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Students of Wandlore, I have added a “submit assignments” option on my page. Please turn in assignments there from now on instead of through the owlry. Thank You!
- Professor Whittle
Assignment #2
Please go to the library sometime to find the wood that corresponds to your birth month on the Celtic calendar. Then write why you believe your wand is or is not your celtic wood. ( ex. I am a very shy person, but my Celtic wood is ——, which is associated with bravery. My wand is —— which is associated with protective spells, a much better fit.) I hope that through this assignment you will learn more about your wand and the nature of other wands as well. Keep in mind, a quiz may not be far away, so studying would be wise.
Lesson #2, Wand Woods part 1
Good evening class, today we will begin studying wand wood. Wand wood is not like any other wood, you cannot just pick up a stick and make a wand out of it, wands are much more complex than that. To find wood that is fit to be made into a wand you must first find a bowtruckle. Bowtruckles, or tree-guardians, are magical creatures that live in wand-trees, or trees that have suitable wood for wand making. There are two different thoughts on why only these wand-trees are able to become wands. The first theory is that the wand-trees already have magical qualities in them letting other magic flow through it easily. The second theory is that the bowtruckles are able to find the only trees strong enough to hold the power of the magic that flows through it. I believe that parts of each theory is correct. The trees we make wands out of must be strong enough to hold our magic but many of the wand woods there are have qualities that influences the wands performance such as the black walnut tree. Black walnuts produce a chemical that kills poisonous plants of the nightshade family. This means that a black walnut wand may be especially good at healing or defensive spells. It is also quite common for a witch or wizard to receive a wand with wood corresponding with their Celtic birth month wood. There are only 13 Celtic months so this is not always the case due to the fact that there are about 50 different wand woods. For example, my first wand did correspond to my Celtic birth month, it was a 10 1/2” Hazel with a Phoenix tail feather core. Now however I have an 11 1/4” Eucalyptus with a mixed Boomslang Venom and Hippogriff Feather core, I made it myself. Eucalyptus is not on the Celtic calendar but I have found that it works well with me. This will be all for today, we will continue studying wand woods next class. Your assignment this week will be on another post. Class dismissed.
Students, If you have not received your grade for assignment #1 in Wandlore please send an owl with your name and house! Some assignments were sent but not received by me. Once you send me an owl, I will either give you your grade if I received your assignment or ask you to resubmit your assignment. I am sorry for the confusion and inconvenience!
- Professor Whittle
I am so impressed with all of the assignments I have received. I had no idea that some students knew so much about their wand! I look forward to seeing your next assignments!
- Professor Whittle
