Swoopstikes
Swoopstikes
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Physical information
Gender
Male[4]Hair colour
Grey[4]Skin colour
White[4]Affiliation
Biography[]
Professor Swoopstikes became thePotions Master atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at an unknown point in the school's history. He was also anentomologist, with a vast knowledge ofmagical insects. Professor Swoopstikes was also a fan of theTutshill Tornados Quidditch team.[4]
A portrait of Professor Swoopstikes was hung in theTracery Hall atHogwarts Castle, depicting him among his vast insect collection, holding a magnifying glass in one hand and aBillywig in the other.
Magical abilities and skills[]
- Potions: As a formerPotions Master who taught thesubject atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Swoopstikes would have been an expert in themagical art andscience of potion-making.
- Magizoology: Swoopstikes was also aMagizoologist, with an expansive knowledge ofmagical insects, meaning he was highly knowledgeable of the study ofmagicalcreatures and their habits.
Etymology[]
- To "swoop" is to "move rapidly downward through the air", perhaps an indication towardsentomology.[5]
- A "stike" is a stanza, and therefore the plural form of stike, "stikes", refers to multiple stanzas.[6]
Appearances[]
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter(Appears inportrait(s))
Notes and references[]
- ↑J. K. Rowling stated at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 15 August 2004 (source) that all portraits atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are of deceased individuals. Thus, this wizard must have died sometime in or before1991, given his portrait's appearance in theThe Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
- ↑Since Professor Swoopstikes is a fan of theTutshill Tornados and that Quidditch team was founded on that year.
- ↑"World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling,"South West News Service, 8 July 2000 - "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland."
- ↑4.004.014.024.034.044.054.064.074.084.094.104.11The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (seethis video)
- ↑Seethis definition here.
- ↑Seethis definition here.
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