Patronus Charm | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The spell as seen in the third video game . SPSexpecto from SpellShapes.utx from the texture files of the third video game PC version. Two Patronuses planned for the films but ultimately cut include a Thestral and a chimpanzee [29] The Patronuses of James Potter and Minerva McGonagall match their respective Animagi form. These are the only characters whose Patronus and Animagus forms are known. It is uncertain whether all Patronuses will match the form of the Animagus, but so far, an instance of differing forms has not been revealed. Similarly Remus Lupin's Patronus is a wolf, but whether this is a universal among werewolves or not is unknown. In the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , a white peacock appears in the gardens of Malfoy Manor. Some fans believed this bird to be Lucius Malfoy 's Patronus. However, J. K. Rowling stated that no Death Eater except Severus Snape could (or had a need to) conjure a Patronus, because Death Eaters fight alongside that which Patronuses fight against.

[30] This means that the peacock was in fact a living creature. It is stated in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that the creature was in fact an albino peacock. In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , the more moderate Expecto Patronum is a ball of light. In the console versions, it works as a guided-missile that can only be steered left or right, and accelerate. In the PC version, before cast, a white ring goes up Harry's arm and if it reaches top of the wand, Harry has to try the spell again, and it is used only to attack Dementors (it also produces lightning effects). At the climax of the game, a stag (Harry's Patronus) jumps out of the wand to drive away all the Dementors nearby attacking Harry and Sirius, and its during that battle in the console versions, Harry's Patronus changes into a stag with altered controls. The lecture that Harry gives on Patronuses to Dumbledore's Army in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is extremely similar to the lecture Remus Lupin gave him in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban .

In the third book when Dementors attack Harry, Hermione and Sirius, Harry's Patronus is very weak and thin (based on how there were tons of Dementors) yet the Dementors were still unable to pass through it. One Dementor was able to make it vanish by gesturing at it though. According to Harry Potter Fanon, the incantation for making a Patronus able to speak and carry messages is Nuntius Expecto Patronum. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 , Dolores Umbridge 's Patronus seems to emanate a shield that keeps the Dementors separated from everyone in the courtroom. In addition, Kingsley Shacklebolt's Patronus is described in the novel as taking the form of a lynx, however in the film it is depicted as a shimmering comet of light from which springs silvery images of witches and wizards screaming in terror as Kingsley's voice details the death of Scrimgeour and the fall of the Ministry.

In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 , Voldemort, Lucius Malfoy, Walden Macnair , Barty Crouch Jr , and an unnamed Death Eater can all cast the spell, despite the fact that Rowling stated that no Death Eater besides Severus Snape could produce a Patronus. It is most likely that this was simply incorporated for gameplay purposes. According to W.O.M.B.A.T. , it is possible that Patronuses vary in strength according to which animal's form they take. Later canon from Wonderbook: Book of Spells , however, stresses that this is not the case and that the form of the animal has no correlation to the strength of the Patronus (see, for instance, Illyius and Symposia Rawle ). The Patronus spellbook , owned by Remus Lupin , includes information and instruction on the Patronus Charm. In an interview, J. K. Rowling stated that the happy memory that would produce the strongest Patronus for her would be the births of any of her three children, though a close fourth would be when she learned that Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was going to be published.

[31] She has also stated that she'd like for her Patronus to be an otter, like Hermione's, but she has a feeling it might actually be a large dog. [30] However, in a message on Twitter in 2014 , she claimed it would be a pine marten . [32] Additionally, in a 2000 interview, she stated that the Patronus Charm was her favourite spell in the series so far. [33] </nowiki> Rowling later revealed that a pine marten was what she had tested as in the initial form of the Patronus test that was later posted on Pottermore. She took the test again in its final form and tested as a heron. [34] Luna Lovegood's hare Patronus is possibly a reference to the moon rabbit , a figure in East Asian mythology. Learning to cast a Patronus is one of the tasks given to the player in the final Chapter of the game Wonderbook: Book of Spells .

For learning the incantation and gesture, the player is given the Trophy "Expecto Patronum!" On the next page, the player is given the chance to cast a true Patronus, the form of which is apparently chosen randomly. Amongst the possible Patronuses are a bat, a bull, a cat, a goat, a horse, a rabbit, a scorpion and a snake. [35] For discovering their Patronus, the player is awarded the Trophy "True Patronus."" J.K Rowling has stated the only way that a Patronus is only able to change its current form is through eternal unchangable love. Although J. K. Rowling has stated that the plural form is Patronuses and not Patroni, the German translation always translates it as Patroni. J. K. Rowling confirmed on 21 August 2015 on Twitter that Rubeus Hagrid was not able to conjure a Patronus, though he was a member of the Order of the Phoenix. [36] On 22 September , 2016 , Pottermore unveiled the long-awaited and discussed option for members of the site to determine their patronus.

This takes the form of a quiz of several questions that can only be taken once, at which point the member's patronus is revealed and added to their member profile. [37] Patronuses in the films In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , Harry's Patronus physically attacks the Dementors by charging at them, as depicted in the books, with first successful patronus shield he conjure being used to force a Boggart in the form of a Dementor back into its trunk. Also, Patronuses produced by the members of Dumbledore's Army make noises and are capable of interacting with physical objects, such as Ron's dog Patronus knocking over Neville Longbottom . Also, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Umbridge's Patronus was heard hissing. There was a noted change in appearance of Patronuses in general in the Order of the Phoenix movie. In movies 5-8, Patronuses very wispy and airy, while in the third film they look more substantial, solid and brighter.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 , during the infiltration of the Ministry of Magic , Umbridge's Patronus was very clearly seen several times in the same scene and often looked less like a cat and more like a reanimated, feline corpse, with the skeletal features visible. This is odd for a Patronus (they usually look quite 'alive' and well) and its twisted form may be a nod to both Umbridge's nature and the circumstances under which it was cast. In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , the Patronus in its powerful wave-like form emits a deep reverberating sound. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 this effect was also used when Aberforth Dumbledore protected Hogwarts from Dementors. Appearances character development - Was Lily Potter's Patronus always a doe? - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange Was Lily Potter's Patronus always a doe? up vote 15 down vote favorite 2 It's well established that Harry's parents, Lily and James Potter, had doe and stag Patronuses respectively.

It's also well established that falling in love can change a person's Patronus; for example Tonks' werewolf and Snape's doe. There's also this quote: Chely: James patronus is a stag and lilys a doe is that a coincidence? J.K. Rowling: No, the Patronus often mutates to take the image of the love of one's life (because they so often become the 'happy thought' that generates a Patronus). 30 July 2007 Bloomsbury live chat with J.K. Rowling which suggests that this latter point is true for the Potters. Given that James' Animagus form was a stag, and that his Patronus was obviously affected by that, the conclusion is that Lily's Patronus is a doe because she fell in love with him. Is there any canon evidence that says what form Lily's Patronus took prior to her falling in love with James? Failing that, I'd also consider canon proof that Lily never cast the Patronus charm before she fell in love with James as satisfactory evidence that her Patronus was "always" a doe. 8 Apropos to nothing, I admit I've always hated the concept of matching Patronuses.

So hokey. Taking the doe/stag as an example, to me it makes James and Lily seem weirdly interdependent, Snape a pathetic loser (whether he really is a pathetic loser is better answered as a separate question/answer, I think), and Harry stripped of his individuality. Ugh, so much dislike! YMMV, of course, and that's totally fine. Offhand, I can't recall a reference to Lily having had a Patronus other than a doe, but maybe someone else knows differently. :) – Slytherincess Dec 6 '13 at 23:33 @Slytherincess I totally agree. This is a question I've been thinking about for probably six months now (since I last read the books), and recently another question came to mind: Why on earth is Snape's Patronus a doe? If Lily's is that simply because of James it makes no sense for Snape's happy memories of Lily to take the form of an animal that's tied so deeply to a man he despised. – Anthony Grist Dec 6 '13 at 23:36 I'm stumped. No canon info comes to mind.

Then again, Lily was a headstrong girl, I wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't the type to bend her Patronus shape just for some boy, even if she did consent to marry the git. May be there's some sort of "girls rule boys drool" statement from JKR there, hidden :) – DVK-in-Florida Dec 7 '13 at 0:09 2 I think it goes the other way: James's patronus and animal form was a stag because he started to copy Lily. – b_jonas Dec 7 '13 at 7:26 4 Is there any reason to think that Lily even had a Patronus before she and James married? The Patronus charm was beyond N.E.W.T. level, so likely wouldn't have been taught at Hogwarts; she probably picked it up in the Order of the Phoenix after graduation, by which time she and James were already an item (per OotP Ch29, they began dating in seventh year). – Joe White Jan 22 '14 at 3:01 What was James Potter’s animagus form? - Quora Quora "Yes, your father was always a stag when he transformed," he said.

"You guessed right... that's why we called him Prongs." Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The Patronus turned. It was cantering back toward Harry across the stillsurface of the water. It wasn't a horse. It wasn't a unicorn, either. It was a stag. Slowly, it bowed itsantlered head. And Harry realized... "Prongs, "he whispered. Written May 27, 2016 The reason James is represented by a stag is because stags are a symbol of nobility, stregth, leadership, and pride. James is a rich pureblood descended from Peverell’s, had the most well-rounded magical skill set of his generation, was leader of the Marauders and Head Boy, and was very prideful (sometimes to the point of arrogance). James having a stag patronus is the reason why Lily has a doe Patronus (and because Lily has many of James’s traits). James is the person Harry admires (especially when book 3 hits) and inherited a lot of his personality, so he also has a stag. 512 Views · View Upvotes · Answer requested by What are the Meanings of Patronus Animals?

: harrypotter Arthur Weasley – Weasel Edit: Below is a compilation of some of the explanations for patronus animals not included in the original list. (7) Hermione Granger - Otter Otters are also in the same family as weasels. :D (AReallyHoopyFrood) Something to add for Hermione--Otters are J.K. Rowling's favourite animals, and she has said that Hermione was partly based on herself. (g0newick3d) (8) Kingsley Shacklebot - Lynx Mythologically speaking, a Lynx is a keeper of secrets who draws its strength of being secretive. And Kingsley worked as a double agent within the Ministry. (Witzy) (9) Ron Weasley – Jack Russell Terrier fierce loyalty. Even at his worst he came back. He nearly always stood by Harry, even when others didn't. (xVarekai) (10) Ginny Weasley— Horse As cuddlesquid mentioned, a patronus could reflect your soulmate or other people with compatabile personalities. In the case of Ginny, her patronus is a horse; Harry's is a stag. Both are hoofed animals within the same infraclass.

While they may not be directly alike (as with Ron and Hermione's), they can still be considered close. For Ginny, a horse makes sense as well: She is bright, dependable, and functions well in a group (often taking leadership when there is none). (figure08) (11) Seamus Finnegan – Fox Fox-hunts are an Irish emblem. Seamus is Irish. (Oriza) (12 and 13) Dolores Jane Umbridge and Minerva McGonagall-Cats Dolores Jane Umbridge and Minerva McGonagall: If I recall correctly, Umbridge was a long-haired cat, which are usually seen as more lazy and arrogant. Professor McGonagall had a tabby cat instead, not because she's in any way similar to Umbridge, but because being tabby she's more of a cat who walks around all day and is always busy and active. (I think I remember an interview where someone asked JKR about this, I can't remember.) (WhoWasDoctor) (15) Luna Lovegood – Hare In some mythologies, hares are attributed to things that are lunar.

(LadyPyramidHead) (18) Aberforth Dumbledore – Goat it is brought up several times that he had an "affinity" for goats. Goats were what made him happy. (broda) 'Around 1982, Aberforth was prosecuted by the Wizengamot for "using inappropriate charms on a goat" '. (Harry potter wiki qtd by LadyPyramidHead) Harry Potter's Four Fathers - Theosophical Society in America Harry Potter's Four Fathers The Quest for the Father in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Originally printed in the July - August 2004 issue of Quest magazine. Citation: Algeo, John. "Harry Potter's Four Fathers." Quest 92.4 (JULY - AUGUST 2004):145-149. By John Algeo The Harry Potter stories have enchanted readers—both children and adults—all over the world since the first book appeared just seven years ago. Why have these books captured the imagination of people differing widely in maturity and culture?

They have done so because, like all great literature, the Harry Potter stories speak to people of all ages by presenting universal truths—not by preaching but in a subliminal, parable-like way. The theme of the third book in the series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, is Harry’s search for his father. The quest for a father, or the Father, is one we all participate in. The surface-level story begins in the first book, when Harry was orphaned as an infant. His mother and father were murdered by the evil wizard Voldemort, whose own body was destroyed when he attempted to murder the infant Harry as well. But Harry survived and was given to his mother’s sister and her husband (Petunia and Vernon Dursley) to rear. When Harry reached the age of eleven, he was sent, according to arrangements made by his parents before his birth, to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to prepare him for a career as a wizard. Harry is happy at the school, where he progresses in his studies and becomes a star in the wizard sport, Quidditch, which is played in the air on broomsticks.

He spends each summer, however, with his aunt and uncle in their house on Privet Drive, Little Wingeing, Surrey. They are Muggles (that is, nonwizards) but also are prejudiced, ignorant, and mean-spirited. These summers are miserable times for Harry because in the Dursleys’ house he is a Cinderlad, ill-treated by his relatives, deprived of contact with his school friends, and forbidden to engage in his studies or favorite pursuits. Harry’s real life is at Hogwarts, where each year he has a quest to perform, and sometimes more than one, all of which are aspects of a single great quest: the quest for self-knowledge—the quest to discover who and what he is. In the third book, Harry’s specific quest is somehow to find his dead father embodied in what today we call a “father figure.” Harry’s passionate love for his father is introduced early in the book, when Aunt Marge, his uncle’s sister, arrives for a visit at the Dursleys’ toward the end of the summer. Aunt Marge breeds bulldogs and picks on Harry unmercifully: She jerked her head at Harry . . . .

“This one’s got a mean, runty look about him. You get that with dogs. I had Colonel Fubster drown one last year. Ratty little thing it was. Weak. Underbred. . . . “It all comes down to blood . . . . Bad blood will out. Now, I’m not saying nothing against your family, Petunia [the sister of Harry’s mother] . . . but your sister was a bad egg. They turn up in the best families. Then she ran off with a wastrel and here’s the result right in front of us. . . . “This Potter,” said Aunt Marge loudly, seizing the brandy bottle and splashing more into her glass and over the tablecloth, . . . “A no-account, good-for-nothing, lazy scrounger who—” “He was not,” said Harry suddenly. The table went very quiet. Harry was shaking all over. He had never felt so angry in his life. (26–7) But Aunt Marge continues to insult Harry’s parents as she swells with fury. But then she begins to swell all over.

Her whole body swells up as though it were full of hot air, and it floats up to the ceiling like an over inflated blimp. Harry, unconsciously, has put a spell on Aunt Marge so that her physical form mirrors the emotions and empty falsehoods she was expressing. That is the introduction of the Father theme in this third novel, and from it we know that Harry’s love for his father, whom he greatly resembles in appearance and character, is so strong that Harry will brook no unjust criticisms of him. Later in the novel, when Harry is back at Hogwarts School, he has a run-in with one of his teachers, Professor Snape, who was a schoolmate and rival of Harry’s father and between whom there was bad blood: “How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter,” Snape said suddenly, his eyes glinting. “He, too, was exceedingly arrogant. A small amount of talent on the Quidditch pitch made him think he was a cut above the rest of us, too. Strutting around the place with his friends and admirers … the resemblance between you is uncanny.” “My dad didn’t strut,” said Harry, before he could stop himself.

“And nor do I.” “Your father didn’t set much store by rules, either. . . . Rules were for lesser mortals . . . . His head was so swollen—” “SHUT UP!” Harry was suddenly on his feet. Rage such as he had not felt since his last night in Privet Drive was thundering through him. He didn’t care that Snape’s face had gone rigid, the black eyes flashing dangerously. “What did you say to me, Potter?” “I told you to shut up about my dad!” Harry yelled. “I know the truth, all right? He saved your life! . . . You wouldn’t even be here if it weren’t for my dad!” Snape’s sallow skin had gone the colour of sour milk. (209–10) Any unjust criticism of Harry’s father provokes a violent response from him because he has constructed an ideal figure of his father, a figure he himself is trying to live up to. Harry has put his dead father on a pedestal and honors him with intense devotion.

In one of the recurring visions Harry has of his parents’ death, he sees his father heroically battling the evil wizard Voldemort, trying to give his wife time to escape with their infant son, Harry himself. James Potter, Harry’s father, was indeed brave, intelligent, loyal, and accomplished. But in his younger years he was also something of a hellion and a scamp. He was, that is, a bright, independent, and normal young man. Harry is, however, seeking an ideal image of his father, and he embodies it in four persons, each of whom reflects some particular characteristic of the father image and each of whom also has his own limitations. A subordinate theme of the book is that no person is perfect, but all—however good and admirable in some ways—have imperfections of some kind. That is the nature of human beings, even wizard human beings. A Albus Dumbledore as Intuition The first of the four father figures is the Headmaster at Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore, who might more appropriately be called a grandfather figure, for he was a teacher at Hogwarts in James Potter’s day.

Dumbledore (whose given name, “Albus,” means “white” in Latin) is reputed to be the greatest and best wizard of the time: “Harry happened to agree . . . that the safest place on earth was wherever Albus Dumbledore happened to be. Didn’t people always say that Dumbledore was the only person Lord Voldemort has ever been afraid of?” (55). But Dumbledore, though wise and powerful, is not omniscient or omnipotent. He could not save Harry’s mother and father from being killed by Voldemort. And he cannot save a poor Hippogriff (a beast that is half horse and half eagle) from being put down because it was goaded by a nasty boy into a violent response, nor can he save Harry’s godfather, Sirius Black, from being sent back to prison and death for a crime he did not commit. Dumbledore tells Harry, “I have no power to make other men see the truth,” and in response, Harry stared up into the grave face and felt as though the ground beneath him was falling sharply away. He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything. He had expected Dumbledore to pull some amazing solution out of the air.

But no … their last hope was gone” (287–8). But actually no, their last hope is not gone, and Dumbledore does pull something out of the air. He says to Harry’s friend Hermione, “What we need . . . is more time.” That cryptic remark with its special emphasis was a message to Hermione that she and Harry have what they need to save both the Hippogriff and Sirius Black. Hermione, who is the most industrious student at Hogwarts, has been taking several courses at the same time. As a special privilege as the best student at the school, she was allowed secretly to use a Time-Turner, which is a device that allows the user to travel back in time. At the end of a class, she simply turned the time back before the start of that class and went to a different class instead, thus doubling the number of courses she was in. With his cryptic remark, Dumbledore suggested to Hermione that she and Harry could go back in time and save the Hippogriff from being beheaded and then use the Hippogriff to fly Sirius Black away from his persecutors and to safety. That’s the way all the Great-Souled Teachers work.

They do not tell us what to do or how to do it; they do not direct. They suggest; they give little hints or clues, which we are expected to act upon on our own initiative and in our own way. The Great-Souled Teachers do not give us instruction. They give us intuition. And that is Dumbledore’s role. Albus Dumbledore is the Father, or Grandfather, of Intuition. He is the embodiment of Buddhi. A Remus Lupin as Knowledge The second of Harry’s four father figures is Remus Lupin. His name is significant because he is a werewolf, a man-wolf, who was bitten by a wolf in his childhood and therefore turns into a wolf at every full moon. In Roman mythology, Remus was the brother of Romulus, both of whom were suckled by a she-wolf as babes; and “Lupin” is from Latin lupinus, meaning “of a wolf.” Remus Lupin teaches the course in Defence against the Dark Arts, which Harry takes during his third year at Hogwarts. The dark creatures that Harry is most terrified of are the Dementors.

They are guards at the wizard prison of Azkaban, from which Harry’s godfather, Sirius Black, has escaped. But the Dementors are not normal guards. They are sightless creatures who suck out all happiness and hope from their victims, leaving them in mindless despair. The Dementors are personifications of psychotic depression. Their ultimate weapon is to suck the very soul out of their victims. Because the Dementors play upon the fears of humans, Harry, having been attacked by Voldemort as an infant, is especially susceptible to them. Remus Lupin tells Harry that what the boy fears most of all is fear itself, and then teaches him a defense against fear and the Dementors. It is the Patronus Charm. This charm “conjures up a Patronus . . . which is a kind of Anti-Dementor—a guardian which acts as a shield between you and the Dementor” (176). The Patronus is an embodiment of the most intense happiness the user of the charm has ever experienced. Harry wants to know what the Patronus looks like, but Lupin tells him that each is unique to the wizard who conjures it.

It is a very difficult charm to work, and even some of the most skilled wizards are unable to use it successfully. The word patronus is Latin for “protector” or “defender,” but it is based on the Latin word pater, “father.” Because Remus Lupin is a man-wolf, he combines the human and the bestial. In that, he is like the mind, which is also twofold, human and animal. In his human phase, Remus is helpful and mild; in his wolf phase, he is vicious. Because he knows he is both man and wolf, both human and beast, he is wise, full of the knowledge of both the higher, light side and the lower, dark side of life. Incidentally, Remus is also the first one to prescribe chocolate for Harry as a remedy for shock or whatever else ails him. The nurse at Hogwarts discovers this and remarks approvingly: “Did he now? . . . So we’ve finally got a Defence against the Dark Arts teacher who knows his remedies.” Remus Lupin is the Father of Knowledge. He is the embodiment of Manas.

A Sirius Black as Devotion The third of Harry’s four father figures is Sirius Black, who was James Potter’s best friend, best man at his wedding, and godfather to Harry. But Sirius was framed as the betrayer of James and his wife, Lily, and also as a mass murderer. For those supposed crimes he was sent to the prison of Azkaban. But whereas most prisoners in that most feared of all prisons go mad within a short time, deprived of all hope and overcome by fear of the Dementors, Sirius Black had control over his emotions. Because he did not succumb to fear, he survived in Azkaban and eventually managed to escape, in order to hunt down James and Lily’s actual betrayer, who was also the real mass murderer, and also to protect his godchild, Harry. Sirius Black and James Potter were also close friends with Remus Lupin. To be companion for Lupin and help to control him when he entered his wolf phase at the full moon, they both became Animagi, wizards who can assume an animal form at will. Sirius Black became a huge black dog. The dog is proverbially man’s best friend, and Sirius was James Potter’s best and devoted friend.

Sirius is also the name of the brightest star in the sky, located in the constellation Canis Major (Latin for “big dog”), and Sirius is therefore called “the Dog Star.” The name Sirius comes from Greek seirios, meaning “the scorcher”; it was so called because the time of the year when this star rises with the sun is the hottest season or midsummer, also known as the “dog days.” Heat is associated with active emotion, and warmth with devotion. In ancient Egypt, the first rising of Sirius in the morning sky marked the beginning of the Nile flood, on which the agricultural richness of the land depended. Water is traditionally associated with life and emotion, and rising water with rising emotions. Sirius Black was energized by his emotions and especially his devotion to friends. Although he usually controlled those emotions, not they him, they did sometimes run away with him. In his school days, he was the initiator of the high jinx that created an enmity between another student, Severus Snape, and James Potter, which still affects Harry’s relationship with Snape, who is one of his teachers. But Sirius loves Harry and is a devoted godfather to him.

He gave Harry great hope and happiness when he invited him to come to live with him rather than with the boy’s Muggle relatives. In turn, Harry’s devotion to him results in Sirius Black’s freedom from being the “Prisoner of Azkaban.” Sirius Black is the Father of Emotion and Devotion. He is the embodiment of Bhakti. A James Potter as Active Will The ultimate of Harry’s four father figures is his own biological father, James Potter. It was Harry’s spirited defense of his father’s name and reputation that triggered the events of the third book in the saga. Harry is the spitting image of his father, except for his eyes, which are those of his mother. Harry is consequently especially identified with James as his ultimate father figure. And he responds to critical challenges as his father would have. For example, when Remus Lupin and Sirius Black have captured Peter Pettigrew, who actually betrayed Harry’s father and mother and also was the mass murderer, they intend to kill him. But Harry intervenes to save his life and explains to the culprit, “I’m not doing this for you.

I’m doing it because I don’t reckon my dad would’ve wanted his best friends to become killers—just for you” (275). And Dumbledore later confirms that reckoning: “I knew your father very well, both at Hogwarts and later, Harry . . . . He would have saved Pettigrew too, I am sure of it” (311). And when Sirius Black leaves Hogwarts and the dreaded Dementors for freedom, his farewell words to Harry are “We’ll see each other again . . . . You are—truly your father’s son, Harry.” But the real identity of Harry with his father James comes when he successfully uses the Patronus charm. Harry and Hermione have used her Time-Turner to go back several hours in order to rescue the Hippogriff and to use it to free Sirius Black. They have the Hippogriff and are biding their time, waiting for the proper moment to free Sirius. Harry scouts around to see whether the coast is clear for them to move, and as he looks out over a lake he sees, on its other side, the Dementors about to overcome Sirius Black and himself (as he was at that earlier time).

He knows that the only way to save them both is with the Patronus charm, which he has never been able to work well. But at that moment he knows that he must use it and that it must work because he survived that earlier attack. So Harry evokes a Patronus—a magnificent, huge, luminous white stag, which gallops across the lake and scatters the Dementors. The Harry of that earlier time saw the Patronus coming to save him and then returning to the distant figure on the far side of the lake, and he thought that figure was his father. But of course it was himself from another hour, come back to be his own savior as well as the savior of Sirius Black. The stag form of the Patronus is also connected with Harry’s father, for as an Animagus James Potter transformed into a stag, and in that transformation was called “Prongs” because of his antlers. As Chevalier and Gheerbrant show in their Dictionary of Symbols, stags are important symbols in shamanic cultures and in Celtic myth; they represent creation and renewal, as well as the sun and light.

Harry’s Patronus stag was a brilliantly white animal, a fitting complement to Sirius’s black dog. The Church Father Origen likened Christ in his active role in the world to a stag. The stag is swift to act, leaping and speeding. Alchemically, it is mercury or masculine will. The earlier Harry, who witnessed his later self sending the Patronus and who mistook that self for his father, comes to realize that it was he himself who saved himself. He later talks with Dumbledore about it: “It was stupid, thinking it was him,” he muttered. “I mean, I knew he was dead.” “You think the dead we have loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him. How else could you produce that particular Patronus? Prongs rode again last night. . . . So you did see your father last night, Harry … you found him inside yourself.” (312) H. P. Blavatsky talks about much the same thing in The Key to Theosophy: ENQ.

To whom, then, do you pray when you do so? THEO. To “our Father in heaven”—in its esoteric meaning. . . . a Theosophist addresses his prayer to his Father which is in secret (read, and try to understand, ch. vi., v. 6, Matthew [“But when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy father which is in secret”] ) . . . and that “Father” is in man himself. . . . We call our “Father in heaven” that deific essence of which we are cognizant within us. (67) James Potter is the Father of Active Will. For Harry, he is the embodiment of Atma, the Higher Self, the “Father in heaven.” As an Anglican liturgical reading addresses God: “We are the clay, you are the potter.” And that Potter is Harry’s Father and Father of us all.

References Patronus Charm | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia — Harry Potter teaching the Patronus Charm to Dumbledore's Army [src] In order to cast this charm, one must think of an extremely happy memory or idea, and then say the incantation: "Expecto Patronum" [1] . Because of this, negative emotions can compromise a wizard or witch's ability to cast a Patronus. For instance, Harry Potter , Ron Weasley , and Hermione Granger all had difficulty casting their Patronuses when under the negative influence of Salazar Slytherin's Locket , one of Lord Voldemort 's Horcruxes , and after witnessing the death of Fred Weasley in battle [3] . However self-confidence may also play an important role in casting the spell. In 1994 Harry is able to cast the spell successfully, driving off a large number of Dementors (which according to Severus Snape is only achievable by a very powerful wizard) thus saving Sirius and a younger version of himself, seemingly without recalling a happy memory when he realises that he has already done it. Uses File:Tonks-Patronus.jpg There are two known uses for the Patronus charm.

The first and main use of the Patronus is to drive off certain Dark creatures such as Dementors and Lethifolds , and is the only known charm that will work against them. As Dementors feed on happy memories to render humans to drown in sorrow and sadness, the Patronus acts as a shield of sorts, of which the Dementor would try to feed off of instead - the Patronus is comprised exclusively of positive feelings and cannot comprehend negative feelings, so the Dementor's influence cannot harm it. A non-corporeal Patronus only impedes Dementors, while a full-fledged one can drive them away. The other use was devised by none other than Albus Dumbledore , who invented a way of using the Patronus to deliver messages. This source of communication is believed to be exclusive to the members of the Order of the Phoenix . Using the Patronus for communication offers great advantages in security, as Patronuses identify the caster and are Dark -proof. [2] Severus Snape used his Patronus to lead Harry Potter to a pool in the Forest of Dean in 1997, where he had laid Godric Gryffindor's Sword for Harry to retrieve.

Minerva McGonagall used her Patronus to call for help to the other heads of houses in 1998 when she found out Harry Potter had returned to Hogwarts in search of Rowena Ravenclaw 's Diadem . Etymology Edit Patronus means "protector", "guardian", or simply "patron" in Latin, specifically reflecting the entire role that the Patronus Charm plays. In archaic Latin, it meant "father", which is very interesting, considering that Harry Potter 's Patronus is the same as his father's Patronus and Animagus form, a stag. The Latin word exspecto or expecto means "I look out for" or "I wait for", thus the charm's incantation roughly translates into "I await a protector." The Charm's plural is 'Patronuses'. Known Patronuses The lecture that Harry gives on Patronuses to Dumbledore's Army in the film version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is extremely similar to the lecture Remus Lupin gave him in the film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban .

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 , Dolores Umbridge 's Patronus seems to emanate a shield that keeps the Dementors separated from everyone in the courtroom. In addition, Kingsley Shacklebolt's Patronus is described in the novel as taking the form of a lynx, however in the film it is depicted as a shimmering comet of light from which springs silvery images of witches and wizards screaming in terror as Kingsley's voice details the death of Scrimgeour and the fall of the Ministry. In Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 , Voldemort, Lucius Malfoy, Walden Macnair , Barty Crouch Jr. , and an unnamed Death Eater can all cast the spell, despite the fact that Rowling stated that no Death Eater besides Severus Snape could produce a Patronus. According to W.O.M.B.A.T. , it is possible that Patronuses vary in strength according to which animal's form they take.

The Patronus in the films James Potter I | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Main article: Attack at Godric's Hollow (1981) A deceased James after being murdered by Lord Voldemort When the Dark Lord arrived at Godric's Hollow on Hallowe'en in 1981 , James told Lily to take Harry and run. After his wife and son were out of the room, he stood to face the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time on his own, in order to give his wife and child time to escape the cottage. However, James had made a fatal mistake; he had left his wand in the living room, where he had been entertaining his young son with it before Voldemort's arrival. Voldemort effortlessly murdered him with the Killing Curse - James "fell like a marionette whose strings were cut". [4] Voldemort then proceeded upstairs to where Lily and the infant Harry were hiding. Voldemort murdered Lily who died protecting Harry, but thanks to her loving sacrifice , the Killing Curse Voldemort cast at Harry rebounded and destroyed the Dark Lord's body leaving Harry with only a lightning-bolt scar . Thus, Harry became known as "the Boy Who Lived" and his fate was sealed.

Post-mortem Harry Potter: "You'll stay with me?" James: "Until the very end." — Harry speaks to his parents through the Resurrection Stone [src] James and Lily as seen by Harry in the Mirror of Erised After James' and Lily's deaths, their son was raised by Lily's unloving sister, Petunia Dursley , and her grumpy husband, Vernon , along with their glutton of a son, Dudley . Despite not remembering his parents, Harry held them in high esteem. This faltered slightly where his father was concerned, when he learned that James had been something of a bully in his youth, witnessing a memory of Severus Snape 's, in which James and Sirius picked on and humiliated Snape simply because they were bored. [11] Snape, who switched sides after Lily's death and became Potions professor at Hogwarts, treated Harry with disdain throughout his academic career, perceiving him to be "arrogant as his father, a determined rule-breaker... attention-seeking and impertinent". [4] He frequently bullied and humiliated Harry as James had previously done to him, as a sort of revenge.

The echo of James reappearing through Priori Incantatem to aid his son Harry saw a vision of his parents in the Mirror of Erised in 1991. [16] Three years later, while duelling with Voldemort in the Little Hangleton graveyard , Harry experienced Priori Incantatem. The shades of his mother and father and others which Voldemort's wand had murdered, came out of Voldemort's wand to help Harry in his escape from the graveyard. [17] In 1996, Harry also witnessed a memory of James viciously humiliating Snape back when they were Hogwarts students. He suspended Snape in the air and went as far as taking Snape's trousers off in front of a large crowd of students. Harry temporarily brings back his family and friends with the Resurrection Stone In 1998, Harry learned he was a Horcrux of Voldemort's, and walked toward his death in the Forbidden Forest . Upon entering, he used the Resurrection Stone to summon James and others who had perished in the war against Voldemort. James and Lily told Harry that they were tremendously proud of him, proud of his outstanding courage and strength, and assured him that they would stay with him until the very end.

Harry described their very presence as his courage, the reason he was able to keep putting one foot in front of the other, with Lily smiling at him, and James nodding in encouragement. He eventually named his eldest child after his father. James would gain two more grandchildren in Albus Severus and Lily Luna Potter . [4] Physical appearance James before his death James was a tall, thin man with hazel eyes and untidy black hair that stuck up at the back. During his Hogwarts years, he had an indefinable air of having been well cared for and even adored. As late as his fifth year, he started wearing glasses, though he had not in his first year. His son, Harry , was constantly noted to look very much like him, having the same untidy hair, thin face, mouth, eyebrows, and even hands. However, as observed by Harry in Snape's worst memory, James' nose was slightly longer than his son's. In his animagus form, James was a tall and powerful red stag, large enough to subdue an adolescent werewolf alongside Sirius' bear-like black dog form. Personality and traits Severus Snape: "He fancies you, James Potter fancies you! And he’s not...

everyone thinks... big Quidditch hero —" Lily Evans: "I know James Potter’s an arrogant toerag. I don’t need you to tell me that." — Snape and Lily discussing James in their fifth year [src] James was a clever and talented wizard, but very mischievous in his youth. He was arrogant and boastful, and occasionally bullied and jinxed other students just for fun, particularly his long-time rival, Severus Snape . However, even in this stage of arrogance, he still displayed some positive qualities of character. Despite being a pure-blood , he strongly disagreed with the concept of blood purity and was disgusted with any prejudice towards Muggle-borns , and did not hold prejudice towards werewolves (such as Remus Lupin , who was one of his dearest friends). This loyalty would extend to his adulthood when he used his wealth to support the unemployable Remus. [11] Snape would later point out that James was lazy. [18] James ultimately matured and changed his ways; he lost some of his arrogance and stopped hexing other people just for fun.

He become enough of a responsible student and leader to be Head Boy in his final year, and later a member of the original Order of the Phoenix . Though he never completely lost his rebellious side, it was clear James had left Hogwarts a far better person than he had been upon entering it. His best quality was his willingness to sacrifice himself for his wife and son, as demonstrated when he told Lily to take Harry and run while he held off Voldemort , proving himself to be a true Gryffindor . [11] Magical abilities and skills James's stag Patronus and Animagus form "You know, Harry , I think you would have given your father a run for his money, and that is saying something."

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books which animal is James Potter’s ‘Patronus’
Answer: A stag