LUNA AND NARGLES!

ARE NARGLES OR ANY ANY CREATURES THAT LUNA MENTIONS REAL? WHAT IMPORTANCE DO THEY CARRY?

( A question asked to us in our page WISDOM OF ALBUS PERCIVAL WULFRIC BRIAN DUMBLEORE)

ANSWER:

Luna Lovegood is eccentricity epitomized. She has bulging eyes, giving her a permanent look of astonishment and what more, she read newspapers, mostly Quibbler, upside down! She displays no symptoms of obstreperousness and is indifferent to insults (mostly by Peeves, the poltergeist of Hogwarts) or triumph. She was, during her Hogwarts days, unusually kind to Thestrals, who were rather uncared and unloved, first, because they were invisible to the students except those who had witnessed deaths, and second, they were not relatively beautiful in their looks.

Her interests were as odd as she was, if not less! She fancied many “imaginary” creatures, most popular among the readers being Nargles. According to her, Nargles were troubling her (hiding her shoes) and she used a charmed locket to keep them away. But she was relatively carefree and was not bothered at all for losing her stuffs.

“ … The things we lose have a way of finding us, if not always in the way we expect …” Luna Lovegood to Harry Potter (HP and the Order of Phoenix)

 Most characters that Luna fancies were either mythical or comical. They did not exist, at least not to the eyes of a wizard in his right mind. Her unconventional beliefs were mainly due to her father Xenophilus Lovegood, who was at a terrible loss due to “imaginary” news in Quibbler.

But then, in HP and the Deathly Hallows, their pottiness turns out to be most useful during their hunt of the Hallows. Deathly Hallows were one of the popular bedtime stories and no one bothered to question their existence. (Deathly Hallows included The Elder Wand, The Resurrection Stone and The Cloak of the Invisibility. When a wizard unites them, he becomes invincible to such a fabulous extent that he can defeat the Death) But when Albus Dumbledore, their late Headmaster, hinted them the existence of Hallows, Harry remembered the locket bearing signature of Hallows around Xenophilus Lovegood’s neck (at Bill’s wedding). So they, naturally, went to him and asked him about the Hallows, who, to no one’s surprise, accepted their existence, as supposed, with no hesitance whatsoever. It was through his belief, which must have some reasons except being lunatic, in the odds that made Harry’s hunt of Hallows somewhat easier. His assurance induced the otherwise-impossible-trust of existence of the deathly Hallows, which, let me underline was really crucial. His assurance contributed in preventing Harry and his friends to disbelieve the existence of Hallows.

I cannot vouch the existence of those mad creatures that Luna fancied. But there is always however!

I hope this answers the question!