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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
First edition cover
Author
J. K. Rowling
(credited as Newt Scamander)
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Series
Harry Potter
Genre
Fantasy
Publisher
Bloomsbury (UK) (Canada 2010–present)
Arthur A. Levine/
Scholastic (US)
Raincoast (Canada 1998–2010)
Publication date
2001
Pages
128
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2001 book written by British author J. K. Rowling (under the pen name of the fictitious author Newt Scamander) about the magical creatures in the Harry Potter universe. The original version purports to be Harry Potter's copy of the textbook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), the first novel of the Harry Potter series. It includes several notes inside it supposedly handwritten by Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, detailing their own experiences with some of the beasts described, and including in-jokes relating to the original series.
In a 2001 interview with publisher Scholastic, Rowling stated that she chose the subject of magical creatures because it was a fun topic for which she had already developed a lot of information in earlier books. Rowling's name did not appear on the cover of the first edition, the work being credited under the pen name "Newt Scamander", who, in the books, wrote this textbook as seen on Harry's supply list for his first year.
The book benefits the charity Comic Relief. Over 80% of the cover price of each book sold goes directly to poor children in various places around the world. According to Comic Relief, sales from this book and its companion Quidditch Through the Ages have raised over £17 million.[1]
On 12 September 2013, Warner Bros. and Rowling announced they would be producing a film inspired by the book, being the first in a series of five such films.[2] Rowling herself was the screenwriter. She came up with a plan for a movie after Warner Bros. suggested the idea. The story features Newt Scamander as a main character and is set in New York City, 70 years before Harry's story started.[3] The film was released on 18 November 2016.
On 14 March 2017 a new edition of the book was published with six new creatures and the foreword by Newt Scamander. It is assumed to be a new copy as it does not feature any handwritten notes. Proceeds from this edition are donated to Lumos as well as Comic Relief.
Contents
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1 Synopsis
1.1 Original version
1.2 2017 edition
2 About Newt Scamander
2.1 Fictional biography
2.2 Role in the Harry Potter series
3 Featured beasts
4 Editions
5 Reception
6 Film adaptation
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Synopsis[edit]
Original version[edit]
Fantastic Beasts purports to be a reproduction of a textbook owned by Harry Potter and written by magizoologist Newt Scamander, a character in the fictional Harry Potter series. In the series, Magizoology is the study of magical creatures.
Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts, provides the Foreword and explains the purpose of the special edition of this book (the Comic Relief charity). At the end, he tells the reader, "...The amusing creatures described hereafter are fictional and cannot hurt you." He repeats the Hogwarts motto: "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus", Latin for "Never tickle a sleeping dragon".
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them contains the history of Magizoology and describes 85 magical species found around the world. Scamander says that he collected most of the information found in the book through observations made over years of travel across five continents. He notes that the first edition was commissioned in 1918 by Augustus Worme of Obscurus Books. However, it was not published until 1927. It is now in its fifty-second edition.
In the Harry Potter universe, the book is a required textbook for first-year Hogwarts students, having been an approved textbook since its first publication. In his foreword to the book, Albus Dumbledore notes that it serves as an excellent reference for Wizarding households in addition to its use at Hogwarts.
The book features doodles and comments added by Ron Weasley. The comments would appear to have been written around the time of the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. These doodles add some extra information for fans of the series (for example the "Acromantula" entry has a comment confirming that Hogwarts is located in Scotland) along with comic relief (such as Ron saying "you're not kidding" when talking about the Hungarian Horntail being the most fearsome dragon of all, a reference to Harry's encounter with one in the fourth book).
The cover design of the first edition of the book features apparent claw marks from an unidentified animal.
2017 edition[edit]
This edition features six new creatures: the hidebehind, the hodag, the horned serpent, the snallygaster, the thunderbird and the wampus cat, in addition to the original 85, and the illustrations are replaced. Newt Scamander in the foreword says the reason the six new creatures were not previously included is that MACUSA president Seraphina Picquery requested the more important American creatures not be mentioned to deter wizarding sightseers at a time when the US wizarding community were subject to greater persecution than their European counterparts, and after Scamander had contributed to a breach of the International Statute of Secrecy in New York.
About Newt Scamander[edit]
Fictional biography[edit]
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Newton Artemis Fido "Newt" Scamander is the fictional author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, born in 1897.[4] According to the "About the Author" section of the book, Scamander became a magizoologist because of his own interest in fabulous beasts and the encouragement of his mother, an enthusiastic Hippogriff breeder. In Hogwarts, he was sorted to Hufflepuff house.
After being expelled from Hogwarts, Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. His career included a brief stint in the Office of House-elf Relocation, a transfer to the Beast Division, the creation of the Werewolf Register in 1947, the 1965 passage of the Ban on Experimental Breeding, and many research trips for the Dragon Research and Restraint Bureau. His contributions to Magizoology earned him an Order of Merlin, Second Class in 1979.
When retired, he lived in Dorset with his wife Porpentina and their pet Kneazles: Hoppy, Milly and Mauler. He had a grandson named Rolf, who married Luna Lovegood (a character who appeared in the last three Harry Potter novels) some time after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
In the film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Newt Scamander's name appeared on the Marauder's Map.
In the film adaptation of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, it is mentioned that Scamander was expelled from Hogwarts following an unspecified incident involving one of his creatures, but Albus Dumbledore argued in his defence.
Role in the Harry Potter series[edit]
Scamander himself does not appear in the seven Harry Potter books. He is mentioned in passing in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. He is the central character of the film adaptation of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in which he is portrayed by Eddie Redmayne.
Featured beasts[edit]
Further information: Magical creatures in Harry Potter
The following mythological beasts are listed in the book:
Acromantula
Ashwinder
Augurey
Basilisk
Billywig
Bowtruckle
Bundimun
Centaur
Chimaera
Chizpurfle
Clabbert
Crup
Demiguise
Diricawl
Doxy
Dragon
Antipodean Opaleye
Chinese Fireball
Common Welsh Green
Hebridean Black
Hungarian Horntail
Norwegian Ridgeback
Peruvian Vipertooth
Romanian Longhorn
Swedish Short-Snout
Ukrainian Ironbelly
Dugbog
Erkling
Erumpent
Fairy
Fire Crab
Flobberworm
Fwooper
Ghoul
Glumbumble
Gnome
Graphorn
Griffin
Grindylow
Hidebehind
Hippocampus
Hippogriff
Hodag
Horklump
Horned serpent
Imp
Jarvey
Jobberknoll
Kappa
Kelpie
Knarl
Kneazle
Leprechaun
Lethifold
Lobalug
Mackled Malaclaw
Manticore
Merpeople
Moke
Mooncalf
Murtlap
Niffler
Nogtail
Nundu
Occamy
Phoenix
Pixie
Plimpy
Pogrebin
Porlock
Puffskein
Quintaped
Ramora
Red Cap
Re'em
Runespoor
Salamander
Sea Serpent
Shrake
Snallygaster
Snidget
Sphinx
Streeler
Tebo
Thunderbird
Troll
Unicorn
Wampus cat
Werewolf
Winged horse
Yeti
Editions[edit]
Scholastic editions
Paperback: ISBN 0-439-29501-7
Hardcover Box Set: ISBN 0-439-32162-X (Includes Fantastic Beasts... and Quidditch Through the Ages)
Paperback Box Set: ISBN 0-439-28403-1
Bloomsbury edition
2001 paperback: ISBN 0-7475-5466-8
2009 paperback: ISBN 978-1-408-80301-1
2017 hardcover: ISBN 978-1-408-88071-5
Sagebrush Rebound edition
School & Library Edition: ISBN 0-613-32541-9
Pottermore E-book edition
Original version: ISBN 978-1-78110-014-1
2017 edition: ISBN 978-1-78110-556-6
Reception[edit]
Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly graded the book with an "A" and wrote "With its richly detailed history lessons and witty debate parsing the differences between being and beast, plus a compendium of 85 magical creatures that's chockablock with Rowling's trademark wordplay (Glumbumble is a standout), Beasts adds a vital new dimension to the Potter mythology."[5]
Film adaptation[edit]
Main article: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a British-American fantasy film inspired by the book of the same name by J. K. Rowling. An extension of the wizarding world[6] from the Harry Potter film series and directed by David Yates, the film stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jenn Murray, Jon Voight and Ron Perlman. The first movie is set to be followed by four more.
Principal photography commenced on 17 August 2015, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was released in the United Kingdom and the United States on 18 November 2016.
A sequel was confirmed in 2016 and is due to be released on 16 November 2018.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "News". Comic Relief. 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
Jump up ^ ""Five films exactly". JK Rowling Twitter feed". 13 October 2016.
Jump up ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (12 September 2013). "Warner Bros, J.K. Rowling Team For New 'Harry Potter'-Inspired Film Series". Deadline. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
Jump up ^ https://www.pottermore.com/explore-the-story/newt-scamander
Jump up ^ Jensen, Jeff (23 March 2001). "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; Quidditch Through the Ages". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
Jump up ^ https://m.facebook.com/JKRowling/posts/441828229259132
Further reading[edit]
Newt Scamander. Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them. New York, NY: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2001. Print. ISBN 0-439-32160-3
External links[edit]
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Book: Harry Potter
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Basil (name)
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Basil
Pronunciation
/ˈbæzəl/ BAZ-əl, /ˈbɑːsəl/ BAH-səl
Origin
Word/name
Greek, Arabic
Meaning
"royal, kingly, brave, valiant, chivalrous" in Greek; "brave, fearless, intrepid" in Arabic
The name Basil (royal, kingly) comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (Greek: Βασίλειος, female version Bασιλική), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from "basileus" (Greek: βασιλεύς), a Greek word of pre-Hellenic origin meaning "king", from which words such as basilica and basilisk (via Latin) as well as the eponymous herb (via Old French) derive, and the name of the Italian region Basilicata, which had been long under the rule of the Byzantine Emperor (also called basileus).
It was brought to England by the Crusaders, having been common in the eastern Mediterranean. It is more often used in Britain and Europe than in the US and is also the name of a common herb.
In Arabic, Bas(s)el (باسل, bāsil) is a name for boys that means "brave, fearless, intrepid".[1] It is derived from the B-S-L root.[2]
Different derived names in different languages include Barsegh in Armenian; Basile in French; Basilius in German; Basilio in Italian and Spanish; Basileo in Galician; Vasyl in Ukraine; Vasile in Romanian; Vasil in Bulgarian; Vasilije in Serbian; Vasily in Russian; Bazil, Bazsó, Vászoly and Vazul in Hungarian.
"Basil" has over 50 variants,[3] among them being: Bacile, Bas(s)el, Basley,[4] Baseley,[4] Bas(s)il(l),[4] Basilic, Basilides, Basileios, Basileo, Basile, Basilie, Basilio, Basilius, Basilone,[3] Bazeel, Bazeelius, Bazley,[4] Bazeley,[3][4] Bazell,[4] Bazelle,[3][4] Bazil, Bazyli, Breasal, Pasi,[5] Vasil, Vasyl, Vasile,[3] Vaseleos, Vasilchenko,[3] Vasileos, Vasilije, Vasilj, Vasko, Vasa, Vaso, Vasović,[3] Vas(s)ilios, Vasileios, Vasilius, Vasilus, Vassilis, Vasili, Vassili, Vasiliy, Vassilij, Vassily, Wassily, and Wasilewski.[3]
Basil may refer to the following people:
Contents
1 Rulers
2 Generals
3 Religious figures
4 First name
5 Surname
6 Fictional characters
7 References
8 External links
Rulers[edit]
Basil Onomagoulos (died 717), Byzantine usurper in Sicily in 717
Basil I (811-886) the Macedonian, Byzantine Emperor from 867
Basil II Bulgaroktonus (958-1025), Byzantine Emperor from 976
Basil Lekapenos (died c. 985), chief administrator of the Byzantine Empire from 945
Basil of Trebizond (died 1340), ruled from 1332
Fasilides (1603-1667), Ethiopian Emperor from 1603
Basil of Naples, the first Duke of Naples from 661 to 666
Generals[edit]
Basil Apokapes, Byzantine general of the mid-11th century
Basil Boioannes, Catepan of Italy in 1017-1027
Basil Mesardonites, Catepan of Italy in 1010-1017
Basil Theodorokanos, Catepan of Italy in 1043
Religious figures[edit]
Basil of Caesarea (330-379), also known as Saint Basil the Great, a 4th-century bishop of Caesarea
Basil the Elder, father of Basil the Great and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Basil of Ancyra (died 362), a 4th-century martyr
Basil of Amasea, a fourth-century Christian bishop and martyr
Basil Fool for Christ (born 1468 or 1469, died 1552 or 1557), a Russian saint
Basil of Ostrog (1610-1671), bishop and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Basil the Physician (died 1118), Bogomil leader burned at the stake as a heretic
Basil of Seleucia (died probably between 458 and 460), a metropolitan bishop of Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Basil the Confessor (died 750), Eastern Orthodox saint
Basil Hopko (1904-1976), bishop of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church and martyr
Basil Hume (1923-1999), English Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster
Basil Moreau (1799-1873), French Roman Catholic priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross and was beatified
variant Basilides
Basilides (2nd century AD), Egyptian Gnostic religious teacher
First name[edit]
Basil Arthur (1928-1985), New Zealand politician
Basil Bennett (1894-1938), American athlete and olympic bronze medal winner in hammer throw
Basil Bernstein (1924-2000), British sociologist and linguist
Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough (1888-1973), politician and third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Basil Bunting (1900–1985), British modernist poet
H. Basil Christian (1871–1950), South African/Rhodesian farmer and horticulturalist
Basil Dearden (1911-1971), British film director
Basil W. Duke (1838-1916), Confederate American Civil War general and historian
Air Chief Marshal Basil Embry (1902-1977), British Royal Air Force officer
Basil Gunasekara (born 1929), 7th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
Basil Buzz Hargrove (born 1944), Canadian former labour union leader
B. H. Liddell Hart (1895-1970), English soldier, military historian and leading inter-war theorist
Basil Hetzel (born 1922), Australian medical researcher
Basil Hiley (born 1935), British quantum physicist
Basil Hood (1864-1917), British librettist and lyricist
Basil Mott (1859-1938), British civil engineer
Basil O'Connor (1892-1972), American lawyer and chairman and president of the American Red Cross
Basil Charles Godfrey Place (1921-1994), British Royal Navy rear-admiral and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Basil Radford (1897-1952), British actor
Basil Rathbone (1892-1967), British actor
Basil Spence (1907-1976), Scottish architect
Basil Wolverton (1909–1978), American cartoonist, illustrator, comic book writer-artist
Basil Zaharoff (1849-1936), Greek arms trader and financier, and chairman of the Vickers munitions company during World War I
variant Bassel
Bassel al-Assad (1962–1994), the eldest son of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad
Bassel Shehadeh (1984-2012) Syrian film producer
Bassel Khartabil (1981-2015) Palestinian-Syrian open-source software developer
Surname[edit]
Steve Basil (1893–1962), American baseball umpire
Toni Basil (b. 1943), American musician, video artist, actress, and choreographer
Richard Basil (b. 1967), American former college football coach
variant Bacile
Giovanni Bacile (1880–1941), Italian Roman Catholic priest
variant Baseley
Godfrey Baseley (1904–1997), American radio executive
William Baseley, English politician, member of the Parliament of England in 1554 and 1555
variant Basile
see Basile#Surname
variant Basilio
see Basilio#Surname
variant Basilius
Basilius is a Greek nobility title and names bearing this title are excluded here
István Basilius (1549–1581), Hungarian Unitarian minister
variant Basilone
John Basilone (1916–1945), American soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor
variant Bassil
Gebran Bassil (b. 1970), Lebanese politician
Philip S. Bassil (b. 1976) Lebanese-Canadian Investment Banker and financier
Ray Bassil (b. 1988), Lebanese athlete
variant Bazeley
see Bazeley
variant Bazell
Josh Bazell (b. 1970), American author and physician
Robert Bazell (20th Century), American academic
variant Bazil
Louis Bazil (1695–1752), French merchant and militia officer
Ezekiel Bazil (b. 1965), Dominican politician
variant Bazley
Colin Bazley (b. 1935), Anglican bishop of Chile
Margaret Bazley (b. 1938), New Zealand public servant
Robert W. Bazley (1925–2012), American military commander
Sir Thomas Bazley, 1st Baronet (1797–1883), British industrialist and Liberal politician
variant Pasi
Riccardo Pasi (b. 1990), Italian footballer
Geeta Pasi (21st Century), American diplomat
variant Vasil (excluding Vasil')
Adria Vasil (21st Century), Canadian journalist
variant Vasilchenko
see Vasilchenko
variant Vasile
see Vasile#As a surname
variant Vasili
Laert Vasili (b. 1974), Greek Albanian actor and director
Petrit Vasili (21st Century), Albanian politician
variant Vasilj
Mario Vasilj (b. 1983), Swedish professional footballer
Vladimir Vasilj (b. 1975), former Croatian professional footballer
variant Vasko (excluding Vaskó and Vaško)
Elmer Vasko (1935–1998), Canadian ice hockey player
Rick Vasko (b. 1957), Canadian ice hockey player
variant Vasović
see Vasović
variant Vassili
Amaury Vassili (b. 1989), French singer
Vassilis Vassili (b. 1964), Greek sculptor
variant Wasilewski
see Wasilewski
Fictional characters[edit]
Basil, protagonist of Wilkie Collins' 1852 Basil (novel)
Basil of the Basil of Baker Street novels and the movie The Great Mouse Detective
Basil, a character in the television series Fraggle Rock
Basil Fawlty, the main character in Fawlty Towers
Basil Brush, a glove puppet fox popular on children's television in the UK
Basil (Sesame Park), main character of the Canadian children's show Sesame Park
Basil, a character in the anime and manga series Reborn!
Basil, a character on the Playhouse Disney TV series Johnny and the Sprites
Basil Wombat, a character on SeeMore's Playhouse
Basil, a character in the breeding and farming game, Harvest Moon
Basil Hallward, the artist that paints the haunting portrait of Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
Basil the Bat Lord, an enemy racer in Lego Racers (video game)
Basil Stag Hare, member of the Fur and Foot Fighting Patrol in Brian Jacques' Redwall
Basil Hawkins, a character in a popular manga One Piece
Basil Humphrey, Head of Scotland Yard from the film Dracula's Daughter
Basil Exposition, a character in the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Basil, Alex Delarge's snake from the film A Clockwork Orange (film)
Basil Brightberry, the gentlemouse sommelier in the children's Brambly Hedge series
Basil Ransom, a Mississippi lawyer in Henry James's 1886 novel The Bostonians
Basil, a Pirate in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch, a character in Carry on by Rainbow Rowell
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Wehr, Hans (1979). Cowan, J. Milton, ed. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. p. 73.
Jump up ^ "Basel". QuranicNames.com. QuranClub. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Last Name: Basil". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Reaney, PH; Wilson, RM (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames (reprint). Psychology Press. p. 198. ISBN 9780415057370 – via Google Books.
Jump up ^ "Pasi". Behind the Name. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
External links[edit]
Basil - Origin of Baby Names
Basil (English) - House of Names
Basil (French) - House of Names
[1](Arabic) - Quaric Names
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