Muggle
Studies is the study of non - magical person,
their
world, and the inventions they use to take the
place
of magic. There is prejudice showed by some
of the
members of the wizarding world against
"mudbloods".
muggles born with wizarding skills.
There
are some mudbloods born in families were one
parent
is a wizard and the other parent is a muggle.
Pure
- blood is a person with wizarding skills born
into a
family where both parents were wizards.
The
greatest disaster in a wizarding family is to
have a
child, called a Squib, with no wizarding skills.
Non
- magic people (more commonly known as Muggles)
were particularly
afraid of magic in medieval times,
but not
very good at recognizing it. On the rare
occasion
that they did catch a real witch or wizard
burning
had no effect whatsoever The witch or
wizard
would perform a basic Flame Freezing Charm
and then
pretend to shriek with pain while enjoying
a gentle,
tickling, sensation. Indeed Wendelin the
Weird
enjoyed being burned so much that she
allowed
herself to be caught no less than
forty-seven
times in various disguises.
Because
Muggles are afraid of wizard, wizards
try to
keep their abilities and activities from the
non -
magical world by using Protection Spells,
travelling
in small groups and other magic spells.
The Ministry
Of Magic even has an office, The Misuse
Of Muggle
Artifacts Office that enforces laws
against
bewitching things that are Muggle -
made
in case they end up back in a Muggle shop
or
house. When an old witch died, her tea set
was sold
to an antiques shop. A Muggle woman
bought
it, took it home, and tried to serve her
friends
tea in it. The teapot went berserk
and squirted
boiling tea all over the place
and one
man ended up in the hospital with the
sugar
tongs clamped to his nose. The Misuse
Of Muggle
Artifacts Office, run by Mr. Arthur
Weasley
and an old warlock called Perkins, use
memory
charms on all the witnesses
involved
to cover up these unnatural incidents.
Mr
Weasley is crazy about everything to do with
Muggles.
He corners Harry and Hermione to find out
how things
are done and how things work in the
muggle
world. He doesn't keep the laws about
bewitching
muggle made things. His shed's full of
muggle
stuff which he takes apart, puts spells on it,
and puts
it back together again.
The Ministry
Of Magic conducts raids of peoples
houses
looking for these muggle bewitched items.
The Ministry
Of magic is trying to pass a Muggle
Protection
Act. This act was being promoted by
Mr. Arthur
Weasley.
