The Akashic Record

Being a Compendium of Lore, Onomatology, Miscellanea, and Pareidolia

Relating to the Universe of Harry Potter

With Commentary Esoteric and Exoteric


Welcome! This aims to be the most comprehensive reference of characters, places, spells, and things in the Harry Potter books until such time as J. K. Rowling gets her Hogwarts Encyclopedia published. In addition to fictional items, I have also included real places and assorted other things that will not be familiar to non-British people.

The reader is warned that while confirmable spoilers are screened out of the spoiler-protected pages, the commentary and speculation may hit on things yet to be revealed in future books. On the other hand, some of the speculation will undoubtedly turn out to be wrong. Decide for yourself which is which. And have fun.

Special correspondents on British culture: Stewart Bulloch (books 1-4), Lauren Jones (all), and Mark Townsend (book 5)

Additional contributors so far who are willing to be named have been Stathis Andriopoulos, Therese Boudreau, Carolyn Clinton, "Fremon", Chris French, "Geoduck", "Yoo Hoo", "ikaros", Jonathan Pessin, and Shulamit Umansky.

Finally, a general debt is owed to the Usenet Harry Potter group for its influence on many of the theories and overall lines of thinking that color this reference.


Full index with spoilers from the whole series, movies, interviews, etc:

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[Note that this does not include information from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them or Quidditch Through the Ages-- since these are reference works already, any attempt to index them would amount to duplicting them online. Even aside from the copyright issues, the proceeds from the sale of these books are going to a good cause, so if you want the information out of them, go buy 'em!]


Spoilers to the end of book 1 (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone):

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Spoilers to the end of book 2 (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets):

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Spoilers to the end of book 3 (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban):

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Spoilers to the end of book 4 (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire):

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Spoilers to the end of book 5 (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix):

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Spoilers to the end of book 6 (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince):

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Spoilers to the end of book 6 (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows):

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Petréa Mitchell
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