Jinx (Harry Potter)

A jinx was a type of dark charm. - The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 The effects of a jinx were irritating, but amusing.Section: Extra Stuff - Spell Definitionsfrom (via Internet Archive) As a minor type of Dark Magic, jinxes had the least severe effects of the three dark charms. 
==Usage==
In order to successfully cast a jinx, the caster had to keep eye contact on the target.Jinxes could also be used in a defensive capacity, and hence students of Defence Against the Dark Arts learnt some of them, such as the Knockback Jinx and Impediment Jinx.
Jinx effects could be blocked or removed by a counter-jinx or a counter-curse, and they can be prevented by an anti-jinx. The former category was taught in Defence Against the Dark Arts class, while the latter was presumably part of several protective enchantments, and therefore mostly covered in Charms class. 
In case of major jinx effects, like backfired and unliftable ones, wizards would have to let themselves be treated in St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries or at least by any Healer or expert in the knowledge of Dark Magic.
==List of jinxes==
 	Name 	Incantation 	Effect
A	Anti-Disapparition Jinx 	 	Prevented Disapparition within a certain area.
A	Anti-intruder jinx 	 	Repelled intruders.
A	Avifors Spell 	Avifors 	A jinx when used to transform certain creatures into birds.
B	Backfiring Jinx 	 	Caused spells to backfire and hurt caster.
B	Bee-Sting Jinx 	 	Caused the target's skin to swell and turn pink, similar to the effect of a bee sting. - see this video
B	Biting jinx 	 	Caused jinxed object to bite the user.
B	 	Brachiabindo 	Bound the target with invisible chords.
B	Broom jinx 	 	Made a broomstick attempt to buck its rider off.
C	Cascading Jinx 	 	Targeted multiple enemies.
C	Cracker Jinx 	 	Conjured exploding Wizard Crackers.
C	Cornflake Skin Jinx - see this video 	 	Made skin appear as though it was covered in cornflakes.
D	Dangling Jinx - A guide to the lesser known spells in the wizarding world	Levicorpus 	Levitated the target into the air by holding them up by their ankle.
D	Defensive jinx 	 	A jinx that protected the user from harm.
D	Drone Jinx 	 	Produced undesirably loud noise.
D	 	Ducklifors 	Turned the target into a duck.
D	Dumbledore's Army parchment jinx 	 	Caused boils to spell "SNEAK" on the face of a traitor.
E	Ebublio Jinx 	Ebublio 	Trapped target in giant water bubble.
F	Finger-removing jinx 	 	Removed a person's fingers.
I	Ice Jinx 	 	Generated a small block of ice.
I	Impediment Jinx 	Impedimenta 	Temporarily slowed target.
I	Inflating Charm 	Inflatus 	Inflated the target, filling it up with air.
I	Insect Jinx 	Entomorphis 	Induced insectoid physical features upon the victim, such as feelers.
J	Jelly-Brain Jinx 	 	Presumably affected the victim's mental processes.
J	Jelly-Legs Jinx 	Locomotor Wibbly	Collapsed legs.
J	Jinx against marriage 	 	Made an individual refuse marriage.
J	Jinx on the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher 	 	Every Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts could not stay in the position for more than one year and without suffering an unpleasant fate by the end of their tenure.
K	Knockback Jinx 	Flipendo 	Knocked opponent over. - The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
L	 	Langlock 	Affixed tongue to the roof of the mouth.
L	Leek jinx 	 	Leeks sprouted from ears.
L	Lapifors Spell 	Lapifors 	Transformed objects and certain creatures into rabbits.
M	Multi-Shot Jinx 	 	Multiple offensive blasts.
O	Oppugno Jinx 	Oppugno 	Assaulted target with directed object(s).
O	 	Orbis 	Sucked the target into the ground.
P	Pimple Jinx 	Furnunculus 	Boils/pimples erupted on victim. - Curses and Counter-Curses
P	Projectile Jinx 	Waddiwasi 	Propelled a small material at high velocity at target.
P	 	Pullus 	Transformed the target into a chicken.
P	Pumpkin-Head Jinx 	Melofors 	Encased the victim's head inside a pumpkin.
R	Revulsion Jinx 	Relashio 	Released the target's grip.
S	Sea Urchin Jinx 	 	Made tiny spikes erupt all over the victim.
S	Slippery Jinx 	 	Caused object to become slippery, making it difficult to handle. - See image here.
S	Special Jinx 	 	Provoked damage on an opponent. Special Jinxes came in red, yellow, green and blue varieties. When lured out of an object, it appeared as a blue floating ball of magic.
S	Stinging Jinx 	 	Stung flesh.
S	Stretching Jinx 	 	Increased the target's height.
T	Taboo 	 	Designated a word as a key to revealing the speaker's location.
T	Tempest Jinx 	 	Struck target(s) with lightning bolts.
T	Trip Jinx 	 	Tripped victim causing them to fall.
U	Usual library book spells 	 	These were jinxes placed on the books in the Hogwarts Library by the librarian Irma Pince, to help protect the books from damage while they were checked out. These jinxed books were capable of beating someone around their head if they accidentally drooled on them.
V	 	Vermiculus 	Turned target into a worm.
==Behind the scenes==
*J. K. Rowling defined jinxes as "spells whose effects are irritating but amusing".
*As with most spell names, this classification is not hard and fast; for instance, Tom Riddle's jinx on the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher of Hogwarts was neither a minor effect, nor amusing, nor truly irritating. Indeed, it proved lethal for its targets on several occasions. Less strikingly, other jinxes, while admittedly "amusing", have also demonstrated lethal consequences, such as the tree animating jinx. Even though Rowling herself specified the differences between curses, hexes, and jinxes, she states that "Within the Potter world, the boundaries are flexible and I imagine that wizards may have their own ideas." This shows that the categorization of dark charms is not set and stone, and may sometimes be used interchangeably. This explains why some spells are known by multiple names, like why the Slug-vomiting Charm is a curse, and why the Jelly-Legs Curse is also sometimes known as the Jelly-Legs Jinx. This also explains why some curses, such as the Leg-Locker Curse, Jelly-Legs Curse and Full Body-Bind Curse, which don't cause any lasting injury, seem to fall more under the definition of a jinx or hex, while Voldemort's jinx has had serious, lasting consequences for several of those affected, which would seem more like a curse. This also applies to charms like the Disarming Charm, Stunning Spell and other combat charms. They affect the opponent negatively and leaves them defenceless and prone to further harm from their adversaries, which makes them seem more like a jinx or a hex.
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==See also==
*Hex
*Curse
*Dark charm
*Dark Arts
Category:Jinxes
Category:Spell By Types