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==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
Crinus sounds like Crinis which means hair in Latin and Muto means 'to change'.
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Crinus sounds like Crinis which means hair in Latin and Muto means 'to change'. Behind the scenes
Crinis means hair in Latin and Muto means
 
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
 
*The incantation to this spell is most likely similar to the incantation for growing facial hair, as [[Ronald Weasley]] confused the two and ended up with a fine handlebar moustache<ref name="HBP15"/>.
 
*The incantation to this spell is most likely similar to the incantation for growing facial hair, as [[Ronald Weasley]] confused the two and ended up with a fine handlebar moustache<ref name="HBP15"/>.
   

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"They had just embarked upon the immensely difficult topic of human Transfiguration; working in front of mirrors, they were supposed to be changing the colour of their own eyebrows."
— Description[src]

Crinus Muto is the incantation of a Charm that can be used to modify the colour and style of the caster's hair[1].

Practitioners

Etymology

Crinus sounds like Crinis which means hair in Latin and Muto means 'to change'. Behind the scenes

  • The incantation to this spell is most likely similar to the incantation for growing facial hair, as Ronald Weasley confused the two and ended up with a fine handlebar moustache[2].

See also

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 Dueling Club Facebook application (see this image)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 15 (The Unbreakable Vow)
Transfiguration (class)
COS Vera Verto demo
Branches of Transfiguration Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners Circe · Emeric Switch · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall · Charles Rookwood · Matilda Weasley
Textbooks A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells taught at Hogwarts
Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Change of hair colour and style (Crinus Muto) · Hardening Charm (Duro) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Partial Vanishment · Reparifarge · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Switching Spell · Vanishing Spell (Evanesco)
Conjuring Spells Bird-Conjuring Charm (Avis) · Inanimatus Conjurus Spell · Bouquet Spell (Orchideous) · Snake Summons Spell (Serpensortia)
Transforming Spells Animal to water goblet (Vera Verto) · Armadillo to Pillow · Bowling Ball to Balloon · Beetle into Button · Cauldron to badger · Cat to cauldron (Felifors) · Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages · Chair to cat · Cross-Species Switches · Desk Into Pig · Fairy Cakes to Fairies · Feather Duster to Ferret · Ferret to Feather Duster · Gobstone to butterfly · Goldfinch to Golden Snitch · Flobberworm to Fritter · Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes · Guinea fowl to guinea pig · Gobstone to Skunk · Hedgehog to pincushion · King to Rook · Lovebird to Love Note · Match to needle · Meddling Man to Monkey · Mice to Snuffboxes · Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) · Pawn to Queen · Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) · Puffskein to Paperweight · Rubbish to Raccoon Dog · Small Child to Rat · Small object to dragon (Draconifors) · Snail to Teapot · Target to bird (Avifors) · Target to matchbox (Flintifors) · Target to rabbit (Lapifors) · Teacup into Gerbil · Teacup to Rat · Teapot to Tortoise · Thimble to Thestral · Toad to Toadstool · Tortoise to Trumpet · White rabbits to slippers