Harry Potter Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Harry Potter Wiki

A tortoise is a terrestrial creature with a shell, similar to a turtle but generally with greater longevity. Some could live up to 200 years in age.[1]

History[]

Phineas Nigellus Black, a known pure-blood supremacist, compared pure-bloods and half-bloods to rabbits and tortoises during his tenure as Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[2]

During his childhood, Dudley Dursley owned a tortoise.[3]

There was a spell to Transfigure a teapots into a tortoise,[4] and another spell to Transfigure a tortoise into a trumpet.[1]

Appearances[]

Wiki
The Harry Potter Wiki has 9 images related to Tortoise.

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 16 (Trials and Tribulations) - Transfiguration Lesson "Tortoise to Trumpet"
  2. Hogwarts Legacy (see this video)
  3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 3 (The Letters from No One)
  4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 16 (Professor Trelawney's Prediction)
Advertisement