Fictional universe of Harry Potter world, and in the "Harry Potter" series. Quidditch is a team sport played up in the air on brooms. Wizards all around the globe fanatically follow it in a similar manner to football, and the Quidditch World Cup is a major event on the wizard calendar. Not long into his first year at Hogwarts, Harry proves himself a talented Quidditch player and is named to the Gryffindor team as its Seeker, with the role of finding and catching the Golden Snitch. His activities on the Quidditch pitch feature prominently in several of the books. Lee Jordan, two years older than
Magic in Harry Potter books present the idea that the Muggle interpretation of these stories is a distorted version of what goes on in the wizarding world. The magic of "Harry Potter" became the subject of a 2017 British Library exhibition and accompanying documentary. The exhibition, entitled "Harry Potter: A History of Magic", is the first at the British Library to be inspired by a single series by a living author. Witches and wizards need training to learn how to control their magic. With young and untrained children, magic will manifest itself subconsciously in moments of strong apprehension, fear, anger and sadness. For example,