Editing Muggle (section)

== Usage in ''Harry Potter'' ==
The term ''Muggle'' is sometimes used in a [[pejorative]] manner in the novels. Since ''Muggle'' refers to a person who is a member of the non-[[Magic in Harry Potter|magical]] [[Fictional universe of Harry Potter|community]], Muggles are simply ordinary human beings without any magical abilities and almost always with no awareness of the existence of magic. Witches and wizards with non-magical parents are called ''Muggle-borns''. There have also been some children known to have been born to one magical and one non-magical parent. People of this mixed parentage are called ''[[Fictional universe of Harry Potter#Blood purity|half-bloods]]''; magical people with any Muggle ancestry on the one side or the other are half-bloods as well. The most prominent Muggle-born in the ''Harry Potter'' series is [[Hermione Granger]], who was born to Muggles of undisclosed names. Witches and wizards with all-magical heritage are called ''pure bloods''.

In the ''Harry Potter'' novels, Muggles are often portrayed as foolish, sometimes befuddled characters, who are completely oblivious to the wizarding world that exists in their midst. If, by unfortunate means, Muggles do happen to observe the working of magic, the [[Ministry of Magic]] sends Obliviators to cast Memory Charms upon them, causing them to forget the event.

Some Muggles are aware of the wizarding world. These include Muggle parents of magical children, such as [[Hermione Granger]]'s parents, the [[Supporting Harry Potter characters#The Muggle Prime Minister of Britain|Muggle Prime Minister]] (and predecessors), the [[Dursley family]] (Harry Potter's unsupportive non-magical and only living relatives), and the non-magical spouses of some witches and wizards.

Rowling has created the word "Muggle" from "mug", an English term for someone who is easily fooled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/07/jk-rowling-muggles-were-joints/352860/|title=Before Harry Potter, 'Muggles' Meant Pot|author=Eric Randall|date=14 July 2011|website=The Atlantic|access-date=2 July 2022|archive-date=2 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702150019/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/07/jk-rowling-muggles-were-joints/352860/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Notable Muggles ===
* [[List of Harry Potter characters#The Dursleys|The Dursleys]], Harry's maternal relatives with whom he lives for sixteen years
* [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters#The Muggle Prime Minister|The Muggle Prime Minister]]
* [[Frank Bryce]], the Riddle family gardener
* Jacob Kowalski, [[Newt Scamander]]'s No-Maj friend
* Mary Lou Barebone, leader of the New Salem Philanthropic Society (or the "Second Salemers")