"Harry mispronounces the phrase near the beginning of the second book. Eeylops Owl Emporium sells owls and supplies such as owl treats and cages. Inside, it is dark and full of soft hooting, rustling, and the flickering of ""jewel-bright eyes."". It is here that Rubeus Hagrid purchased Harry's snowy owl, Hedwig, as a birthday gift in ""The Philosopher's Stone"". Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, under the management of the owner Florean Fortescue (founder and shopkeeper), sold ice cream and other treats, which could be enjoyed at outdoor tables. Harry spent pleasant hours there working on homework assignments before his third"
"Troyer appeared as Griphook in the film adaptation of ""Philosopher's Stone"" with Warwick Davis providing his voice and the latter fully portrayed him in the ""Deathly Hallows"" films. Hedwig is Harry Potter's owl, given to him in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as an eleventh birthday present by Rubeus Hagrid, who purchases the owl in Diagon Alley at the Eeylops Owl Emporium. Harry gives her this name after reading it in a book on the history of magic. Hedwig is used for delivering messages throughout the series, and also serves as a companion to Harry, especially when he is"
"unable to interact with other wizards. It is implied throughout the books that Hedwig can fully understand Harry's speech. In the fifth book, ""Order of the Phoenix"", Hedwig is intercepted by Dolores Umbridge and is hurt, but is later healed by Professor Grubbly-Plank. In the seventh book, The Deathly Hallows, Hedwig is killed by a curse from a Death Eater; in the film version, she is killed defending Harry from the Death Eater. According to Rowling, Hedwig's death represents the loss of Harry's innocence. Although the character of Hedwig is female, she is played on film by male owls (female"
"he cares about; the Invisibility Cloak, in particular, can hide two full-grown people. If three fully-grown people hide under the cloak their feet will be visible. When Harry reaches his age of maturity at seventeen, Molly Weasley gives him a pocket watch which had once belonged to her brother Fabian Prewett, as it is traditional to give a boy a watch when he turns seventeen. Throughout the majority of the books, Harry also has a pet owl named Hedwig, used to deliver and receive messages and packages. Hedwig is killed in the seventh book, about which Rowling says: ""The loss"
"to avoid any more letters, Hagrid re-appears and informs Harry that he is actually a wizard, and has been accepted into Hogwarts against the Dursleys' wishes. After taking Harry to Diagon Alley to buy his supplies for Hogwarts including a wizard uniform, a wand and a pet owl named Hedwig as a birthday present, Hagrid informs him of his past; Harry is the son of two wizards who met their demise via a Killing Curse at the hands of Lord Voldemort, a malevolent, all-powerful wizard. Harry, the only survivor in the chaos, thus becomes well-known in the wizarding world as"
"snowy owls have dark patches of plumage, while only the males are completely white). The John Williams composition which serves as title music for the entire film series is ironically named ""Hedwig's Theme"". Hokey is a house-elf who works for Hepzibah Smith, an old woman deceived by Tom Riddle into showing him Slytherin's locket and Hufflepuff's cup, which he uses as two of his Horcruxes. Hokey's memory allows Harry and Dumbledore a glimpse of the visit Voldemort makes two days before Hepzibah Smith is poisoned and both treasures disappear; whereafter Riddle, who magically tampers with Hokey's memories, frames Hokey for"
"the völva (witch) Hyndla rides a wolf and to Baldr's funeral, the giantess Hyrrokkin arrived on a wolf. Wargs are a race of lupines in J. R. R. Tolkien's books about Middle-earth. They are usually in league with the Goblins or Orcs whom they permitted to ride on their backs into battle. In Peter Jackson's adaptions of the series, he introduced two types of Wargs: The wolf-like Gundabad Wargs used by the Orcs of Mount Gundabad as they appeared in ""The Hobbit"" film trilogy and the hyena-like Wargs used by the Orcs of Isengard and Mordor in ""The Lord of"
"Owl Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes about 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl. Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all regions of the Earth except polar ice caps and some remote islands. Owls are divided into two families: the true (or typical) owl family, Strigidae,"
"September 2009, Stojka took over the role of John Avery Whitaker on the Christian radio series ""Adventures in Odyssey"". This role was previously voiced by Hal Smith (both men voiced Owl from Winnie The Pooh) and Paul Herlinger. Andre Stojka Andre Stojka (born 1936) is an American actor, voice actor and producer. He is best known for his role as the voice of Owl in the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise beginning with ""Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger"", inheriting the role from Hal Smith after his death in 1994. He was also the voice of the horse Starlite in all of the"
"a spell from Pettigrew, is taken to the hospital wing, and is forced to remain there while Harry and Hermione travel back in time to save Sirius and Buckbeak. At the end of the novel, Sirius sends Ron an excitable little owl whom Ginny names Pigwidgeon, but whom Ron refers to as ""Pig"". In ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"", the Weasleys invite Harry and Hermione to the Quidditch World Cup. Ron is in awe of his favourite Quidditch champion, Viktor Krum. Ron is even more excited when Krum, still a student at the Durmstrang wizarding school, comes to"
"Hedgehog"""" games, respectively. Eckblade and Eckbalde: Lemur twin brothers who are sent by Andross to intercept James (Eckbalde is a mute who communicates through sign language). Cason ""Rizz"" Rhys: A large hyena who plays the role of Andross' bodyguard. Nora Bowman (née Andross): The daughter of Andross who goes missing, and James is sent by Andross to rescue her. Nora initially reacts hesitant and rather standoffish of James, but later earns his trust. Over time, they develop feelings for one another. Cael O'Donnell: Wolf's father and acquaintance to James McCloud. During the events of episode 2, Fox is left at"
"trauma to his right wrist, leaving him flightless. The Eurasian subspecies of the grey owl is very commonly kept in European zoos. Great grey owl The great grey owl or great gray owl (""Strix nebulosa"") is a very large owl, documented as the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere, and it is the only species in the genus ""Strix"" found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres. In some areas it is also called Phantom of the North, cinereous owl, spectral owl, Lapland owl, spruce owl, bearded owl, and sooty owl. Adults have"
"and ""The Badger"" is a comic book hero created by Mike Baron. The badger is the emblem of the Hufflepuff house of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series (1997–2007), it is chosen as such because the badger is an animal that is often underestimated, because it lives quietly until attacked, but which, when provoked, can fight off animals much larger than itself, which resembles the Hufflepuff house in several ways. Many other stories featuring badgers as characters include Kenneth Grahame's children's novel ""The Wind in the Willows"" (1908), Beatrix Potter's"
"Andre Stojka Andre Stojka (born 1936) is an American actor, voice actor and producer. He is best known for his role as the voice of Owl in the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise beginning with ""Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger"", inheriting the role from Hal Smith after his death in 1994. He was also the voice of the horse Starlite in all of the animated ""Rainbow Brite"" productions. Other roles include the druid from ""The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy"" and the King in the ""Cinderella"" sequels. He also voiced the ""Grim Creaper"" in ""Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School"". Starting in"
"fulva""), greater hoopoe-lark (""Alaemon alaudipes""), greater short-toed lark (""Calandrella brachydactyla""), helmeted guineafowl (""Numida meleagris""), hottentot teal (""Anas hottentota""), lanner falcon (""Falco biarmicus""), lappet-faced vulture (""Torgos tracheliotus""), laughing dove (""Streptopelia senegalensis""), Lichtenstein's sandgrouse (""Pterocles lichtensteinii""), little owl (""Athene noctua""), northern wheatear (""Oenanthe oenanthe""), Nubian bustard (""Neotis Nuba""), pallid swift (""Apus pallidus""), pygmy sunbird (""Anthreptes platurus""), red-billed teal (""Anas erythrorhyncha""), rock dove (""Columba livia""), rock martin (""Ptyonoprogne fuligula""), rufous-tailed scrub robin (""Erythropygia galactotes""), Rüppell's warbler (""Sylvia rueppelli""), sand martin (""Riparia riparia""), southern grey shrike (""Lanius meridionalis""), spotted sandgrouse (""Pterocles senegallus""), striolated bunting (""Emberiza striolata""), subalpine warbler (""Sylvia cantillans""), Sudan golden sparrow (""Passer"
"Northern hawk-owl The northern hawk-owl (""Surnia ulula"") is a medium sized true owl of the northern latitudes. It is non-migratory and usually stays within its breeding range, though it sometimes irrupts southward. It is one of the few owls that is neither nocturnal nor crepuscular, being active only during the day. This is the only living species in the genus ""Surnia"" of the family Strigidae, the ""typical"" owls (as opposed to barn owls, Tytonidae). The species is sometimes called simply the hawk owl; however, many species of owls in the genus ""Ninox"" are also called ""hawk owls"". The genus name"
"Hobbit Hobbits are a fictional, diminutive, humanoid race who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fiction. They are also referred to as Halflings. Hobbits first appeared in the novel ""The Hobbit"", whose titular hobbit is the protagonist Bilbo Baggins. The novel ""The Lord of the Rings"" includes as major characters the hobbits Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took, and Meriadoc Brandybuck, as well as several other minor hobbit characters. Hobbits are also briefly mentioned in ""The Silmarillion"" and ""Unfinished Tales"". According to the author in the prologue to ""The Lord of the Rings"", hobbits are ""relatives"""
"spider or 'Acromantula'), Buckbeak (Hippogriff), Fang (boarhound), Fluffy (Three-Headed Dog), Norbert ('Norwegian Ridgeback' Dragon), and Tenebrus (Thestral). Hagrid's love for animals got him the teaching job for Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts. In their fourth year, Harry and his classmates take care of Hagrid's Blast-Ended Skrewts (a crustacean-like predator), one of which (grown to giant size) is placed in the hedge maze for the final task of the Triwizard Tournament. Although its exoskeleton can repel spells, Harry is able to pass it unhurt. They also have lessons on Nifflers, Unicorns, Fire salamanders and Flobberworms. Magical creatures in Harry Potter"
"Hildisvíni Hildisvíni (“battle swine”) is Freyja's boar In Norse mythology. The story of Hildisvíni appears in Hyndluljóð, an Old Norse poem found in Flateyjarbok but often considered a part of the Poetic Edda. In the poem, Freyja is searching for the ancestry of her protégé, Óttar. Freyja rides on her boar Hildisvíni, who is in fact Óttar in disguise. They meet Hyndla who is a seeress. Freyja succeeds in forcing Hyndla to tell Óttar about his ancestors. Snorri Sturluson also records that among boar-names for helmets was ""Hildisvíni"", the helmet of Áli. This helmet was among the things that were"
"Great grey owl The great grey owl or great gray owl (""Strix nebulosa"") is a very large owl, documented as the world's largest species of owl by length. It is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere, and it is the only species in the genus ""Strix"" found in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres. In some areas it is also called Phantom of the North, cinereous owl, spectral owl, Lapland owl, spruce owl, bearded owl, and sooty owl. Adults have a large rounded head with a grey face and yellow eyes with darker circles around them. The underparts are light with dark"
"license. Northern hawk-owl The northern hawk-owl (""Surnia ulula"") is a medium sized true owl of the northern latitudes. It is non-migratory and usually stays within its breeding range, though it sometimes irrupts southward. It is one of the few owls that is neither nocturnal nor crepuscular, being active only during the day. This is the only living species in the genus ""Surnia"" of the family Strigidae, the ""typical"" owls (as opposed to barn owls, Tytonidae). The species is sometimes called simply the hawk owl; however, many species of owls in the genus ""Ninox"" are also called ""hawk owls"". The genus"
"caused due to his birds' habit of attacking him when people speak to him (i.e. ""Hello, my name is Hodges...ARRRRRGH""). He survives a direct elvish invasion of the Lancre castle, mainly due to one of his birds attacking the elf. His ceremonial outfit of red and gold with a big floppy hat is usually supplemented with about three sticking plasters. One of the birds he breeds is the ""wowhawk"", or Lappet-faced Worrier, which is like a goshawk only more so—it prefers to walk everywhere and faints at the sight of blood. In the book ""Carpe Jugulum"" he is responsible for"
"mammals, birds, and tree frogs. It is known to hunt from a perch, but has been known to hunt on the wing too. Its call consists of a series of rapid, guttural, low calls, followed by a short pause and a low, airy call and a faint, short hoot. Occasionally, it is shortened to just the last two notes, leaving out the opening series. Black-and-white owl The black-and-white owl (""Strix nigrolineata"") is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. The black-and-white owl is a medium-sized owl with a round head and no ear tufts. It is between 35–40 cm"
"Heiðrún Heiðrún or Heidrun is a goat in Norse mythology, which consumes the foliage of the tree Læraðr and produces mead for the einherjar. She is described in the ""Poetic Edda"" and ""Prose Edda"". In the ""Poetic Edda"" Heiðrún is mentioned twice. She is described in the ""Grímnismál"" in a way similar to Snorri's description. Since Snorri quotes other strophes of ""Grímnismál"" it seems reasonable to assume that he knew this strophe too and used it as his source for his description of Heiðrún. In the ""Hyndluljóð"" the giantess Hyndla (lit. ""bitch/she-dog"") used the term ""Heiðrún"" to insult the goddess"
"honey buzzard Pernis apivorus L., black kite Milvus migrans Bodd., hen harrier Cyrcus cyaneus L., Montagu's harrier Cyrcus pygargus L., booted eagle Hieraetus pennatus Gm., greater spotted eagle Aquila clanga Pall., red-footed falcon Falco vespertinus L., 1 species of wader: Great snipe Gallinago media Lath., 1 species of dove: stock dove Columba oenas L., 3 species of owls: Eurasian eagle owl Bubo bubo L., Eurasian scops owl Otus scops L., little owl Athene noctua Scop., 2 species of roller: roller Coracius garrulous L., common kingfisher Alcedo atthis L., 1 species of hoopoe: common hoopoe Upupa epops L., 5 species of"
"horned owl (""Bubo virginianus""), northern cardinal (""Cardinalis cardinalis""), northern flicker (""Colaptes auratus""), red-bellied woodpecker (""Melanerpes carolinus""), red-headed woodpecker (""Melanerpes erythrocephalus""), red-shouldered hawk (""Buteo lineatus""), red-tailed hawk (""Buteo jamaicensis""), red-winged blackbird (""Agelaius phoeniceus""), ruby-throated hummingbird (""Archilochus colubris""), sharp-shinned hawk (""Accipiter striatus""), starling (""Sturnus vulgaris""), summer tanager (""Piranga rubra""), Swainson’s thrush (""Catharus ustulatus""), white-throated sparrow (""Zanotrichia albicollis""), wood thrush (""Hylocichla mustelina""), yellow-bellied sapsucker (""Sphyrapicus varius""), Mammals Beaver (genus ""Castor""), bobcat (""Felis rufa""), common raccoon (""Procyon lotor""), coyote (""Canis latrans""), deer, feral hog, grey fox (""Urocyon cinereoagenteus""), muskrat (""Ondatra zibethicus""), north American river otter (""Lutra Canadensis""), red fox (""Vulpes fulva""), skunk, squirrel. Reptiles"
"include the European adder (""Vipera berus"") and grass snake (""Natrix natrix""). Multiple bird species include Bewick's swan (""Cygnus columbianus bewickii""), Eurasian bittern (""Botaurus stellaris""), Eurasian bullfinch (""Pyrrhula pyrrhula""), *Eurasian wigeon (""Anas penelope""), European starling (""Sturnus vulgaris""), gadwall (""Anas strepera""), grasshopper warbler (""Locustella naevia""), hen harrier (""Circus cyaneus""), house sparrow (""Passer domesticus""), linnet (""Carduelis cannabina""), marsh harrier (""Circus aeruginosus""), marsh tit (""Poecile palustris""), merlin (""Falco columbarius""), northern lapwing (""Vanellus vanellus""), peregrine (""Falco peregrinus""), reed bunting (""Emberiza schoeniclus""), short-eared owl (""Asio flammeus""), skylark (""Alauda arvensis""), song thrush (""Turdus philomelos""), teal (""Anas cracca""), willow tit (""Poecile montanus"") and yellowhammer (""Emberiza citrinella""). Mammalian species"
"hobby (""Falco subbuteo""), lapwing (""Vanellus vanellus""), curlew (""Numenius arquata""), green sandpiper (""Tringa ochropus""), Eurasian woodcock (""Scolopax rusticola""), common snipe (""Gallinago gallinago""), collared dove (""Streptopelia decaocto""), cuckoo (""Cuculus canorus""), long-eared owl (""Asio otus""), tawny owl (""Strix aluco""), common swift (""Apus apus""), hoopoe (""Upupa epops""), grey-headed woodpecker (""Picus canus""), European green woodpecker (""Picus viridis""), barn swallow (""Hirundo rustica""), house martin (""Delichon urbica""), tree pipit (""Anthus trivialis""), dunnock (""Prunella modularis""), redstart (""Phoenicurus phoenicurus""), wheatear (""Oenanthe oenanthe""), redwing (""Turdus iliacus""), mistle thrush (""Turdus viscivorus""), sedge warbler (""Acrocephalus schoenobaenus""), aquatic warbler (""Acrocephalus paludicola""), reed warbler (""Acrocephalus scirpaceus""), icterine warbler (""Hippolais icterina""), lesser whitethroat (""Sylvia curruca""),"
"""Palaeoglaux"" from west-central Europe is sometimes placed here, but given its age, it is probably better considered its own family for the time being. True owl The true owls or typical owls (family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the barn owls (Tytonidae). The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy unites the Caprimulgiformes with the owl order; here, the typical owls are a subfamily Striginae. This is unsupported by more recent research (see Cypselomorphae for details), but the relationships of the owls in general are still unresolved. This large family comprises nearly 220 living species in"
"Smaug (genus) Smaug is a genus of lizards in the family Cordylidae. The genus ""Smaug"" is a group of species of spiny southern African lizards, separated from the genus ""Cordylus"" in 2011 on the basis of a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the Cordylidae. The type species is the giant girdled lizard, ""S. giganteus"" (formerly ""Cordylus giganteus""). The genus ""Smaug"" was named for the character Smaug, in J. R. R. Tolkien's ""The Hobbit"": Smaug is the name of the dragon encountered by Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's book ""The Hobbit"". According to Tolkien the name is derived from the"
"the crow. Currently they are still found the goshawk (""rastarégliu"" in dialect), the magpie (""pica""), the blackbird (""mérgliu""), the thrush (""tùrdu""), the woodpecker (""tòcculacèrqua), the cuckoo (""cucùru""), the crow (""ciàula""), the wagtail (""ciùcciapannèlla""), the wood-lark (""calandrèlla""), the robin (""pétturùssu""), the goldfinch (""cardìgliu""), the common chaffinch (""frungìgliu), the blackcap (""capunéra""), the thrush (""tùrdu), the missel thrush ("" tardèca"") the nightingale (""rasciagnogliu""), the swallow (""rundinèlla""), the sparrow (""pàssaru""), the bat (""sparpagliónu""), the owl (""cuccuàina""), the long-eared owl (""àsciu""). Among the mammals are the wild boar, the fox (""òrba""), the badger (""tasciola""), the dormouse (""agliéri""), the hedgehog, the weasel (""nìzzela""), the mole (""tupanàra"")"
"englyn (known as englyn Gwydion) he lures him down from the oak tree and switches him back to his human form. Gwydion and Math nurse Lleu back to health before reclaiming his lands from Gronw and Blodeuwedd. In the face-off between Lleu and Gronw, Gronw asks if he may place a large stone between himself and Lleu's spear. Lleu allows him to do so, then throws his spear which pierces both the stone and Gronw, killing him. Gwydion corners Blodeuwedd and turns her into an owl, the creature hated by all other birds. The tale ends with Lleu ascending to"
"'The Far off Things'. Accordingly, the spot-bellied eagle owl is one possible contender but changeable hawk-eagle (""Nisaetus cirrhatus ceylanensis"") and Oriental honey buzzard (""Pernis ptilorhynchus"") are more likely contenders to be the ""Devil Bird"". A spot-bellied eagle-owl (""Bubo nipalensis"") specimen found by villagers in 2001 received much publicity in the press as the final resolution of the bird's identity but the natives who actually have heard the 'true' cry of the Ulama and had seen the bird in action, are certain that it is a changeable hawk-eagle, which is more in agreement with the description of the bird in the"