All 13 MONSTERS from the Monster Book of Monsters (Extended Lore) - Harry Potter Explained

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing MONSTERS. Now, in the past I’ve made several videos discussing various magical creatures- and I almost always refer to these ‘creatures’ as well, creatures or beasts. But today, we’re going to be discussing a very different type of ‘beast’- we’re going to be discussing the MONSTERS of the wizarding world- that is, beasts so horrifying that they warrant their own terminology.

But, we’re not just going to be discussing any old monsters, we’re going to be tackling and listing off all of the known monsters found within the MONSTER BOOK of Monsters.

If you aren’t familiar with the Monster Book of Monsters, well, allow me to jog your memory. The book properly comes to our attention quite early on in the story, when Hagrid supplies Harry with the book for his 13th birthday. He gives Harry the book because it’s a requirement for his third year at Hogwarts. More specifically- it’s a required textbook for the Care of Magical Creatures class.

The book was written by a wizard named Edwardus Lima sometime before 1932, and serves as a tome for magizoologists (however few there may be).

Known for it’s..volatile nature, the book is exceedingly difficult to open, primarily due to the fact that it’ll try to bite the readers fingers off.

"How do we open our books?" Malfoy repeated. He took out his copy of The Monster Book of Monsters, which he had bound shut with a length of rope. Other people took theirs out too; some, like Harry, had belted their books shut; others had crammed them inside tight bags or clamped them together with binder clips.

"Hasn'--hasn' anyone bin able ter open their books?" said Hagrid, looking crestfallen.

The class all shook their heads.

"Yeh've got ter stroke 'em," said Hagrid, as though this was the most obvious thing in the world. "Look--"

So, provided that the book itself is a kind of monster, I can’t help but wonder what lies within. Are these monsters as bad the book would suggest?

Let’s dive in to it.

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Release date

Lydbog: 18. maj 2022