Ordinary muggles can cast spells from the Harry Potter universe provided they have an iPhone. Apple’s voice assistant, Siri, responds to close to a dozen magical commands taken straight from JK ...

Audriana Li, who runs @dobbyisafreedoodle on Instagram and TikTok, says she has taught her 3-year-old dog to respond to “Harry Potter” spells as commands. “I knew long before Dobby came ...

A super fan of the Harry Potter character and the popular series has taken her obsession to a new level by teaching commands to her pup in the form of wizarding spells. Audriana Li, 33 ...

Instead, 3-year-old Dobby, named after the beloved fictional house-elf from the series, much prefers to communicate using Harry Potter spells, including "accio," "stupefy," and "immobulus." ...

J.K. Rowling used Latin as inspiration for the spells in "Harry Potter." Some translations are very literal; "avis" means "bird." Others are complex. For example "sectumsempra" can be translated ...

Remus the dog has mastered more than 15 different tricks based off Harry Potter spells like Lumos and Wingardium Leviosa Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

J.K. Rowling's wizarding world in the "Harry Potter" books is not so different from our own. Actual magic aside, there are many real-world inspirations behind her fictional creations. The spell ...