Harry Potter Wiki
Don't have an account?
Register
Register
Harry Potter Wiki
Harry Potter Wiki
20,678
pages
in: Magic

Changes: Human Transfiguration

Back to page
Sign in to edit
No edit summary
Tag: Visual edit
No edit summary
Line 11: Line 11:
 
{{Quote|If only we'd done human Transfiguration already! But I don't think we start that until sixth year, and it can go badly wrong if you don't know what you're doing ''[...]'' |[[Hermione Granger]] to [[Harry Potter]] on human Transfiguration|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
  
{{Quote|If only we'd done human Transfiguration already! But I don't think we start that until sixth year, and it can go badly wrong if you don't know what you're doing ''[...]'' |[[Hermione Granger]] to [[Harry Potter]] on human Transfiguration|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
   
−
'''Human Transfiguration''' is a sub-branch of [[Transfiguration]] and a form of [[transformation]] in which one transfigures human body parts or an entire human being into another form.
+
'''Human Transfiguration''' is a sub-branch of [[Transfiguration]] and a form of [[transformation]] in which one transfigures human body parts or an entire human being into another form.
   
 
Human Transfiguration is more difficult than any other form of Transfiguration, including [[Cross-Species Transfiguration]] and is therefore [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]]-level, taught only to sixth years and above at [[Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry]].<ref name="GoF">{{GOF}}</ref>
  
Human Transfiguration is more difficult than any other form of Transfiguration, including [[Cross-Species Transfiguration]] and is therefore [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]]-level, taught only to sixth years and above at [[Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry]].<ref name="GoF">{{GOF}}</ref>
Line 29: Line 29:
 
==Known instances==
  
==Known instances==
 
===Prior to [[1991]]===
  
===Prior to [[1991]]===
  +
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table article-table-selected" style="width: 500px;"
  +
|-
  +
! scope="col"|
  +
! scope="col"|
  +
! scope="col"|
  +
|-
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|-
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|-
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|-
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|-
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|
  +
|}
 
*During the [[Quidditch World Cup]] of [[1470s|1473]], all 700 fouls were committed, including one of the players transfiguring one of the [[Chaser]]s on the opposite team into a polecat.
  
*During the [[Quidditch World Cup]] of [[1470s|1473]], all 700 fouls were committed, including one of the players transfiguring one of the [[Chaser]]s on the opposite team into a polecat.
 
*During the [[1600s]], [[Thaddeus Thurkell]] had [[Thurkell brothers|seven sons]], all of whom were Squibs. Thurkell was so angry he transfigured them all into hedgehogs.
  
*During the [[1600s]], [[Thaddeus Thurkell]] had [[Thurkell brothers|seven sons]], all of whom were Squibs. Thurkell was so angry he transfigured them all into hedgehogs.

Revision as of 00:39, 10 December 2014

"If only we'd done human Transfiguration already! But I don't think we start that until sixth year, and it can go badly wrong if you don't know what you're doing [...] "
— Hermione Granger to Harry Potter on human Transfiguration[src]

Human Transfiguration is a sub-branch of Transfiguration and a form of transformation in which one transfigures human body parts or an entire human being into another form.

Human Transfiguration is more difficult than any other form of Transfiguration, including Cross-Species Transfiguration and is therefore N.E.W.T.-level, taught only to sixth years and above at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.[1]

Nature

"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."
— Harry Potter in his sixth year[src]
Ron disguised

Ron Weasley disguised by the use of human Transfiguration

Human Transfiguration can be used to essentially replicate the natural abilities of Metamorphmagi, allowing the practitioner or the subject to take on an entirely different form or make various individual changes to their appearance, such as growing or changing the colour of one's hair[2] or taking on individual animal body parts. However, while human Transfiguration can presumably be performed by any wizard who's skilled enough, on themselves as well as on others, a Metamorphmagus is born with the ability to make such changes to their own bodies with little to no effort and without the use of a wand[3].

Although it is possible to transfigure humans into inanimate objects[4], it is unknown how someone who had himself transfigured into an object would be able to untransfigure without the intervention of another witch or wizard.

Dangers

It has been stated many times that human Transfiguration can go badly wrong when performered poorly. The user has the risk of getting stuck in his or her's transfigured state.

Known instances

Prior to 1991

1991 to 1998

Viktor transformation

Vikor Krum transfigured his head into a shark's

Practitioners

Appearances

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 15 (The Unbreakable Vow)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  7. ↑ http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/1217-pottercast-anelli.html Neville had a brief stint as an Auror
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
*Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Fandom will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.
More Fandoms