What Is The Ability To Talk To Animals Called

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A wizard communicating magically with a cat

Some wizards and witches had the magical ability to talk to and communicate with animals.^[ane]

Types

Parselmouths

Harry Potter unknowingly speaking Parseltongue to a Boa Constrictor at the Zoo

Parseltongue was the language of snakes. Information technology appeared that it could be learnt similar any other linguistic communication, as evidenced by Albus Dumbledore. However, a wizard or witch known as a Parselmouth could empathize it naturally and speak back to snakes, often not even realising they were no longer speaking the homo tongue.^[2] This power was extremely rare and hereditary. Salazar Slytherin was an infamous Parselmouth,^[2] and his descendants,^[3] such as Lord Voldemort, inherited this trait.^[iv] Harry Potter likewise acquired this ability when role of Voldemort's soul bonded with him the dark he tried to kill Harry.^[5] When the piece of Voldemort's soul inside him was destroyed, Harry thought he would lose the ability,^[v] but 22 years later in 2020, he used Parseltongue to open up the secret room of Delphini.^[6]

Other

Other wizards, similar Rubeus Hagrid^[7] ^[viii] ^[nine] and Newt Scamander^[ten] ^[eleven] ^[12] for example, had an innate ability to communicate and bail with all kinds of animals. Animagi had also demonstrated being able to subtly influence animals while bold their fauna forms, as in the instance of Peter Pettigrew, who demonstrated an affinity with rats while in his rat class.^[13] Argus Filch demonstrated a loftier degree of communication with his cat, Mrs Norris,^[xiv] even though he was a Squib.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Rock (Commencement appearance)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher'southward Stone (film)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (flick)
Harry Potter and the Bedroom of Secrets (video game)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
Harry Potter and the Guild of the Phoenix (flick)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the One-half-Blood Prince (film)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Office ane
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
LEGO Harry Potter: Years one-iv
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-seven
Harry Potter for Kinect
Pottermore
Wizarding World
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

Notes and references

↑ Pottermore
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 11 (The Duelling Club)
↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter ten (The Firm of Gaunt)
↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 17 (The Heir of Slytherin)
↑ ^v.0 ^v.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 35 (Rex's Cross)
↑ Harry Potter and the Cursed Kid
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 14 (Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback)
↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter xv (Aragog)
↑ Harry Potter and the Social club of the Phoenix, Affiliate 30 (Grawp)
↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
↑ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Discover Them
↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19 (The Retainer of Lord Voldemort)
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher'due south Stone, Affiliate 8 (The Potions Master)