The REAL History of Magic | Harry Potter Film Theory

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

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[@osmosisjones4912]

Do cars have souls and was Sally a lost soul

[@LeoChaseTheMythMaster]

This video was fantastic! Please do more like it!

[@mikkihesson3509]

please sir can i have some more?

[@xoOlliemo]

Loveee the video, but THE BOYS stole the show! Sooooo cute! Blessing to the family 😊

[@kylecollins3755]

How do you guys never run out of new things, and I never get tired of watching?

[@ronbrown1235]

Legends

[@SpeziFischDE]

come to think of it... if a basilisk is hatched by a chicken, and dies when it hears a rooster.... that sounds quite unfortunate for most of them...

[@haniapopowska8966]

That's probably why there aren't many around.

[@thisbigsmallworld]

Isn't a Basilisk is a chicken egg hatched under a toad though?

[@tylarjackson7928]

​@@thisbigsmallworldNope, other way around.

[@calvinwright2214]

@@tylarjackson7928no it’s not. It’s a chicken egg hatched beneath a toad

[@tylarjackson7928]

@@calvinwright2214 Nope. Just looked it up to confirm it. What you're thinking of is called a cockatrice.

[@carmeltabby]

"Uprooting itself and stalking you..." my brain supplied the scene from Pochantas where Grandmother Willow lifts her roots to trip the men looking for John Smith and then whips them with her branches. "Oh sure, the tree just felt like lifting it's roots and then....." sees roots sink back into the ground. "Let's get out of here..."

[@Bottomlandtrailcams304]

"I'm an elf" got a genuine laugh out of me 😂 I really hope that becomes a common occurrence any tome Dobby comes up

[@nealjroberts4050]

Parp!

[@TheTrekkie42]

Fun fact though. One of the most notable things made up completely for Harry Potter is London. Yep It’s written so well some of you may be surprised that London isn’t real.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

As a British person,I can confirm London doesn't exist and it gets so annoying to have to explain this to people

[@hookseybaby]

@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 well the City of London does exist but it's only 1 square mile and over 90% of the world's international banks are based in that one square mile ... it's the banking branch of the "Tri-City State" rule that runs the world

[@aurelioscorrano5389]

​@@hookseybabyAll Gringotts fault

[@jaredbennett7677]

yes, please do more of this! I was aware of a good chunk of these, but its still cool to hear more about the comparison/contrast between the wizarding world version and the real world version (or real world myth version). I know there are a lot of weird combination creatures, but hippogriffs was one I was completely unaware of before reading the books

[@jaredbennett7677]

also, do we ever hear of *real* griffins in the harry potter world?

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

This could be a crossover with Jon Solo. He specializes in examining myths and legends

[@behnamjalili4147]

I strongly recommend reading the book series "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel", it's an amazing fantasy novel series and almost every character come from either folklore or real history

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

AND it's written by Michael Scott.

[@TheKabuto90]

It's soooo goood. I can second the recommendation.

[@bsv103]

​@DizzyedUpGirl Which isn't a pen name of Steve Carell's.

[@noasachs8603]

That is one of the best book series ever! A really fun read and the world building is incredibly fun to dive into!

[@yaacovyoung]

oh yes I would love to see Ben & J start videos about it :)

[@shart_with_force6686]

That editing for Dobby’s rage at receiving a sock was absolutely beautiful

[@chris-hz2wd]

Please do more videos like these! The wizarding world is great but it’s influences and essentially “making of” is also just as interesting!

[@musearrives2am]

Love this topic! As someone fresh off studying British History/Mythology, here are a few more and some fun references. -Some of Harry's early signs for magic before Hogwarts seem to mirror traits thought to be found in changelings, such as being unaffected by physical changes (like his hair growing back after Petunia cuts it very short) though I think this is more to show how Harry does not belong with the Dursleys. -Hagrid giving Dudley a pig tail, which is a clear nod to Circe in Greek Mythology, a witch who turned Odysseus' crew into pigs -Weirdly there is a bunch of nods to the Greek Underworld in Book 1, like the First Year Boats mirroring traveling over the River Styx -Fluffy is a three headed dog like Cerberus of the Underworld, with Quirrel's solution of getting past him with a harp a clear nod to the mythical Orpheus. -The Coat of Arms used to show all 4 Hogwarts houses usually represented different families and their values, but the 4 sections specifically they use mirror the Sovereign Arms, a symbol of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland unified. - Harry's cloak of invisibility, which in English Folklore was said to be one of the many things Jack retrieved from the Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk. - Quirrel and Voldemort's two headed look being similar to the symbol of Janus, the Greek God of beginnings and endings, and coincidentally where we get the month January. - There's SO much about Alchemy, they even have their own symbols for elements that we still use today. Issac Newton shortly after his Law of Motion theory actually dedicated much of his time into creating the Philosopher's stone, though he was sadly unsuccessful. It was also considered to be illegal for much of history and was often done in secret. -Unicorn blood is myth was known to cure diseases or even bring people back from the dead, though it was altered slightly for obvious reasons. -Many of the wand woods are known for having a variety of properties in Celtic mythology. - There are Garden Gnomes in the Weasley's Garden, which Gnomes in general were popular symbols in gardens throughout England, eventually leading to the pointed hat concrete variety we know today. -Centaur were popular figures in Greek Myth, though they tended to be a bit more riotous in myth - Reading tea leaves and seeing omens are all actual divination practices, and yes, a black dog is a sign of death in English folklore. -Hearing voices that no one else can hear was often considered a sign you will die, which combined with the grim omen would explain why everyone was a little worried about Harry in The Chamber of Secrets - Hippogriffs are found outside of HP and are considered as divine guardians in mythology or rivals becoming unified - Giant Squids while actually proven to be real now were previously mostly known as the mythical Kraken, popularized by the poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson, a British poet. -The Headless Horseman that come to Nearly Headless Nick's party mention his head to hit off by a cannonball, a clear reference to the Headless Horseman in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow whose inspiration died to a similar fate. - Harry finding the sword of Gryffindor in a lake, similar to how King Arthur discovered Excalibur. -And Peeves the Poltergeist, yes there are absolutely Poltergeists outside of HP. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Feel free to comment more.

[@aniadawson5801]

Bravo. Love this breakdown

[@ugly-duckling123]

12:00 Brownies are ALSO actually the name of the second stage of Girl Guiding (for little girls of age 7 - 10) in brown and yellow uniforms taught to always lend a hand and to think of others before themselves. (The intro story for Brownies is that a brother and sister go into the forest at night looking for a Brownie to help their mum do chores around their messy house, and then they find an owl who tells the girl to look into the pond and it will reveal a Brownie to her.)

[@jaghow1531]

House elfs of also seemed to fit perfectly in with the story "the shoemaker And the elf"

[@anakamarvelous]

12:51 FREAKING GOLDEN EDIT😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@NotAnotherDouc-]

Yes! The editor really crushed it

[@CrazyxAngel93]

I was just listening to the video and not really watching it and got confused when I heard Dobby say that and had to play it back to understand.😂🤣😂🤣

[@ethanedghill2990]

@@CrazyxAngel93 i was really hoping someone who was just listening would be like "whaaaaaat"

[@CrazyxAngel93]

@@ethanedghill2990well they got me. I was so confused. That was hilarious!😂

[@joeycastle1997]

The way I understand the folklore brownies turn into boggarts when they are angered or offended. The Brownie Maggie Moulach had a son named Brownie Clod who was called a dobby (which was a name for at dull yet well intentioned brownie)

[@evelynrowenadawn]

Yes, I also heard brownies can turn into boggarts!

[@josephtiseo3303]

Can't think of anything worse than a tree running at me.... Let me introduce you to the moose 🫎

[@dybo3793]

Basically a tree with legs

[@imaginepageant]

The first “Hi boys” made me chuckle. The second one made me laugh out loud! Too perfect.

[@jednye3348]

I wonder if the cockatrace myth started when someone found a raptor fossil they kinda look like a giant bird with a lizard head ,claws, and a snake like tail not exactly what is described but play a couple hundred years of telephone and it seems plausible to me

[@DoloresJNurss]

House-elves ARE folklorically linked to bogarts. House-elves, AKA Bbownies, are helpful little critters, but they can turn into bogarts when embittered for some reason (and then there was one case where a bogart was a brownie only for the family's eldest daughter.) In some ways Kreatur was a bogart, or at least in transition to one. The connection between folkloric bogarts and the wizarding world version is that bogie became a nickname for bogarts, and then eventually evolved into The Boogeyman, which became slang for whatever unnecessarily frightens you. It was an easy step from there to Rowling's shapeshifting frightener defeated by mockery. Also, fun fact about villas, it's Eastern European immigrants that brought us the term "willies" for shivering fear at something not quite right. "The way Voldemort looks at me gives me the willies!" Villas and Willies the same word, filtered through an accent that can't distinguish v and w, and then Americanized.

[@Evil409]

Talking about the Boggart and that date scenario got me thinking. My biggest fear isn't really a thing, more of a concept. My biggest fear is dying alone and unloved. What would a Boggart do with that information? What humourous thing would Riddikulus conjure from that?

[@Hello-CE0]

It would probably show your body with no one around. To make it ridiculous . . . I'm not sure. Balloons?

[@marykateharmon]

@@Hello-CE0 You and her nearest loved one laughing together as you hugged.

[@thecosplaycrafter8017]

12:50-13:00 A+ editing there. Absolutely brilliant.

[@UnfazedPhoenix]

Yes more magic history inspo! Love this ❤

[@gregjarnagin5926]

This was pretty cool Dif needs a part 2 or maybe 3

[@josephreynaga7873]

“Harry Potter should have not given Dobby a sock. It’s just that Dobby is a House Elf. Must maim or kill Harry Potter!” -Dobby, 2024

[@aurora4538]

at least he get the option "maim or kill" Thats more then Draco got

[@jasonmanchur2703]

Putting “other” eggs under a chicken is common practice. Usually done with ducks who treat their eggs roughly, a chicken treats their eggs delicately and they’re more likely to incubate them to hatch.

[@Therealsarahhatch]

Loved this style of video 10/10. I’d love to see y’all do a similar type of video on books or historical events that inspired Harry Potter as well. Keep it coming, y’all are amazing.

[@_dav_eed_]

Definitely more of these! I also noticed you guys weren’t mentioning that some of these existed in Greek Mythology as well and I would love to see the comparisons! One specifically I know of is the basilisk, but I definitely think there are more.

[@SweetCuttlefish-AshleyE]

I'm pretty sure you make a basilisk by hatching a chicken egg under a toad, not a toad egg under a chicken . . . Also, fun fact, real basilisk are the 'Jesus lizards' that can run across water 😁 And another, the basilisk as depicted in the Harry Potter films is definitely a legless lizard, not a snake. I have no idea why they went that direction visually, but all the distinctive features are there.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

Technically, species are based on what can breed with what and produce viable offspring. Since I doubt the Basilisk can reproduce with snakes,you're probably right

[@SweetCuttlefish-AshleyE]

​@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 Well, 'snakes' and 'lizards' are not species, they are much broader categories that each contain thousands of species, so being unable to interbreed would not prevent the basilisk from being a species of snake (I guess not actually breeding at all might?). And it may be premature to say for sure it's a legless lizard without more information 🤣 But we *do* have enough information to say that it is not a snake, as snakes do not generally have rigid jaws, movable eyelids or external ear holes. There are always exceptions to each of these, like the exception that some lizards don't have legs, but taken together, that's enough to disqualify it as a snake. It also just looks and moves a lot more like a legless lizard than like a snake, especially the head. I love reptiles, and I find it funny and fascinating that the movie makers clearly chose to model the basilisk after legless lizards rather than snakes, the similarities are too marked to just be coincidence 🤣🤣

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

@Aarlecchino but all snakes are snakes because they can breed with each other. Species is an odd word because you can have different species of dog but dog is also a species

[@SweetCuttlefish-AshleyE]

@@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 It is true that categorization of animals is sometimes messy and has some terms that are not well defined. Species isn’t really one of them. It is the basic unit of classification. The term ‘snake’ does not refer to one species, it is the common name for a classification several steps higher than that, all the members of the suborder Serpentes which includes thousands of species. While some can cross breed (generally with human influence), there are many that cannot. If you want, Clint’s reptiles explains it a lot better than I can - kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWbNf42vpLimsKc When you say there are different species of dogs, I’m not sure if you mean things like dingos and African dogs, etc, but if you are referring to domestic dogs, there is only one species. There are many, many *breeds* of domestic dog, but that is a less defined term and it would be incorrect to call them different species. On the flip side of that, even though African dogs and domestic dogs both have the word dog in their name, it would be incorrect to say they were from the same species.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

@@SweetCuttlefish-AshleyE ohhhhh. That makes sense

[@jacobyspurnger8488]

Me, a person who learned about several fae folklore from the show "lost girl": you don't want to insult a brownie. Unless you have yourself a Kenzi.

[@PipPanoma]

Here's one you missed: The band that plays during the Yule Ball is called The Weird Sisters. This is actually a reference to the three witches in Macbeth. In the Dutch translation they are specifically called De Witte Wieven, which is an actual folktale of ghosts that roam the misty flat acres that are so common in the Netherlands.

[@mjpete27]

I am enjoying the Greek and Roman mythos from the Percy Jackson books! They do introduce many gods and goddesses of the minor hierarchy as well! I did notice quite a few monsters too! I do enjoy it when you guys branch out into additional content bringing more information about any given series, Thanks!

[@qrowbranwen1864]

It's chicken under a toad. There should've been more concern that Trevor kept disappearing👀

[@aidenosewart721]

I always thought elves saw humanity bumble around with magic, took pity on them, and taught them how to make wands. Some even bound themselves to a witch or wizard, their family lines being inexorably tied together.

[@JDavis4991]

"Delicious in Dungeon" had a bit where they talked anout using dogs while harvesting Mandrake (I know it doesn't fit the channel theme. But I figured you would enjoy the reference)

[@coolnerdlll6053]

One of my favorite things about the Wizarding World is how many classic mythical creatures there are: goblins, elves, giants, centaurs, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, fairies, trolls, dragons, sphinxes, mermaids, zombies (which is technically what the Inferi are) and a ton of other stuff. It makes the universe feel that much more familiar.

[@samhollier6929]

I remember when they introduced vampires and I thought "wait, vampires are real in this universe!? That's absurd!" As if everything else is realistic!

[@andrewwashere82]

What are inferis?

[@dbearded130]

​@@andrewwashere82 dead bodies controlled and reanimated using dark magic, simplified as zombies.

[@kinggl0ver9]

Familiar, but unimaginative

[@luskaneseprince]

@@kinggl0ver9 I think using existing folklore material is more than fine in this occasion, because the whole wizarding world is located in "our" world, just hidden. In the context of the story, it would make total sense for "us muggles" to have fairy tales about these creatures that we don't believe in anymore, but that we used to be in touch with back when the wizarding world hadn't yet gone into hiding (you know, when we used to burn witches and stuff and clearly believed in the existence of magic as well). I enjoy authors sowing little details of the real world into their stories and admitting that much more than I enjoy them forcefully inventing new creatures that aren't well thought-of, especially when they almost always STILL remind me of something that has been imagined by someone else already. Then it just feels dishonest when they try to claim "oh it's a beast that I created on my own", and it very obviously isn't.

[@tarrinchapman8815]

Snuck in a little GMM reference with the cockatrice. I love it

[@richewilson6394]

There's this new anime was manga now anime called delicious in dungeons. And they use the method in which to harvest mandrakes. They don't use a dog but they explain how they would have done it as well as using a monster to do it instead. I like it because not only does it show the ability to actually survive off of any kind of thing you can find but they also have been using a lot of mythology and folklore elements to tell the story in terms of the monsters.

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks guys ❤ I was aware of most of these this should be a series this was great!

[@jamcdonald120]

2:50 I would encourage you to read the series "Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel". It is a similar series to Harry Potter, but its key gimic is that most historic figures with rumors of immortality actually were, and are hiding in the modern world. People like Nicolas Flamel, John Dee, Machiavelli, etc

[@OneJumpMan33]

Not knowing about boggarts it's crazy to me. I remember reading a book with my class I'm 5th grade about a boggart. Also boggarts are in the magic tree house too

[@kankuro667]

Yeah we need part 2

[@chsbob9]

I knew a lot of this, but there was a good chunk I didn't and Jay's delivery is awesome. Keep these coming, please.

[@BasilGaydos]

I absolutley love you putting the folklore ablbum in when you mentioned folklore

[@SuperDora150]

#swampfart is back! I am so happy Also love the editing in this one. Great job Ethan!

[@adamrabe3105]

Always fun when the SCB videos get to work in bits from the J vlogs. That particular vlog was awesome getting to see J and Ben go to London for Google, see Seamus, and J buying Luke his first Harry Potter book.

[@nhansen197]

Bezoars don't actually do anything. Swallowing one isn't likely to cause vomiting on swallowing, but vomiting can occur when one is in the digestive tract. IE: if someone has unexplained abdominal pain and vomiting they might have a bezoar in their digestive tract. Apparently the best way to get rid of a beazor is to drink Coca-Cola. Diet Coke and cellulase ingestion seems to be the preferred treatment.

[@anujadeore8388]

This needs to be a series. So many aspects of Harry Potter come from various myths and folklore

[@InWitheNew]

In Harry Potter, the basilisk is actually born the way cockatrices are born in mythology (toad/snake on a chicken egg). It's the reverse of the classic basilisk method.

[@SilverionX]

There's a creatures in Swedish folklore called hustomte, or just tomte. Hus means house and tomte is a creature resembling one of those garden gnomes, so house gnome. It has similar lore to a brownie, isn't as easily offended but terrifying if angered. In one story, a farmer angers his tomte and it goes and kills the farmer's bull with one punch to the head. Very strong, knows magic and are usually invisible to humans.

[@titsmith91]

Yes! Please do more of these!

[@cyt3633]

Hey brothers! One of your best vids in a while! Loved this theme, hope you do more!

[@californianabroad2778]

Are you guys going to do a response video to professor sprout saying to get over Harry Potter?

[@marianneootjers4786]

I would love to hear more about this! :D Could be the start of a great mini-series

[@erikagholston6610]

My grandfather used to plant willow trees. He planted one near my house. I would hate to think of it stalking me.

[@danceninja21]

More of these would be great thanks!

[@Arlecchino_Gatto]

Here in Minnesota, we have the world's deepest explored pothole on the St Croix River. I haven't seen any redcaps in the many potholes along the river. Maybe they were all on vacation that day. Well each time I have been to the Interstate Park....By the way, that pothole is sixty feet deep.

[@treetopterra7453]

I love fantastic zoology, so I was aware of most of these, but I never tire of hearing about it! I didn't know about the Veela, though! For more stuff like this, I'd like to recommend The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges. It doesn't cover all of the creatures you mentioned here, but it's got descriptions of so many interesting mythical creatures (some even created by Borges himself)!

[@Hi_Im_Akward]

The basilisk in the Harry Potter movie is based off the European legless lizard, and you can in fact get them as pets. Although they are not easy to care for (and they are not snakes).

[@lesreliqueslove]

The Folklore joke took me by surprise like.... so much ! XD edit : One of my favorite video ever !

[@13SScorpio]

Since it came up in the vid: the alkaloids found in RL mandrakes would cause a delirium similar to a high fewer.

[@kyleOWillFixIt]

1:47 The ONCE real life goal of alchemy? Im still working on it. The others just gave up too easy. Today i sacrificed a cow under a full moon and im currently boiling its blood for 28 days in a crystal cauldron with 8 spheres of solid gold as reaction catalysts. I really think ive got it this time. Immortality SHALL BE MINE!!!

[@SGguy11]

Love you guys so much, and would love more of this!!!

[@ToddChristensen27]

Agreed more videos like this. Very interesting content. I was baffled a couple months back when I watched a video where you mentioned mandrakes were a real plant

[@amandamcdonnell]

Mandrakes were also featured in the Greek Myth the Odyssey. When Oydsyssus went to Circe's layer he uses the mandrake to protect him from becoming a swine. (if my memory is correct).

[@wolfishpotato6978]

Thought it was molly that he used? Could be wrong, I'm 100% basing that off of listening to Epic five thousand times. I'll go google it

[@kyawaung5836]

Suggestion for future Harry Potter What if videos: "What if Severus Snape survives the attack"

[@e.vasileva5891]

The veilas are called samodiva in Bulgarian. Means something like alone-wild.

[@tia7520]

Anyone who's seen/read Spiderwick should already be aware that the harry potter boggart is very different from the folklore. I also like how you just outlined how similar boggarts and brownies are and in Spiderwick if a brownie gets angry he turns into a boggart until you calm him down with honey. It's too bad there weren't more Spiderwick movies

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

I would watch other Spiderwick Chronicles movies

[@pb99-z3r]

12:00 This explanation of boggart is similar to that of the ghoul, right? 14:57 Do you think that some Redcaps would have inhabited the grounds of Hogwarts after the battle of Hogwarts? 17:09 Or the Quidditch World Cup in general.

[@beatricemorgenstern8811]

Actually in slavic folklore it is the other way around how basilisk is born - it comes from an egg laid by a seven-year-old rooster and hatched for nine years by a toad. Still this explains a bit why roosters don't like basilisks so much :D

[@tomacalin86]

Mistake? nah, Mistsnake... I will show myself out...

[@AlexRider589]

This was so interesting. I hope you make more videos like this!

[@fournierman]

I love that Dobby dialogue around the 12:30 moment! 😂😂

[@charbz2372]

This was great. Can you do more of these

[@heyimdeejay]

4:30 "comes from folklore" *taylor swift album with text 'no not that one'* i giggled too much at this

[@heyimdeejay]

7:30 NOW WE'RE MEETING THE BASLISK BEHIND THE MALL I CAN'T

[@dirtywheels22]

I'm not sure why but the altoids joke really got me 😂

[@chaosstatus]

I’d like more videos like this. I find it more interesting to learn about things in the real world, so the real world inspirations for fictional works is really awesome

[@calebdahle4631]

#swampfarts Yes! Let’s get this rolling!

[@JundlandBanshee]

11:51 "What's crazy is how boggarts almost remind me of house elves" That's because boggarts are house elves (i.e. brownies) who have been sufficiently angered. For example, the type of anger one might feel if you broke free from an enchantment and realized all your friends and family had been placed under the Imperious Curse, because you are seen as less than human and therefore not subject to the protections afforded your masters. That you were made to serve as slaves in defiance of your cultural tradition voluntary service and of abandoning families that mistreated you. If you found out that your masters had been strictly regulating your ability to have children and then sending those children off to be slaves as well after Obliviating the memory of those children, because you are seen as nothing more than property. That is the sort of anger that would turn a brownie into a boggart, don't you think?

[@theeutecticpoint]

that "alas...earwax" gets me every time

[@hufflepom]

I found this really interesting. I’d love to see more. I know kappas are a real thing (as in not just Harry Potter). I can’t remember all of the details, but cucumber sushi rolls are called kappa maki. I remember it had something to do with kappa fingers looking like cucumbers and keeping kids away from water. lol.

[@leo9981]

Obviously dragons exist in plenty of real world mythos, but do any of the specific breeds of dragons have counterparts in the myths of muggles?

[@lai-dee_flegman]

10:54 you got it right the first way you said it! well done! 🤣😊

[@carlrood4457]

Marvel comics has a minor villain called the Basilisk. He had the unfortunate name of Basil Elks and kind of went with it.

[@prettymucheverything1033]

Delicious in dungeon includes Mandrakes in their story and they mention the dog strategy

[@deltachief777]

That was fun, do more of this please. You could even stretch it into some of the other fandoms you do videos for too!

[@MythStarFire]

Love this! I have always loved learning about folklore, mythology, and legends from different cultures around the world. It is shocking how different cultures who had no contact with each other, have similar “mythological creatures”, such as dragons, unicorns, firebirds, and yeti or Bigfoot.

[@bbj9643]

I love the depiction of Brownies in the Fablehaven series.

[@khome5281]

Question: I was listening to your earlier episodes on the podcast and something caught my attention. I think I may be confused on how the trace works. It was my understanding that the trace goes away once a witch/wizard reaches 18. But in the podcast you mention how it is unfair of the kids who grew up in magically families because the kids could practice magic without the ministry knowing because the ministry would just assume that it was the parents using magic… but the ministry isn’t tracking the adults so wouldn’t the ministry still know it was a kid performing magic since there’s a trace on them and not the adults?

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsili]

Best Segway into a sponsorship ever (please make part two)

[@KleineKassiopeia]

I have one more addition about the Mandrake. Apparently JK learned about the Mandrake in an old gardening shop in my home town. She spent an exchange year in the school in the bigger village next to ours, in the south of germany, in the black forest. She apparently spent a lot of time in that gardening shop there and the tale is that they showed her a mandrake and told her about the legends. Who knows if that is true, but she did spend time in "Weil der Stadt" which also has a "Winkelgasse", german for Diagon Alley and has a deep history of witchcraft etc. We have one famous person who got born there, astronomer Johannes Kepler whos mother for example had to stand trial because she was accused of witchcraft. Just thought this is a neat little factoid and maybe the mandrake story is real, maybe it isnt but it is definetly possible.

[@Foxy2D]

It's a good day when j uploads

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

daw thanks!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@SuperCarlinBrothers 😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@Foxy2D]

​@@SuperCarlinBrothers 😮 what you saw my comments that's awesome

[@Lovesmusic0218]

@@SuperCarlinBrothersyou guys should do part 2

[@Galaxy_lou]

I love that even after all this time, they can still come up with theories, that’s why these guys are the goats

[@Imber_Pluma]

wait somthing just hit me 6:55... Voldemort jinx the defense against the dark art right because he wanted the job for himself right. so in the first book, he ended up on Quirrell's head and was then actively teaching it then... did he jinx himself ... hair brained thought back to being normal again. im thinking about this way to much.

[@AlanPhillips-i2n]

Yes please do more of this videos

[@jemherondale4259]

There are also stories where the basilisk is only about a foot long

[@bstring7773]

Id watch more of this lore on fantasy creatures featured in HP

[@dabougi8063]

Definitely more of these, please- from creatures to traditions, names (and their meaning), food, school system, politics...there are just soooo many parallels. And might shine a light on the "real things" that would otherwise will be lost

[@AHufflepuffAndASwiftie]

OMG!! I laughed SO hard when the "folklore" pictures were shown . . . Isabel, I love you!! ❤ (I'm assuming this was her, considering she's a Swiftie!! 😅)

[@itchybelle]

Ethan edited this one actually but I would’ve done the same thing!

[@ashleyrebecarodriguez863]

Taking ( swiftie ) list say here if you are one Me: here

[@AHufflepuffAndASwiftie]

@@ashleyrebecarodriguez863 Here! 😊

[@ethanedghill2990]

hi it's me. i'm the problem (i'm ethan and i'm also a swiftie)

[@AHufflepuffAndASwiftie]

@@ethanedghill2990 Hi 👋🏻, Ethan! 😊

[@osmosisjones4912]

Do cars have souls and was Sally a lost soul

[@edwardwestmoreland-caunter6128]

I wonder if the recurring theme of "Don't name this creature!" is because names are often a considerable source of power in folklore. If you know the true name of something, you have power over it. So, if you give a creature a name, you're theoretically claiming power over it. And if someone did that to me, I'd be pretty mad too