Post by Headmistress Amelia on Dec 5, 2011 13:07:21 GMT -5
Animagi transformation - An Animagus is a witch or wizard who can turn into a particular animal or magical creature at will. This is learned!
Metamorphmagi - is a witch or wizard born with the innate ability to change some or all of their appearance at will. The talent cannot be acquired; a witch or wizard who has it must be born with it.
Parseltongue - is the language of snakes. It is, in the common mind, associated with Dark Magic (although Dumbledore stated that it is not necessarily an evil quality), and those possessing the ability to speak it ("Parselmouths") are very rare.
Flying - Flight without aid of a broomstick or other object is a relatively rare ability.
Seers - is a witch or wizard with the clairvoyant ability to predict future events. The predictions given through this ability can sometimes be self-fulfilling prophecies.
Legilimency and Occlumency - Legilimency is the magical skill of extracting feelings and memories from another person's mind — a form of magical "telepathy". It also allows one to convey visions or memories to another person, whether real or imaginary. A witch or wizard possessing this skill is called a Legilimens, and can, for example, detect lies and deceit in another person, witness memories in another person's past, or "plant" false visions in another's mind.
The counter-skill to Legilimency is Occlumency (and its user, known as an Occlumens), by which one can compartmentalise one's emotions, or prevent a Legilimens from discovering thoughts or memories which contradict one's spoken words or actions. An advanced form of Occlumency is planting false temporary memories inside an Occlumens´ own head while blocking all other true memories, so if a Legilimens, even a highly skilled one, were to attempt to read the mind he or she would find false memories only and believe everything was right.
Veela charm - It is used to charm males, much like the Sirens in The Odyssey.
this was taken from here.
Metamorphmagi - is a witch or wizard born with the innate ability to change some or all of their appearance at will. The talent cannot be acquired; a witch or wizard who has it must be born with it.
Parseltongue - is the language of snakes. It is, in the common mind, associated with Dark Magic (although Dumbledore stated that it is not necessarily an evil quality), and those possessing the ability to speak it ("Parselmouths") are very rare.
Flying - Flight without aid of a broomstick or other object is a relatively rare ability.
Seers - is a witch or wizard with the clairvoyant ability to predict future events. The predictions given through this ability can sometimes be self-fulfilling prophecies.
Legilimency and Occlumency - Legilimency is the magical skill of extracting feelings and memories from another person's mind — a form of magical "telepathy". It also allows one to convey visions or memories to another person, whether real or imaginary. A witch or wizard possessing this skill is called a Legilimens, and can, for example, detect lies and deceit in another person, witness memories in another person's past, or "plant" false visions in another's mind.
The counter-skill to Legilimency is Occlumency (and its user, known as an Occlumens), by which one can compartmentalise one's emotions, or prevent a Legilimens from discovering thoughts or memories which contradict one's spoken words or actions. An advanced form of Occlumency is planting false temporary memories inside an Occlumens´ own head while blocking all other true memories, so if a Legilimens, even a highly skilled one, were to attempt to read the mind he or she would find false memories only and believe everything was right.
Veela charm - It is used to charm males, much like the Sirens in The Odyssey.
this was taken from here.