Apparating at Hogwarts => Dobby has done it twice?

luna_loco peckham at cyberramp.net
Mon Jul 2 21:34:52 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 171148

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zuhm" <zuhm at ...> wrote:
>
> I thought apparating was impossible at Hogwarts. Is it only restricted
> to wizards and witches?  Dobby the house elf, apparated with a 'crack'
> shortly after Harry tricked Lucius into freeing Dobby. Also, Dobby
> apparated into and out of the Hospital wing when he visted Harry.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> 
> -zuhm

While house elves are able to transport themselves using
apparation-like magic, there is nothing in canon that says that house
elves can apparate. Instead, as house elves have there own type of
magic, they use a different form of magic that produces similar results.

Allen





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