Have you got a favourite Harry Potter spell? The results from Harry Potter Book Night are in and we’re about to share them with you...
The favourite spell from the Harry Potter books, with over 2700 votes, is:
Expecto Patronum!
One of the most famous and powerful spells, Expecto Patronum is important throughout the Harry Potter book series. It first appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, taught to Harry Potter by Professor Lupin:
The Patronus is a kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the Dementor feeds upon – hope, happiness, the desire to survive – but it cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the Dementors can’t hurt it. But I must warn you, Harry, that the Charm might be too advanced for you. Many qualified wizards have difficulty with it.”– Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Accio and Wingardium Leviosa weren’t far behind, making second and third place as a result of your votes. Here’s the full list:
1. Expecto patronum – to summon a Patronus
2. Accio – to call an object to you
3. Wingardium Leviosa – to levitate objects
4. Expelliarmus – to disarm your opponent
5. Lumos – to ignite one’s wand-tip to provide light
6. Alohomora – to open locked windows and doors
7. Avada Kedavra – to bring about instant death
8. Sectumsempra – the incantation for one of the Half-Blood Prince’s spells
9. Obliviate – to make the subject forget
10. Riddikulus – to make a Boggart take on a comical appearance and eventually explode
