining serious burns (OP31).

See also BLAST-ENDED SKREWT (GF24).

fire slug
Rating Unknown - Brazil
Creature that lives in the Brazilian rainforests. Newt Scamander is currently studying fire slugs (fw73).

fish Muggle
and other water creatures

* Hippocampus
* Lobalug
* Merperson
* Plimpy
* Ramora
* Shrake

Flesh-Eating Slug
Rating Unknown
Apparently a frightening creature, since someone was scared enough of them to turn a Boggart into one (PA7). Hagrid once needed a repellent for Flesh-Eating Slugs that were getting into the cabbages, and went shopping for it in Knockturn Alley (CS4).

Flobberworm more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
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A ten-inch, toothless brown worm which eats vegetation, especially lettuce. Hagrid, after losing his nerve with the hippogriff debacle, had his third year students raise these for a semester, which was completely pointless as they prefer to be left alone and to do nothing (PA6, FB).

See also FLOBBERWORM USE IN POTIONS.

forest troll more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order creature from Muggle legends or mythology
XXXX
See TROLL.

frog Muggle
Rating Unknown
Ron has a big one in a tank in his room (was filled with frog spawn before). They also live in the Weasleys' garden pond. Frogs are used in potion-making.

See TOADS AND FROGS.

"furballs"
Custard-colored furballs, humming loudly, were on sale in the Magical Menagerie (PA4); these are probably Puffskeins.

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Fwooper
XXX - Africa
African bird with brightly-colored feathers. A Fwooper's song will drive the listener insane, so each bird must be sold with a Silencing Charm on it (FB).
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Ghoul creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XX
Ghouls are slimy, buck-toothed, ugly creatures which live in attics or barns of wizards. They are dim-witted and are content to throw things around now and then. Ghouls are relatively harmless creatures who live on spiders and moths. A ghoul lives in the attic of the Burrow, just above Ron's room. The ghoul makes noises a lot (CS4, GF10)

See also Chameleon ghoul.

Giant creature from Muggle legends or mythology
Rating Unknown (GF23, GF24)

Once all over the world, very few giants remain today (more...)

See list of non-wizard characters - giants for a list of giant characters.

Glumbumble more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXX

The Glumbumble is a magical furry insect. It produces a fluid that causes melancholy. This fluid is used as an antidote for the hysteria that results from eating Alihotsy leaves. Glumbumbles eat nettles.

Gnome (garden) creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
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The gnome is a common garden pest resembling a potato with legs. Gnomes live in gnome-holes underground, where they dig up plant roots and generally cause a mess; their presence is also a dead give-away that a home belongs to a witch or wizard (Sch1). Every so often, a garden must be "de-gnomed," which involves grasping the gnomes by the ankles, swinging them around a few times to disorient them, then tossing them out of the garden. Gnomes are rather dim, so when they realize a de-gnoming is going on, they all come rushing up out of their holes to see what's going on, making them a lot easier to catch (CS3). Crookshanks loved chasing gnomes around the Weasleys' garden and the gnomes seemed just as much to love being chased (GF5). (also FB)

Goat Muggle
Rating Unknown
The bezoar (see) comes from the stomach of a goat (PS8).

Goblin creature from Muggle legends or mythology
Rating Unknown
A race of highly intelligent magical beings who coexist (sometimes uneasily) with wizarding society (more...)

Graphorn
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A large, grayish-purple creature which lives in the mountains of Europe. Graphorns have two extremely sharp horns. They are extremely dangerous animals. Graphorn horns are useful for potions and Graphorn hide is even tougher than dragons' and also repels spells (FB).

Griffin creature from Muggle legends or mythology griffin
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Strange creature with the front body of an eagle and hindquarters of a lion. Griffins are used to guard treasure (FB).

There is a statue of a griffin in a corridor in Hogwarts, near the girls' bathroom where Harry, Ron, and Hermione faced a Mountain Troll (PS10).

Godric Gryffindor, the founder of Gryffindor house, may have gotten his name from this beast. The griffin-shaped knocker on the door of Dumbledore's office may be a pun on Gryffindor's name.

Grim (barghest) creature from Muggle legends or mythology
Unrated (not a living creature)
The Grim is a ghostly image of a large dog-like beast; seeing one portends death (PA6).

grindylow

Grindylow creature from Muggle legends or mythology
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A grindylow is a pale green creature that lives in the weed beds on the bottom of lakes in Britain. It is also known as a water demon. Grindylows have long, brittle fingers which they use to grip their prey, sharp little horns, and green teeth. Lupin taught his third year students about them (PA8)

Grindylows in the lake near Hogwarts attacked the Triwizard champions during the second task. However, some grindylows appear to have been domesticated by merpeople (GF26).

Gytrash
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The Gytrash is a huge, spectral hound that lives in forests.

The Gytrash, in the form of a huge dog, horse, or mule, haunts solitary places; it is found in the folklore of Northern England.

(CS/g; reference: WEB LINKinterview with Derek Proud, one of the game designers, who specifically states that JKR designed this creature for them, Queensland, Australia, Courier Mail, Oct 12, 2002)
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hag creature from Muggle legends or mythology
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Female human-like magical being, but less adept than a witch at disguising herself from Muggles (PA4, GF19). Hags are what one might refer to as "fairy tale witches." Hags are wild in appearance, and they have been known to eat children (FB, DP, fw), although at the Leaky Cauldron Harry once saw a hag eating raw liver (PA4). Hags can be quite frightening, apparently, since Quirrell had a "nasty bit of business" with one during his year off for first-hand experience in fighting the Dark Arts (PS5). Interested parties may also consult Gilderoy Lockhart's book Holidays with Hags (CS4), which probably can be picked up quite cheaply at Flourish and Blotts, Diagon Alley, London, UK these days.

For a list of known hags, see here.

Hebridean Black creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
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See Dragons - Hebridean Black.

hellhound creature from Muggle legends or mythology
Rating Unknown
Muggle name for the sleepless three-headed dog who according to their mythology guards the gates of Hades. The dog's name was Cerberus, and the only time when he was ever overcome save by brute force was when the great musician Orpheus sang him to sleep. Hagrid had a huge three-headed dog which he called Fluffy (PS9, PS11, PS16), who now is reported to be living in the Forbidden Forest near Hogwarts (BP).
[NOTE: The name "hellhound" does not appear in the books; that is the name given to this type of creature in Muggle mythology. In the books, Fluffy is simply referred to as a "giant three-headed dog".]

Hinkypunk creature from Muggle legends or mythology
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A little one-legged creature, with the appearance of being made of smoke, the hinkypunk carries a light with which it lures travelers into bogs (PA9).

hippocampus hippocampus more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order creature from Muggle legends or mythology
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A Mer-horse, with the head and forequarters of a horse and the hindquarters and tail of a giant fish (FB).

hippocampus = (from hippos (horse) + kampos sea-monster) a legendary Greek half-horse half-fish creature often shown in art drawing the chariot of Poseidon (NSOED).

Hippogriff more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order creature from Muggle legends or mythology
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A flying creature with the head, wings, and forelegs of a giant eagle and the body (including hind legs and tail) of a horse. The eyes are orange, while individual hippogriff colours vary as those of mundane horses do, including black, bronze, chestnut, grey, and roan. An adult hippogriff's wingspan is approximately 24 feet (PA6, FB).

Hippogriffs are carnivorous and are extremely dangerous until tamed, which should only be attempted by a trained witch or wizard. That said, hippogriffs can and do live on insects, birds, and small animals such as rats and ferrets (FB, GF27, OP6).

A person wishing to approach a hippogriff should maintain eye contact and should bow first; if the animal bows in return, it can be touched and even ridden. Hippogriff owners are required to keep them under Disillusionment Charms to prevent Muggles from seeing them (PA6, FB).

Hogwarts has access to at least a dozen hippogriffs for Care of Magical Creatures lessons; see Buckbeak for an example (PA6).

Horklump more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
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This garden pest resembles a pinkish mushroom covered with bristles, but is actually a carnivorous animal rather than a plant. Horklumps are the favourite food of gnomes (FB).

Horned lizard, Photo courtesy Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (c) 2003

horned toad Muggle
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Neville once had to disembowel an entire barrel full of horned toads while in detention with Snape. Afterward, Ron fantasized about Mad-Eye Moody turning Snape into a horned toad, similar to the 'amazing bouncing ferret' punishment inflicted on Draco Malfoy (GF14). Horned toads are really lizards, and very fearsome-looking lizards at that. Poor Neville had quite an evening, I think. [web link about horned toads]

(Photo courtesy Texas Parks and Wildlife Department © 2003)

Horntail, Hungarian creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXXXX - Hungary
See Dragons - Hungarian Horntail.

horse, winged more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order creature from Muggle legends or mythology
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Twelve palomino horses the size of elephants pull the Beauxbatons carriage as it flies through the sky. These magnificent animals are very powerful and require forceful handling. They drink only single-malt whiskey (GF15)

There are several breeds of winged horses:

* Abraxan - palomino
* Aethonan - chestnut, popular in Britain and Ireland
* Granian - grey, fast
* thestral - black, but see specific entry regarding visibility

house-elf creature from Muggle legends or mythology
Rating Unknown
A house-elf is a short intelligent creature with large bat-like ears, enormous eyes, and often a servile attitude (more...)

human-like creatures
Unrated
Creatures that look like normal human beings but which are not (at least some of the time in the case of werewolves).

* hags
* vampires
* werewolves

Hungarian Horntail creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXXXX - Hungary
See Dragons - Hungarian Horntail.
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imp more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order creature from Muggle legends or mythology
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The imp is similar to the pixie and the fairy. It is about seven inches tall and is colored dull brown or black. Imps live in damp or marshy areas. They have a somewhat slapstick sense of humor and they love to trip people so they fall into a stream. They eat small insects. (FB)

Inferius
(plural: Inferi)
Rating Unknown
The Inferi are animated corpses who do the bidding of the Dark wizard who created them. Harry encountered a large number of Inferi floating just below the surface of the underground lake surrounding the cursed basin where the locket Horcrux had been hidden. The Inferi attacked Harry when he touched the water but Dumbledore surrounded them with a ring of fire which drove the Inferi away, back into the water (HBP26).

'inferi' L. 'the dead'

insects
and insect-like creatures

* Billywig
* Chizpurfle
* Glumbumble
* Lacewing flies

Irish Phoenix
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Another name for the Augurey.

Ironbelly, Ukrainian creature from Muggle legends or mythology more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
XXXXX - Ukraine
See Dragons - Ukrainian Ironbelly.
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Jarvey more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
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Resembling an overgrown ferret, the Jarvey is one of the few beasts that can actually talk. Its speech, however, consists entirely of rude phrases and insults. Jarveys chase gnomes (FB).

"Jarvey" is an old slang term for a cab-driver, dating from the days when cabs were horse-drawn [NSOED].

Jobberknoll more info in Fantastic Beasts - click here to order
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A tiny blue speckled bird that makes no sound until the moment of its death, when it lets out a long scream consisting of all the sounds it has ever heard; their feathers are important ingredients in making potions that affect memory (FB).

"Jobbernowl" means a stupid person (NSOED).
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