Located in tropical climates, the lethifold is similar in nature to a dementor. It’s one of the many dark creatures Professor Remus Lupin introduced third year students to during his tenure as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Kappas, which are Japanese water demons that look like scaly monkeys, lurk in lakes and ponds and will strangle humans who disturb them. KappaĪppearance: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (book) The hippocampus is a cross between a horse and a fish, often found in the Mediterranean and used as a steed by Merpeople (although some were captured in Scotland by merpeople and domesticated at Hogwarts). HippocampusĪppearance: Fantastic Beasts Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (cut from film) Newt has the last breeding pair of graphorns in his magical suitcase. While aggressive and dangerous, they’re exceedingly rare, as wizards and witches use graphorn horns as a potion ingredient. They are sometimes used as steeds by mountain trolls. Graphorns are native to mountain regions in Europe with horns and skin that’s even thicker than a dragon’s. Pickett has attachment issues, so he often hangs around Newt instead of with his own kind, who have apparently accused the magizoologist of favoritism. Newt, however, is very attached to bowtruckles-or at least one in particular, which he was named Pickett. While Harry doesn’t completely flip out, he is on the receiving end of a bowtruckle who didn’t like being gripped so hard. There, bowtruckles are not much more than background creatures as Draco Malfoy insults Hagrid loud enough so that Harry lashes out. Harry first encounters bowtruckles during a fifth year Care of Magical Creatures class. If you give them woodlice, wizards and witches can remove them from their tree long enough to obtain wand wood. Small in size, bowtruckles are mostly peaceful and shy and generally won’t attack with their sharp fingers unless their tree is threatened. #FBBowtruckle #FantasticBeasts /5kxJh0lxXWīowtruckles are tree guardians found in the west of England, southern Germany, and in some Scandinavian forests. Billywigīowtruckles can easily blend into any foliage and are usually peaceful and shy. Professor Kettleburn, the Care of Magical Creatures professor before Hagrid, once used an engorged ashwinder in a production of the wizarding fairy tale “The Fountain of Fair Fortune,” resulting in the Great Hall catching fire. So what are the fantastic beasts of Fantastic Beasts? A List of Fantastic Beasts AshwinderĪ serpent born from the dying embers of a fire, the ashwinder lives for only an hour-long enough for it to lay eggs. We know Newt is far more comfortable with his creatures than he is with people. They’re mischievous, dangerous, shy, friendly, and more than ready to cause havoc in Newt’s magical suitcase and in 1926 New York. Many of its creatures will now come to life in Fantastic Beasts the film-some for the first time-along with new additions “to add some variety to the visual palette.” Initially a book Harry had to purchase for his first year at Hogwarts and a vital text for any Care of Magical Creatures student, it came into the Muggle world in 2001 with help from Rowling, who published a real-life version of it for charity. All of those creatures-except for Hagrid’s Blast-Ended Skrewts-appear in the pages of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the Hogwarts textbook by magizoologist Newt Scamander. Thestrals, doxies, dragons, and more were all part of the plot, as both allies and adversaries. The Harry Potter series was packed with them. Rowling has never really had a shortage of unusual species in her stories. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will tell a story unlike anything we’ve seen in the Harry Potter universe, and as the title promises, that includes a serious list of fantastic beasts.
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