Harry Potter: 10 Unanswered Questions We Still Have About Dragons

Dragons are among the most powerful magical beasts in the world of Harry Potter but there are still many things about them that fans don’t know.

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Dragons are among the most powerful magical beasts in Harry Potter, so much so that they form the core of various ideologies — the motto of Hogwarts, Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus, strongly insists on not disturbing a dragon during its slumber. These gigantic reptiles produce fire and therefore make it very difficult for witches and wizards who don’t want their existence known.

Through the franchise, various dragons have been described in differing amounts of detail, but there are still several facts about these majestic creatures that remain unknown to most fans. Here is a list that mentions the most important questions about dragons in Harry Potter.

10 How Many Varieties Are There?

After the 1709 Warlock’s Convention forbade the breeding of dragons, the actual species classification has not been fully recorded. As far as the Wizarding World is concerned, there are only 10 genetically unmixed types, such as the Hebridean Black, Hungarian Horntail, and so on.

However, it is not unheard of for two different breeds to mingle with each other, generating hybrids that have never been seen before (and probably possess strange abilities that could be of some use if researched further.)

9 What Is Their Reproduction Cycle Like?

As seen through Hagrid’s complicated methodology à la the birth of Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback, it is not an easy thing to get oneself involved in. In the wild, the mothers produce fire to maintain the level of heat required for her little ones to tunnel their way out of the shell.

Hagrid gives Norbert an uncomfortable mixture of chicken blood and brandy (the worst baby food of all time.) Then again, what happens between the hatchling stage and the adult version? Are there toddler dragons? Teenagers?

8 Why Are Their Cardiac Muscles Used In Wandmaking?

One of the most sought after cores in wandmaking is dragon heartstring, its derivation being evident in the name itself. Do wizards need to kill dragons to extract this material, or are they already dead when found?

If the latter, how/where does one even find one of these corpses? The ethical quandaries of this situation are effortlessly glossed over; ironic because a huge hue and cry is made over some spilled unicorn blood, but it becomes a matter of usability to murder these innocent creatures.

7 Is Dragon Pox Caused By Dragons?

There are a lot of ways to die in the Wizarding World, but Dragon Pox is not one of them (at least not to the extent it used to kill its victims.) This disease produces pox-like symptoms, such as giant pustules and boils, but also green skin and purple rashes — not to mention every sneeze produced by the patient also generates a torrent of sparks.

The dragonesque symptoms are not hard to miss, but there is no clarification on whether this infection has something to do with the actual beasts or not.

6 How Does The Ministry Manage Them?

Of course, nobody in their right mind would even dream of combating a dragon, but there is always the chance that one might chance upon a village or town and scare the inhabitants out of their wits.

Therefore, the Ministry of Magic organizes dragons under the most exclusive categories: XXXXX, composed of magical animals that are the most dangerous of all. Further, it establishes that dragon eggs are “Class A Non-Tradeable Material”, but does this really put a damper on the bootleg deals that occur under the Ministry’s noses?

5 What Does A Dragonologist Do?

It can be assumed that the most important subject that a dragonologist has to study is Care of Magical Creatures, but is that all there is to it? It can’t possibly be enough to receive only four years of education (the class begins in the third year), and decide that one wants to study dragons up close.

Charlie Weasley is the best-known dragonologist in the story, and even he remains ambiguous about the actual nature of his job, perhaps because of the secrecy surrounding these animals? Nobody knows.

4 What Are The Twelve Uses Of Dragon Blood?

Since this isn’t part of the school curriculum, Hermione (as expected) is the only student aware of the full range of potential uses for this material. All twelve are said to have been officially discovered by Albus Dumbledore; in fact, he could purportedly taste test the differences between dragon and human blood.

The only ones actually known include “stain remover”, “oven cleaner”, and as a cure for warts (specifically, verruca.) Of course, this is ridiculous, because why would anyone simply not use magic to perform these activities?

3 Are They Resistant To Charms And Hexes?

Dragons have magical skin (and claws and hair and pretty much everything else), so this is said to offer them protection against spellwork; actually, Hermione claims that affecting them in any way is nigh impossible.

The only known times that spells have worked on dragons occurs during the Triwizard Tournament — Fleur Delacour of Beauxbatons charms a Common Welsh Green into a hypnotic state, while Viktor Krum of Durmstrang uses the Conjunctivitis Curse against his Chinese Fireball. What about Avada Kedavra, then?

2 Where Can They Be Found?

According to the overall story, Dragons are usually kept in special reservations or sanctuaries dedicated to their care and preservation. For instance, the Welsh Hebrides Reserve, the Chinese Dragon Sanctuary Home, as well as the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary Home (in addition to a few other locations in Scandinavia.)

These can’t possibly be the only places for them, can they? Nevertheless, there is not so much as the shadow of a hint as to other world regions in which one might be able to visit and observe dragons (from a great distance.)

1 What About Dragons In Other Cultures?

Almost all Dragons shown in the books (as well as the cinematic adaptations) are based on the traditional European myths of magical beasts that have wings and generate fire through their mouth and/or nostrils. However, excluding the Chinese Fireball, there is still no information provided about the limitless variations of dragons that actually exist in folklore.

For instance, a few societies that incorporate them in their legends have included Egyptian, Vietnamese, Indian, Mesopotamian, Korean, Greek, and so on. It would have been quite interesting to see some of those, too.

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