Homorphus Charm (was DADA)

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 25253

parker said:

> >They do cover the Homorphous Charm,
> >which turns a werewolf back into a
> >person,

Kelly Hurt wrote:

> If this is real, why doesn't Dumbledore cure Lupin?

Because this spell is not a cure. This spell, in my opinion, turns a
transformed (for whatever reason) human back into his/her human form,
for an unspecified length of time. It isn't permanent. The reason the
village was saved by use of this spell, is that its casting upon the
werewolf allowed identification of his human identity, and then steps
could be taken to contain the danger. But we are told by trustworthy
sources in the books that there is no cure, and that the recently
discovered Wolfsbane Potion is the only way to control it.

--Amanda


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