Forbidden Forest

Off-limits tree realm

The Forbidden Forest is the dark woodland bordering Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series, off-limits to students because of its dangerous magical creatures.

The phrase has become shorthand for any prohibited or perilous territory that tempts exploration: The abandoned factory was our forbidden forest growing up.

Related

Hogwarts · Harry Potter · creatures · centaurs · spiders · shadows · thick fog · undergrowth · moonlight · full moon · danger · wolves · magical · dense · ancient · Hagrid · mist · lurking

Categories
Opposites
accessibility/permission

Forbidden Forestpublic garden

Civic outdoor planted space

sanctuary · refuge · town square

safety/danger

Forbidden Forestsafe haven

Protected place of shelter

sanctuary · Diagon Alley

wildness/civilization

Forbidden Forestformal garden

Symmetrically designed planted space

Family

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G