Blood (Harry Potter)

> 'Family,' said Hagrid gloomily. 'Whatever yeh say, blood's important…' And he wiped a trickle of it out of his eye.
>
> Hagrid mopes at the ***Three Broomsticks Inn*** while suffering injuries caused by ***Grawp'** in* **1996***, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)*

**Blood** is a liquefied substance in some organisms, like humans, that carries ***oxygen*** throughout the body. In some creatures, blood was known to possess magical qualities.

## Blood in the wizarding world

* A weakness payment required blood to be shed. This was needed to access ***The Cave***.
* Blood pact involved the mixing of blood as part of a magical blood oath ritual.
* The blood of a ***unicorn*** would keep someone alive, even if they were "an inch from Death". It was also used alongside ***Nagini's venom*** to create a rudimentary body for Lord Voldemort's main soul.
* ***Re'em blood*** gave the drinkers immense strength for a short period of time.
* The ***Qilin*** had ***blood*** from which ***visions*** could be perceived in.
* Albus Dumbledore was known to have discovered the twelve uses of ***dragon*** ***blood***.
* Some creatures, like ghosts and ***Inferi***, had no blood, because they were dead.
* ***Chicken blood mixed with brandy*** was fed to baby ***dragons*** every half-hour.
* Some wizarding terms and nicknames used the word "blood". They included:
	+ Half-blood
	+ Pure-blood
	+ Mudblood
	+ Half-Blood Prince
	+ ***Bloody Baron***
	+ ***Blood Quill***
	+ Blood traitor
	+ Blood status
	+ ***Blood brothers***
	+ Bloody hell
* ***Vampires*** were dark magical beings that were known to drink blood as their diet, that belonged to the Living Dead. Some were known as blood brothers. ***Lady*** ***Carmilla Sanguina*** was a vampire who took things a step further and bathed in the blood of her victims, believing it would help her retain her health and beauty.
* ***Eldred Worple*** wrote a book known as ***Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires***.

* ***Honeydukes*** sold ***blood-flavoured lollipops***, supposedly for vampires.

* In his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry caught Quirinus Quirrell (who was hooded) illegally killing ***unicorns*** and drinking their blood for Lord Voldemort in the ***Forbidden Forest***, whilst serving detention in there.
* In 1992, Rubeus Hagrid thought that a Blood-Sucking Bugbear was killing his roosters, which had actually been killed by Ginny Weasley, being possessed by the fragmented soul of Tom Riddle.
* In ***1995***, the blood of Harry Potter helped in the ***Return of the Dark Lord***.
* During the ***Battle of the Astronomy Tower***, the Gryffindor house point hourglass was shattered by a curse, causing red rubies to flood the floor like blood.

## Behind the scenes

* One of the chapters in *Harry Potter Goblet Of Fire* (film) is titled "***Flesh**, Blood* *and Bone*".

## Appearances

* *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film) (First Physical Appearance)
* *Harry-Potter and The Chamber-Of Secrets* (film)
* *Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban* (film)
* *Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire* (film)
* *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (film)
* *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princd* (film)
* *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1*
* *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2*

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry-Potter and The Half-Blood Prince* (film), Chapter B, page 26
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film), Chapter 15
3. ↑ *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film), Chapter 6
4. ↑ *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film), Chapter 14
5. ↑ Pottermore - ***The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection***
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princd* (film)
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban* (film)
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban* (film)
9. ↑ *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film), Chapter 17
10. ↑ *Harry-Potter and The Chamber-Of Secrets* (film), Chapter 11
11. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire* (film)
12. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princd* (film)
13. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princd* (film)