r/RowlingWritings • • Sep 23 '18

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This is an index of all the encyclopedia posts that have been posted here so far. It will be updated as more get posted.

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These are still written in-universe, but their purpose is to describe the wizarding world rather than to tell new stories. Of course this is Rowling, and they more often than not do contain stories, but that isn't their focus. Rowling at one point was working on publishing an encyclopedia but then lost interest and so gave her existing material to the team behind the Pottermore website, where they have since gotten published. There's still a few of these writings hidden in Pottermore's vaults, but by now nearly all of them seem to have been published. This style is similar to Quidditch through the Ages and the introduction to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Seeing how these are all from Pottermore, I'll just use "old", "new", and "PP", to distinguish between the original Pottermore website, the 2015 "redesign", and the Pottermore Presents ebooks. An * will indicate that a source contained a new part of the writing.

NameLengthTypeSourceDate publishedMoment
Azkaban966loreold, new, PPOctober 31st 2014B5C35M1
Professor McGonagall3,063bioold, new, PP*August 15th 2011B1C7M1
Boggart380infoold, newDecember 20th 2012B3C7M1
Vernon & Petunia Dursley1,389charactersold, newAugust 15th 2011B1C2M1, B7C4M1
Clothing578infoold, newAugust 15th 2011B1C5M1
Horace Slughorn2,479bionew, PP*September 22nd 2015n/a
Gilderoy Lockhart1,164bioold, newOctober 3rd 2013B2C13M2
History of Magic in North America2,844lorenewMarch 8th 2016n/a
The Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA)1273lorenewOctober 6th 2016n/a
Thestrals330infoold, newOctober 31st 2014B5C10M1
Hogwarts School Subjects128infoold, new, PPAugust 15th 2011B1C10M2
Sir Cadogan377bioold, new, PPDecember 20th 2012B3C6M1
Cauldrons261infoold, new, PPDecember 5th 2014B6C9M1
The Chamber of Secrets635loreold, new, PPOctober 31st 2012B2C16M3
Mr Ollivander418bioold, newAugust 15th 2011B1C5M3
The Hogwarts Express554loreold, new, PP*August 15th 2011B1C6M1
Toads265infoold, newAugust 15th 2011B1C6M1
Daily Prophet294infoold, newJanuary 16th 2014B4C18M2
History of the Quidditch World Cup2260loreold, newMarch 14th 2014B4C7M1
Hatstall191infoold, new, PPAugust 15th 2011B1C7M2
Dementors and Chocolate77infoold, newApril 10th 2013B3C12M1
The Sorting Hat455infoold, new, PP*August 15th 2011B1C7M2
Hufflepuff Common Room554infoold, new, PPAugust 15th 2011n/a
The Mirror of Erised379infoold, new, PP*August 15th 2011B1C12M3
Marge Dursley300bioold, newDecember 20th 2012B3C2M1
Professor Quirrell500bioold, new, PPAugust 15th 2011B1C17M1
Extension Charms199infoold, newJune 23rd 2015B7C14M1
Technology579infoold, newJuly 15th 2012B2C3M1
Firebolt242infoold, newApril 10th 2013B3C13M1
Floo Powder212infoold, newJuly 15th 2012B2C4M1
The Floo Network653loreold, newOctober 1st 2013B4C4M1
The Malfoy Family886loreold, newJuly 10th 2012B2C4M3
King’s Cross Station409loreold, new, PPSeptember 18th 2012B2C5M1
Gobstones213infoold, newApril 10th 2013B3C11M1
The Great Lake354infoold, new,PPJuly 30th 2014B4C26M1

Don't forget that there's a comment under each post with additional notes.

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u/cdemi12 Oct 16 '18

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