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Thursday, August 2

Wands and Harry Potter

What is the facination with wands? Before Harry Potter and the other wizards (Dumbledore, Hermione, Ron, Professor Snape, etc) brought out their wands, did everyone have this need to buy a wand online? Wands, according to history, were typically made from wood or ivory and metals and were used for ceremonial rituals associated with magic but today our fixation on wands is mostly due to a fictional character named Harry Potter.

Were there real wands before Potter? Wands have been featured in many fictional and fantasy works and the purpose of wands vary greatly. In almost all cases, only wizards and warlocks and other casters of magic carried wands. The only counterpart for a wand is the staff. Both are used to give the wizard the same magical powers but the staff sends quite a different effect for the wizard. In fantasy fiction, a staff is used to give the character a more serious or powerful image. A perfect example of this were the staffs used by Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings triology. This is definitely not the case in any of the Harry Potter fictions...as we are all aware. I would take Dumbledore or Mad Eye Moody with their wands in a battle vs Gandalf any day of the week!

Of course their are other magical arenas in which you might see a wand being used. Musical conductors use a wand on their podiums when conducting the orchestra and stage magicians use a wand sometimes for misdirection but these uses of a wand are just plain boring.

The last and probably the most popular usage of a real or magical wand is that of video game characters and role playing games. Wands are used to cast spells, dispell magic, portals and a myriad of other abilities. All in all, wands are just cool now thanks to the younger hipper Potter and his amazing way bringing us all into his world.

Replica Dungeon only features Harry Potter wands in our online catalog, at this time, and they are truly works of art. Made from solid oak, all of these replica wands are big time collectors pieces and will bring joy to all those that dare to become a magic caster. Beware, we are not responsible for any magical spells that may be cast with any of our collectible wands. ;-p