This is a brilliant challenge for the post-OotP
era. Please participate.
Mary Borsellino has created a fantastic
reference page for werewolves and big, black
dogs in folklore. Find
it here.
English-To-Latin Translator
- A search engine to help you create those handy little spells.
Dictionary
of Names - An excellent source of given and surnames
for magical sorts.
Archaic Occupation
Names - These make good names for
characters in the HP universe.
Merriam-Webster Online - The
writer's best friend. Offers both a dictionary
and thesaurus. Use them.
Guide
to Britain For the Confused - A great resource
for non-Brits on everything from money to
telly.
British
Words Lexicon - Another way to sound
like you know
what you're doing.
Dictionaries
of Slang - Exactly what it says it is. Kind of fun,
too.
Rough
Slang - Dirty Brit-Speak. Have fun, kids,
but use sparingly.
Wordsmith.org - A
great little site for fans of words. You
could find something useful, here.
Stars
and Constellations - Everything you ever wanted to know
about the bright bits in the sky.
Lunar
Calendar - Want to know when the full moons
were in 1976? Here's how.
Calendars Past and
Present - So you know what days were which even
back in the Marauders' era.
Measurement
Converter - What is Farenheit in Celcius?
This figures it for you.
Ghostdragon.net
- A good source of info on Paganism, with
some herb lore.
Witchcraft
Documents - Information on the Witch
Hysteria.
Myths, Fables
and Folklore - Because sometimes you need a little magic.
Encyclopaedia
Mythica - An incredible resource of all things legendary.
The Harry
Potter Lexicon - An exhaustive source of HP fact
and speculation. Not the most reliable source out
there, but it'll do in a pinch.
Quidditch
Teams - This'll tell you everything you need to know about
the Quidditch teams in HP.
Beta
Readers - Harry Potter - Please, for the love of all that
is good and holy, use a beta reader.
The Akashic
Record - A compendium of lore relating
to Harry Potter.
Shakespearian
Insult Generator - You may not need this, but it's still
fun.
Bible Gateway -
Search any Bible, and every Bible, for something
relevant.
The Alchemy
Website - Your Potions Master will like
this.
Penis-isms
- Wedding tackle, stiffy, bed snake; a penis
by any other name...