{"id":3095,"date":"2014-05-07T16:54:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T16:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2018-02-08T10:47:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T10:47:12","slug":"ten-latin-spells-from-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/ten-latin-spells-from-harry-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Latin Spells From Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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J. K. Rowling Courtesy of Wikicommons & Daniel Ogren.<\/p><\/div>\n

The magical world of J. K. Rowling is known by millions (if not billions) of children, teens, and adults. Especially\u00a0 those who grew up reading the books and then watched the magic come to life of the silver screen later on. J.K. Rowling created the world of Harry Potter from her vast imagination (and personal experience)\u00a0and perhaps from other<\/em> sources.\u00a0 These included Dickens and Tolkien, which she says filled her free time during her college years.<\/p>\n

J.K Rowling attended University of Exeter and received her BA in French and Classics. It is evident that she received a degree in Classics, because the Harry Potter series is filled with Latin words and ancient mythology. While the mythological references may be easier to see in character names\u00a0(i.e Minerva McGonagall as in Minerva the Roman goddess of wisdom); the Latin reference may not be as discernible.<\/p>\n

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SPELLS THAT USE “LATIN”<\/span><\/p>\n

Accio: <\/strong>Latin “I summon.”<\/p>\n

Accio <\/em>is a verb that means\u00a0“I call, summon, send for, invite;” Harry Potter uses it in\u00a0the first challenge of the TriWizard Tournament.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n