《奥利凡德魔杖店》青松枝

40、Yew紫衫木

　　【紫衫木】
　　紫杉木魔杖是更加罕见的品种，而它们理想的主人同样不同寻常，偶尔甚至会臭名昭著。紫杉木魔杖会赋予持有者掌控生死的力量，当然，这也能用来描述所有魔杖。此外，紫杉木魔杖在决斗和所有诅咒领域都保有着特别黑暗和可怕的声誉。
　　不过，不能因此就认为（正如那些不懂得魔杖学的人经常做的）使用紫杉木魔杖的人会更容易受到黑魔法吸引。适合使用紫杉木魔杖的男女巫师可能同样有着想去保护他人的强烈愿望。
　　从这种最长寿的树上砍下的木头制成的魔杖，在英雄和恶人手中一样常见。当巫师和紫杉木魔杖被埋葬在一起的时候，魔杖会生根发芽长成一棵大树，守护着逝去主人的坟墓。有一点可以肯定，那就是紫杉木魔杖绝不会选择一个平庸或者胆怯的人。

　　PS：禁林中长有紫杉树，在小汉格顿教堂墓地中也有一株紫杉树。马尔福庄园的树篱由紫杉木制成。

　　【Yew】
　　Yew wands are among the rarer kinds, and their ideal matches are likewise unusual, and occasionally notorious. The wand of yew is reputed to endow its possessor with the power of life and death, which might, of course, be said of all wands; and yet yew retains a particularly dark and fearsome reputation in the spheres of duelling and all curses. However, it is untrue to say (as those unlearned in wandlore often do) that those who use yew wands are more likely to be attracted to the Dark Arts than another. The witch or wizard best suited to a yew wand might equally prove a fierce protector of others. Wands hewn from these most long-lived trees have been found in the possession of heroes quite as often as of villains. Where wizards have been buried with wands of yew, the wand generally sprouts into a tree guarding the dead owner’s grave. What is certain, in my experience, is that the yew wand never chooses either a mediocre or a timid owner.

　　已知杖身持有人：
　　汤姆·马沃罗·里德尔 （Tom Marvolo Riddle）
　　金尼芙拉·莫丽·韦斯莱（Ginevra Molly Weasley）出自舞台剧《被诅咒的孩子》。