Something confusing

[VetPuppy]

Okay, so i'm re-reading harry potter, and i just finished the third. In the third Cedric Diggory is mentioned, and it says that he's a fifth year. But in the fourth book, Cedric comes back, and is in it a bit more. But it says that he's seventeen, which should make him in his 7th year, but the year before he was in his fifth year, and i think at the end book it says that he was in his final year. So i'm confused!?!?!?! Can some one help me figure this out?

[Psychee]

Cedric was probably born in September or October, and had to wait until he was almost 12 to begin Hogwarts as a result.  He had just turned 17 when he was accepted in the TriWizard Tournament, and was in his sixth year when he died.

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VetPuppy wrote:
Okay, so i'm re-reading harry potter, and i just finished the third. In the third Cedric Diggory is mentioned, and it says that he's a fifth year. But in the fourth book, Cedric comes back, and is in it a bit more. But it says that he's seventeen, which should make him in his 7th year, but the year before he was in his fifth year, and i think at the end book it says that he was in his final year. So i'm confused!?!?!?! Can some one help me figure this out?

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[VetPuppy]

Ohhhhhhh, thank you!!!

[GFBellissima]

I have a question. What is the difference between a wizard and a warlock, or is there one?

Thanks.

[Psychee]

Books and fantasy worlds use the term loosely, but in general, I  guess you could say that a warlock would be a witch or wizard that has gone bad.    I think the term means "oath breaker".

Was the term ever used in Harry Potter?

[BakingQueen]

I don't think so. Maybe in the last book

[TiggerBear]

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GFBellissima wrote:

I have a question. What is the difference between a wizard and a warlock, or is there one?

Thanks.

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Do you mean within HP books or outside of it? Big difference.

[Psychee]

Actually, I just realized that one of the stories in Beedle The Bard is the "Warlock's Hairy Heart", or something like that.  The warlock was a wizard who "went dark".

[GFBellissima]

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Psychee wrote:
Actually, I just realized that one of the stories in Beedle The Bard is the "Warlock's Hairy Heart", or something like that.  The warlock was a wizard who "went dark".

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Other sources have used the term Warlock as the male counterpart of a witch. In the HP books, a wizard that has gone over to Voldemort is a Death Eater so I was just wondering.  Thanks, Psychee.

I have another question: When the Horcrux part of Harry was "killed" (the part of Voldemort that was left in Harry when he tried to kill him as a baby), did Harry lose the ability to speak Parseltongue?

[Psychee]

That question was answered by JKR during one her reader Q & A's.  The answer was "yes", he lost the ability to speak Parseltongue.

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GFBellissima wrote:

I have another question: When the Horcrux part of Harry was "killed" (the part of Voldemort that was left in Harry when he tried to kill him as a baby), did Harry lose the ability to speak Parseltongue?

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[TiggerBear]

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GFBellissima wrote:

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Psychee wrote:
Actually, I just realized that one of the stories in Beedle The Bard is the "Warlock's Hairy Heart", or something like that.  The warlock was a wizard who "went dark".

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Other sources have used the term Warlock as the male counterpart of a witch. In the HP books, a wizard that has gone over to Voldemort is a Death Eater so I was just wondering.  Thanks, Psychee.

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  Ah yes, but wrong use. Witch is male and female. Warlock is used by those who don't know what they are talking about. It got mixed in with confusing witchcraft with devil worship, a warlock was one who used demon magic originally.

[Psychee]

JKR has given you an answer to this question in "Beedle The Bard".   In her world, she uses the term "warlock" to describe a wizard who is trained to do battle -- it seems to be the wizard equivalent of a "knight".

The book also reminded me that one of Dumbledore's titles was "Chief Warlock of the Wizangamot", so I was totally wrong in my answer before, at least in terms of how JKR uses the word.

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GFBellissima wrote:

I have a question. What is the difference between a wizard and a warlock, or is there one?

Thanks.

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