Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Chocolate Frog Cards!!







Chocolate Frog cards have many different wizards and witches on them.
The following is a list of some of the cards, and the meaning of the name"



*Agrippa (1486–1535)

~Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa was a German Mystic and Alchemist.



*Circe

~A Sorceress in Greek Mythology who could turn people into Beasts. She lived on the island Aeaea.



*Cliodna

~Celtic Irish Goddess of Beauty, Eldest Daughter of the last Druid of Ireland.



*Grunnion

~Alberic Grunnion was a powerful wizard from the song og the Nibrlungen. Hengist of Woodcroft Was a Saxon king of britain who help king Vortigern defeat scot and pict rebels.



*Paracelsus (1493–?)

~Alchemical genius.Full name is Auroleus Phillipus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim.



*Ptolemy (85 AD–?)

~Claudius Ptolemy was a Geographer and Astronomer.



*Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

~Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the Dark Wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragons blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel.



*Merlin

~Famous for his role in the King Arthur Chronicles.



*Morgana

~Morgan le Fay was the child of the Duke of Cornwall and Irgaine, She was a dark witch, and very powerful.



*Andros the Invincible

~Alleged to have been the only known wizard to produce a Patronus the size of a giant.



*Herpo the Foul

~First known creator of the Basilisk



*Mopus

~A Greek soothsayer who defeated the seer Calchas in a contest of their powers.



*Ethelred the Ever-Ready

~Famous for taking offense at nothing and cursing innocent bystanders. Died in Jail.



*Gregory the Smarmy

~Famous originator of Gregory's Unctuous Unction.



*Godric Gryffindor

~Co-founder of Hogwarts. Gave his name to one of the four houses.



*Helga Hufflepuff

~Co-founder of Hogwarts, gave her name to one of the four houses.



*Queen Maeve

~Witch who trained young sorcerers in Ireland prior to the establishment of Hogwarts.



*Merwyn the Malicious

~Credited for the invention of many unpleasant jinxes and hexes.



*Rowena Ravenclaw

~Co-founder of Hogwarts. Came up with the ever changing floor plan. Gave her name to one of the four houses.



*Salazar Slytherin

~Co-Founder of Hogwarts. Gave his name to one of the four houses.



*Uric the Oddball

~Known for being the weirdest wizard of the ages



*Wendelin the Weird

~Alleged to loving being burned at the stake so much that she allowed herself to be captured over 7 times in various disguises.



*Fulbert the Fearful

~Famous for being so cowardly to even leave his own house. Died when a defensive charm backfired and his roof caved in.



*Wilfred Elphick (1112–1199)

~First wizard to be gored by an African Erumpent



*Bridget Wenlock (1202–1285)

~Famous Arithmancer. First to establish the magical properties of the number 7.



*Ignatia Wildsmith (1227–1320)

~Inventor of Floo Powder.



*Cyrpian Youdle (1312–1357)

~Only Quidditch referee to die during a Quidditch match.



*Chauncey Oldridge (1342–1379)

~First known victim of Dragon pox.



*Gifford Ollerton (1390–1441)

~Famous Giant slayer, killed the giant Hengist of Upper Barnton.



*Alberta Toothill (1391–1483)

~Winner of the all England Wizarding Dueling competition of 1430. Famously overcame the favorite, Samson Wiblin, with a blasting charm.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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