What happens if a Muggle sees magic?

If, by unfortunate means, Muggles do happen to observe the working of magic, the Ministry of Magic sends Obliviators to cast Memory Charms upon them, causing them to forget the event. Some Muggles are aware of the wizarding world.
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Do Muggles see magic?

Thus, most Muggles are either afraid of magic or believe it to be nothing but a childish fantasy. Wizards and witches hide their world with Muggle-Repelling Charms, and if a Muggle witnesses a magical event or sees a magical creature such as a dragon, their memories are erased.
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What stops Muggles from seeing magic?

imaginative. Wizarding society is kept hidden from Muggle society through a vast and complex range of concealment charms. If a Muggle were to look at Hogwarts, for example, all they would see is a ruin with signs telling them to keep out.
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What happens if a Muggle finds a wand?

What happens if a Muggle gets a wand? A Muggle gaining one wouldn't just effectively have a stick in their hand but could produce an uncontrollable magical effect. Muggles can't necessarily perform magic, but with a wand, they could cause some to manifest in an uncontrollable manner.
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What if a wizard marries a Muggle?

As a wizard or witch married to a Muggle, you can live and work with magic while enjoying the many Muggle cultural perks. You get the best of both worlds, as you'd have eckeltricity and fellytones to make your spouse happy, and you'd still get to send off owls and use Floo Powder.
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The Muggle Theory That Changes Everything About Harry Potter



What if Harry joined Slytherin?

Harry would have been internally conflicted if he had been Sorted into Slytherin. Although he still would have felt that Hogwarts was the only place he had ever belonged, he might have felt wary forming relationships with the children of Death Eaters.
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Can a Muggle be born to a pureblood?

Pure-blood status is kept by only marrying other pure-bloods, Muggle-borns are the magical product of two Muggle parents, and half-bloods are any mixture of Muggle-born and pure-blood parents. This can be a pure-blood or half-blood witch or wizard procreating with a half-blood, Muggle-born, or Muggle.
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Can a muggle-born become a wizard?

Muggles cannot become wizards/witches .

While studying is required to use magic effectively, someone who wasn't born with magic cannot be a wizard no matter how much they study. Muggleborns like Lily Potter or Hermione Granger are born with the ability to do magic despite nonmagical parentage.
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How do Muggle-borns get wizarding money?

Rowling explained on Twitter that non-wizarding folk could just go to Gringotts, the wizarding bank in London's Diagon Alley. They change muggle money to wizard money.
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What happens when two Muggle-borns have a child?

What happens if two Mudbloods have a child? It has nothing to do with genes and is just a construct of wizarding society. So the magical child of two muggle-born would be half-blood and a non-magical chld of two muggle-born a squib.
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Which wizards are pure blood?

"Pure-blood" is the term applied to wizards and witches who have no Muggle blood, Muggle-borns, or half-bloods at all in their family trees. They are the rarest of the three blood statuses, with J.K. Rowling stating that ten per cent of the wizarding community is made up of pure-bloods.
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Are Muggles stronger than wizards?

But even with the largest figures, that means muggles will outnumber wizards by two thousand to one! This means muggles have ridiculously more firepower than wizards. And not just that; it means more people and resources to help close the knowledge gap with wizards.
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Can Muggles see Azkaban?

Because of their power to drain happiness and hope from humans, they have been set the duty of being guards at Azkaban, where they prevent the prisoners from having the will or ability to escape. This creature has the property that only wizards can see it. Muggles can still feel them, though.
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Do Muggle-born parents know about magic?

In the "Harry Potter" series, characters like Lily Evans Potter and Hermione Granger were both born to Muggle parents who knew about their magical powers. Petunia Dursley, Lily's sister, even said her parents were "proud" to have a witch in the family.
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What does it mean to be Muggle-born?

A Muggle-born (No-Maj-born in the United States), once known as a Magbob and also known by the pejorative Mudblood, was a witch or wizard who was born to two non-magical parents. Their magical abilities did not seem to be at all affected by their Muggle parentage.
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What is opposite of Muggle?

Overview. The opposite of a Muggle-born witch or wizard, a Squib is the child of wizarding parents with no magic powers of his or her own.
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How much is 1000 galleons in Muggle?

Harry's Triwizard Tournament prize winnings of 1,000 gold galleons would total $25,000. Warner Bros.
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How much is 1000 galleons in pounds?

The prize? 1000 Galleons - £4,930.
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How much is one Galleon in usd?

Using the exchange rate provided by Hagrid in the first book (1 Galleon=17 Sickles, 1 Sickle=29 Knuts), Aubieismyhomie was able to figure out that 1 Galleon=about $25, 1 Sickle= about $1.50, and 1 Knut= about $. 05.
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Is Hermione the heir of Slytherin?

Her real parents were Daneel and Dean Novak, Pureblooded wizards. Turns out Daneel was Tom Riddles younger sister, Daneel Riddle. Of course, the Riddles were related to Salzar Slytherin himself, and this made Hermione the living heir of Slytherin.
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Was Hermione supposed to be black?

Hermione Granger is not black. Hermione is not white, or mixed-race, or any other ethnicity. Hermione is a blank canvas for the reader to draw upon, to project themselves on, to reflect their own appearance if they so wish.
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Is Ron a pure Blood?

His first appearance was in the first book of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. He is a member of the Weasley family, a pure blood family that resides in "The Burrow" outside Ottery St.
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Who is the oldest wizarding family?

Ollivander. Makers of fine wands since 382 BC, the Ollivanders could make quite a claim to being among the oldest wizarding families.
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Is Snape a Muggle-born?

Snape was born to Eileen Prince, a witch, and Tobias Snape, a Muggle, making him a half-blood (hence the name, "Half-Blood Prince"). This is rare for a Death Eater, as remarked in the last book, though Voldemort himself also had a Muggle father.
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Are the Weasleys related to the Malfoys?

In addition, Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley have a well-established feud despite being second cousins once removed by marriage.
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