Table of Contents for Sorcerer's Companion : A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter

Introduction

xiii

Amulet

1

(3)

The Evil Eye

3

(1)

Arithmancy

4

(6)

Astrology

10

(9)

Disaster and Disease

14

(1)

The Zodiac

15

(3)

The Meaning of the Planets

18

(1)

Banshee

19

(2)

Basilisk

21

(3)

The Basilisk Today

23

(1)

Boggart

24

(2)

The Bogeyman

25

(1)

Broomstick

26

(2)

Cat

28

(4)

Cat Tales

30

(2)

Cauldron

32

(3)

Centaur

35

(1)

Charm

36

(3)

``Charmed, I'm Sure''

38

(1)

Circe

39

(2)

Crystal Ball

41

(3)

Curse

44

(4)

Licensed to Curse

46

(1)

The Mummy's Curse

47

(1)

Dark Arts

48

(4)

Demon

52

(4)

How to Recognize a Demon

55

(1)

Divination

56

(9)

The Mantic Arts

59

(4)

A Brief History of Tarot

63

(2)

Dragons

65

(3)

Dragons of the East

67

(1)

Dreams

68

(3)

Dwarf

71

(2)

Elf

73

(3)

The Elf's New Clothes

75

(1)

Sairy

76

(6)

The Tooth Fairy

77

(2)

The Cottingley Fairies

79

(2)

Fairy Rings

81

(1)

Flying Carpet

82

(2)

Forbidden Forest

84

(1)

Ghost

85

(4)

Ghoul

89

(1)

Giant

90

(3)

Gnome

93

(1)

Goblin

94

(2)

Grim

96

(2)

Grindylow

98

(2)

Hag

100

(2)

Herbology

102

(3)

Hex

105

(2)

Hinkypunk

107

(1)

Hippogriff

108

(3)

Animals on Trial

110

(1)

Horoscope

111

(2)

Invisibility Cloak

113

(3)

Kappa

116

(1)

Leprechaun

117

(3)

The Farmer and the Leprechaun

119

(1)

Magic

120

(12)

Magician

132

(13)

Magic Mirror

145

(4)

Mirror Superstitions

148

(1)

Magic Wand

149

(8)

The Magic Club

152

(1)

The Caduceus

153

(4)

Magic Words

157

(2)

A Little Hocus Pocus

Mandrake

159

(3)

Mandrake Safety

161

(1)

Manticore

162

(2)

Merlin

164

(4)

Mermaid/Merman

168

(4)

Mermaid Relatives

171

(1)

Morgana

172

(3)

The Fata Morgana

174

(1)

Mummy

175

(2)

Nicholas Flamel

177

(4)

Owl

181

(1)

Palmistry

182

(4)

Petrification

186

(2)

Phoenix

188

(2)

Pixie

190

(1)

Poltergeist

191

(3)

Potion

194

(3)

Red Cap

197

(1)

Runes

198

(2)

Rune Casting

200

(1)

Salamander

200

(3)

Sibyl

203

(2)

Snake

205

(3)

Sorcerer

208

(2)

Sorcerer's Stone

210

(7)

The Making of the Stone

214

(1)

The Faking of the Stone

215

(2)

Spell

217

(2)

Sphinx

219

(2)

Talisman

221

(3)

Tea-Leaf Reading

224

(6)

Three-headed Dog

230

(2)

Toad

232

(3)

Toadstones

234

(1)

Transfiguration

235

(4)

Troll

239

(3)

Unicorn

242

(4)

Hornswoggled

244

(2)

Vampire

246

(3)

Veela

249

(1)

Werewolf

250

(4)

``Real'' Werewolves

253

(1)

Witch

254

(5)

The Witch's Familiar

257

(2)

Witch Persecution

259

(6)

Why Were Witches Women?

263

(2)

Wizard

265

(3)

Yeti

268

(2)

Zombie

270

(3)

Acknowledgments

273

(2)

Bibliography

275

(6)

Illustration Credits

281