Questions tagged [house-elves]
A form of elf appearing in the Harry Potter universe who are typically servants to magical families and act as housekeepers and protectors.
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What's so awful in Dobby's words?
In the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets film, Harry Potter speaks to Dobby:
Harry Potter: You can't have met many decent wizards then.
Dobby: No, I haven't. That was an awful thing to say. Bad ...
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Why does Kreacher respond when Harry summons him but not when Sirius does?
Book 5: As Weasleys and Harry arrive at 12 Grimmauld place (after the attack on Arthur), Sirius screams at Kreacher "get out!" and Kreacher disappears (goes to Malfoys) and does not come ...
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Why was it assumed that Kreacher follows the same rules as the enchantments on Grimmauld Place?
Chapter 3 of Half-Blood Prince makes it very clear that The Order doesn't quite knows how the enchantments on Grimmauld Place work:
We do not know whether the enchantments we ourselves have placed ...
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Why didn't the Death Eaters use a house-elf to get into Hogwarts?
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Malfoy tries to get Death Eaters into Hogwarts through the Vanishing Cabinet. Couldn't the Death Eaters use an elf instead? We know they can teleport in and ...
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Does casting a spell require a Wand? [duplicate]
In multiple Harry Potter books/movies, there are a number of scenarios where a spell is cast or some magical event happens but the instigator did not use a wand:
In HP1, Harry removes the glass from ...
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Are house-elves powerful creatures?
We have seen in HP and the Chamber of Secrets that Dobby could easily defeat Malfoy, when Malfoy tried to attack Harry for freeing Dobby. Also Dobby is able to perform magic without any wand.
So are ...
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Could a house elf use Side-Along Apparition and bring a wizard or wizards into Hogwarts that way? [duplicate]
For instance, in The "Half-Blood Prince", Draco spends almost his entire school year trying to fix the Vanishing Cabinet so he will be able to bring back-up Death Eaters into Hogwarts. But couldn't he ...
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Wouldn't Kreacher have been able to escape even without following an order?
In Chapter Ten of Deathly Hallows we are presented with the story of Kreacher's escape from Voldemort's cave:
“How did you get away?” Harry asked, and he was not surprised to hear himself ...
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Why did the house-elves fight without magic? [duplicate]
In Chapter Thirty-Six of Deathly Hallows we have the following passage:
The house-elves of Hogwarts swarmed into the entrance hall, screaming and waving carving knives and cleavers, and at their head,...
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How did Dobby curse the Bludger?
In Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, Dobby tries to keep Harry out of school, and when that fails, Dobby tried to injure Harry so he would leave. We know that he tampered with a Bludger so it ...
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Why do house elves struggle with English grammar?
In the Potterverse we see house elves speak broken English. Winky is the best example
House elves does what they is told. I is not liking heights at all, Harry Potter...but my master sends me to ...
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In Harry Potter, are house-elves being used as nurses?
By "nurse" I am wondering if, for example, Narcissa was the one who was taking care of Draco when he was a baby, or was Dobby the one who changed his diaper and fed him at night?
I can't imagine them ...
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If a house elf’s master dies are they freed?
If a house elf’s master dies and the master has no descendants of any kind, would the house elf be freed?
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Are Hogwarts' house-elves obligated to obey commands from students?
In James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing (part of the fanmade James Potter series involving Harry and Ginny's eldest son), there is this passage in which James' muggle-born friend Zane talks ...
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Why didn't Harry simply Summon Kreacher to bring them food in the Deathly Hallows? [duplicate]
Several times Harry, Ron, and Hermione have had almost nothing to eat:
The fact that Hermione was getting better at identifying edible fungi could not altogether compensate for their continuing ...
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