after reading all of the books 2+ times i have been wondering "what happens in a wizarding marriage" is it anything like a muggle wedding? is there some sort of magic bonding of the wands or what?
if any one knows please can you let me know

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I think they take the unbrakable vowell (sorry about the spelling )

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Yeah, when they say "To death do us part," they really mean it. Or they die. That is where they take te Vow. That would be pretty funny.

But to answer the topic, I have no clue what goes on in a Wizarding wedding. I think that something important will happen at Bill and Fleur's wedding.

I imagine that it's quite similar to a muggle wedding. They might do a bonding of the wands type thing, but as they already love each other to be getting married, I can't really see what spells would be needed.

Perhaps the wedding is more ostentatious and flamboyant than a normal wedding, more color, music and festivals than normal. However, with the hint that ginny will be a brides maid, it sounds like the wedding may be normal, but lets hope not, this is the wizarding world, not much is the same between muggles and magic folk. JK shouldn't make this aspect normal, it wouldn't be logical, it would be dissapointing.

i think it would be quite similar to a muggle wedding, with a bit of magic in it!
But it'll be fun because there will be house elves and fairies and stuff like that , which will make it more magical!

i would think it would be like a muggle wedding except with just alot of magic involved with the celbrations and such, i am assuming this only becuase the yule ball was the same as a normal dance just they had robes instead of tuxes, well we will know in the 7th book becuase of bill and fleur

I figured it would be about the same as a Muggle wedding. I wrote a wedding chapter in my fic and added stuff like the dress robes Fleur wore were made by pixies and music was coming from all around without anyone actually playing it. I doubt they do anything with their wands, like an unbreakable vow. That's too extreme. Because if one betrays then they both die and that's really stupid. I do think they exchange vows and rings like normal but the atmosphere and things they do will be different.

i think it will be sort of like a muggle wedding, i agree i mean the Yule ball was the same as a sort of prom type thing. and yea i don';t think they will use the U.V. lol that would be way too extreme, ive never heard of anyone getting divorced but it would be kinda sad if they both died, and i would be disappointed if their wedding was the same as muggles i thought something as important as that would be 10 times more extravegant as us poor muggles that have to buy things and do everything by hand. i wanna see the works. if they get to make a movie about the seventh book where hopefully they say stuff bout Fleur and Bill's wedding.(and just to go a bit off topic for a sec. isn't how Dumbledore died disappointing, he always had such grace and dignity in his voice and was never scared or anything (not including the time he drank the potion that made him scream like hell) but he was always completely polite and dignified and at the end he was PLEADING to snape to help him, i think that last line just destroyed his reputation, it was kinda sad to see that he didn't die all courageous and with dignity as he always was.)sorry i went off topic

Yeah I agree, it would be the same as a muggle wedding. But different. I think like the dress would you be magically decorated so there are like sparks of glitter shimmering off it and candles floating and petals falling and the flowers will probably be magical. But apart from that I imagine it would be the same as a muggle wedding. Unless it is like Mary Poppins where they all go up on the ceiling. Mind you a wedding on the ceiling would be kinda fun.

I totally agree with james pickles. I imagine something similar to a Muggle wedding but somehow TOTALLY different. Or it just might be just a wizard/witches wedding. Remember Bill and Fleur are both magic. So it must be MAGICAL somehow. Or would it?

I would say it probably won't be too different. Just some magic here and there. Maybe some houselves running around (Hermione won't be happy)!!!!!!!!

I think it would be slightly different from muggle wedding in the sense that it would probably have some magic involved, but also very similar. I've been wondering for a while what JK is planning for this.

While I was reading the replies I was agreeing it would be like a muggle wedding but just not in a church.

I mean witches and wizards in a church. It wont be a religious ceremony.


But other than that like any other wedding with excuse to have big party and drink loads

But again like they keep on saying when a group of witches and wizards get together they can't help showing off so will no doubt be a few spells flying about

I agree with Loopy-Luna. In the books they celebrate christmas but I don't think they really have a religon with all the magic and stuff...

I think It will be a much more civil ceremony with dress robes and I think magic will be used in some way to make a bond but I don't think its as extreme as the unbreakable vow lol. But other then that I'm sure it will be much like a normal muggle wedding

But I am really really looking forward to the wedding. also remember what dumbledores funeral was like? I think we can expect much the same thing (besides the fact that funerals and sad)

Well....a wizard wedding is probably more cooler than muggle one I for one can only think of....well something beautifull and...where magic is used.There might be some bouquets......but as far as i'm concerned never head mrs weasley say anything about a wedding dress, just...aunt muriel's tiara.Will just have to wait and see how JK pictured a weeding..so....but i bet it's great...who knows..

i think it would be something like a celtic handfasting or some akin to that.

Hey does anyone else hope that Ron and Hermione Will hook up?

i think i wizard wedding would be similar to a muggle wedding because they hold similar values to us

i also think it would take place in a magical area so not to arouse suspicion because i agree with the quote 'wizards cant help showing off when around each other', the weasleys dont care about that sort of thing but fleur will want a big fancy wedding and she will want everything to be perfect because she came from a very rich background (i presume)

they dont seem to have a religion so i dont think it will be in a church, but do they have equlivalant people to vicars??

Wow I never thought about it! I would imagine that a wizard wedding would be similar toa mugge wedding, but their would definitely have nagical aspects. See pg.1 James pickles

I would think it would be like a muggle Wedding but with something to do with Merlin or maybe King Arthur. The reason I belive this goes back to book one and what was said about Morganna and Morgan LeFey and the word used in place of GOD is Merlin in all books so much for Christian Witches and Wizards.

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It would be quite cool, if the unbreakable vow was used!
but abit over the top, since you cant get devorsed!(if you wat to that is)
But anyway...
maybe a really wierd ceremony!
but no wedding is complete without the gorgeous wedding dress!! soo i don't know...

I agree with Hammer of the Phoenix that it would be similar to some form of handfasting with preordained vows that have been handed down thru generations of witches/wizards.
The magic would be in the manner of their arrival and departure but the actual ceremony would be simple with a mere "spiritual" bond symbolized by the handfasting that each is now bound to the other for the lenght of their lives.

unbreakable vow would be good, like the idea whoever thought of that.

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haha, I wonder, I hope that JK goes into detail about Fluers/Bills wedding so we can actually learn about what a wizards wedding is like, I liek the idea of an unbreakable vow as someone said. haha

Wow, a unbreakable vow is harsh, don't you think? How would you get a divorce? Nah, i reakon it's just like a muggle one, except with magic blowing things up at ever waking moment! I can't wait to see Bill and Fleurs one-hopefully our questions will be answered!

Yeah, an Unbreakable Vow is way too harsh for the situation. Very much so. I imagine a wizard wedding to be rather similar to a Muggle wedding with some magical elements to make it more 'enchanted.' For example, the attire, the festives, the decorations, etc. It would probably be more like an extravagant Muggle wedding (with magic, of course).

I can't wait to read about Bill/Fleur's Wedding, I hope that JKR doest it justice. (then again, she's the author, so whatever she does is cannon carte blanche)

But i believe that there is some kind of bonding spell involved, not the Unbreakable Vow, honestly, what if a witch started flirting with another wizard, or a wizard looked at another witch the wrong way... poof!! That'd be the end of that...

Im really not sure i like the idea of a unbreakable vow but im sure the JKR will make the wedding marvelous no matter what and im sure it will be fun and interesting.

im pretty sure that the wedding will be like a wedding in the muggle world. maybe, since JKR never really said they were christian, that they will have a service and stuff, but i think that they will say vows and everything else that goes on in weddings. i can't wait to read about it!

I was once wondering that, but marriages have to do with Religion so maybe English wizards are Christian Protestants (or whatever they're called) or they could be Catholic. I remind you that they also celebrate Christmas.

Hmmm. I think that it is almost identical to a Muggle wedding. I mean it has best men, as we know, family and friends that come. the list goes on and on. But they probably have magic in it too.

I guess that it's going to be a lot like a muggle wedding, except that there's going to be magick in the air, litterally. I suppose that some things are different, but I don't know what, though the muggle morals are totally different from most wizzard morals, and I don't know if it's for life, or not, though we've never heard about a witch who murders her husbands for their money, or leaves them when they've given all their money to her in a joint account, I dunno, but sounds like it's going to be pretty similar, although with different wordings. It all depends, like it does with muggle weddings. I mean, some muggles do it traditional, and some do it completely different, though I have a feeling that it's going to be out doors, their's going to be pretty music, and there'll be punch! Actually, I just like punch, specially when it's in magickal fountains, which I guess is going to happen, cause everything will be tainted with magick there, I mean they're in wizzarding world, it's gotta be magickal! Litterally and figurativly.

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arghhhh......La MaitressedeMort.....you keep beating me to the topics lol

well i would imagine it would be a lot like muggle weddings as muggles and witches/wizards do marry each other so there must be something similar in the two

maybe a bit more magical though

I really have no idea but maybe they make an unbreakable vow? I haven’t heard of any divorced wizards in any of the books. I expect it’s just like a Christian Wedding as for they celebrate Christmas and not Hanukkah or Kwanza at Hogwarts.

So the Wedding well it was stated in HBP that Gabrielle and Ginny were going to be bridesmaids and will be in pale gold I think Harry and Ginny Will get togeather at the wedding and she will join the quest to destroy You Know Who I think there will be something with wands not the unbreakable vow that is way too extreme but maybe something else maybe the people invited will be important I just don't know

Well, I guess it depends on if you're marrying a muggle, muggle-born, or a witch or wizard! lol! But I imagine it was be pretty much awesome! lol!



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I reckon that instead of the priest saying "if anyone knows a reason why these people should not be married etc." he is a legilimens and he'll know straight away if they shouldn't be together. I bet they fly there as well.

I highly doubt the UV is used. Especially since we know that Blaise Zambini's "famously beautiful mother" was married and widowed at least 7 times. And it's implied that she widowed herself on purpose for their money.

I would say there's little different in the ceremony itself from a muggle wedding, especially since we know wizards marry muggles from time to time. It's like how Molly's housekeeping works, she still has to do the work, but she uses magic as an aid.

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I would imagine that the basic ceremony would be similar to a muggle civil wedding. I expect a lot depends on the couple. If the witch and wizard are both pure blood, the it will be a full blown magical affair. The marriage of a Muggle and a magical person, may be slightly different depending how the muggle's family handled the whole magic thing. I always imagined that James and Lily had a quiet affair due to certain member(s) of her family.

I would imagine that Fleur and Bill's marriage will be a nice sort of country wedding. In the garden with lots of wild flowers and gnomes, with tons of food being prepared by Molly and Fleurs mum. The event will no doubt be followed by music played by a band like the Weird Sisters just to irritate the grown ups, and then an amazing displays of lights from everyones wands.

I could have sworn that I responded to this topic in the past, but I can't seem to find my post. Owell, I will post again.

I always imagined a Wizarding Wedding as ceremony not unlike the Unbreakable Vow. Obviously people can still divorce most likely, but I think that a magical bond of marriage is made and someone most likely presides over the ceremony like the witness in the Unbreakable Vow. I do imagine it like you, Elaine. It sort of reminds me of pagan views of nature, where the wedding would be very earthy and flowing with life. Atleast with Fleur and Bill. I imagine Fleur wearing a ring of flower around her head, and flying fairys, and the works! It surely will be an exciting time in the book! I hope JKR writes it in the way that it gives you that cozy feeling I (i hope others too) get when reading certain scenes such as the Quidditch World Cup and the Burrow.

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i think it would be similar but on a bigger scale..more out there..more,well more

like ide suspect that the normal things would happen <walking down the aisle,giving the bride away,etc> but there would be magical stuff added in <i like the idea of a magical bonding with the wands> and other stuff

i doubt that JK rowling will bring any religiouse aspect into it as it would cause an uproar because there are lots of countries/religions who read the book so i dont know if she would be able to go to much into the religion thing. Like someone said earlier they use merlin as a subsitute for god in lots of phrases. But remember there is a room in the department of mysteries where they research wat happens after death so thats got to affect the religion somehow hasnt it?
But anyway i doubt that an unbrakable vow will be used thts a bit harsh isnt it???? look at another womon/man wrong and POP there ya go

I think it will be pretty much the same as a normal wedding except that they will use wand sparks for fireworks and stuff. And insted of a wedding dress Fleur will wear like white trailing dress robes or somethin'.

In one of my fanfics, in a scene that I ended up cutting, we see Ron and Hermione & Harry and Ginny get married in a double wedding. Yes, they made the Unbreakable Vow. That's why you never hear of Wizarding couples getting divorced, you know!

The wedding will be like a normal wedding, BUT there will be something like a bonding of the wands, Fred and George doing magic fireworks and stuff. There will not be an unbrakable vow etheir. But there might be house eleves, because the havn't told us where flur lives and she might live in a mansion with house eleves. Sorry got off topic. Well there will be magic