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|professor=[[Professor Minerva McGonagall]]
 
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|required textbooks = *''[[Intermediate Transfiguration]]'' ([[Third year|third]]-[[fifth year]])
 
*''[[Guide to Advanced Transfiguration]]'' (sixth year)
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'''Trans-Species Transformation'''<ref>''Deathly Hallows'', Chapter 18</ref> is a sub-type of [[Transformation]] magic in which (presumably) one organism is either fully or partially Transfigured into another of a different species. It is moderately easy, [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] magic and is taught to fourth-years and above at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. Spells of this type seems to be easier if the animals in question have similar names, e.g. guinea fowl to guinea pigs.
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'''Trans-Species Transformation'''<ref name="DH18">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' (''Chapter Eighteen - The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore'')</ref> was a sub-branch of [[transformation]] [[magic]] in which one organism is transformed into something a different species.
   
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==Nature==
It contains the sub-group of [[Cross-Species Switches]] and has some overlap with [[Human Transfiguration]].
 
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Trans-Species Transfiguration is one of the most difficult sub-branches of [[Transfiguration]],
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the only noted sub-branch to be more difficult is [[human Transfiguration]].
   
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It is probable that [[Cross-Species Switches]] are an example of Trans-Species Transformation, due to the similarity in their names. If this is so, then [[Transforming Spells]] must be adapted to perform Trans-Species Transformation<ref name="GoF22">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' (''Chapter Twenty-Two - The Unexpected Task'')</ref>.
==Known instances of Trans-Species Transformation==
 
*In [[1994]], [[fourth year]] Hogwarts students Transfigured guinea fowl into guinea pigs.
 
*In [[1996]], [[Hannah Abbott]] accidentally Transfigured her [[Ferret]] into a flock of flamingos in her Transfiguration O.W.L. exam.
 
*Blast-Ended Skrewts have been transfigured into ducklings and ravens, Dugbogs into ravens, Salamanders into rabbits, Vampyr Mosps into worms and Erklings into geese and chickens<ref>{{PSVG}}</ref><ref>{{COSVG}}</ref><ref>{{GOFVG}}</ref>.
 
   
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==History==
==Known practitioners==
 
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The periodical ''[[Transfiguration Today]]'' provided some information on this branch of [[magic]], as [[Albus Dumbledore]] submitted a paper on it to the periodical<ref name="DH18"/>.
*[[Hannah Abbott]]
 
*[[Mirabella Plunkett]]
 
   
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==Examples==
==Known Cross-Species Transfiguration spells==
 
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*[[First year]] students of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] [[Avifors Spell|transform things and animals into birds]].
*''[[Avifors]]'': turns target body into a flock of birds
 
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*[[Third year]] students [[Lapifors|turn things and animals into rabbits]].
*''[[Ducklifors]]'': turns [[Blast-Ended Skrewt]]s into ducklings
 
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*[[Fourth year]] students [[Guinea fowl to guinea pig|transform guinea fowl into guinea pig]]s.
*''[[Lapifors]]'': turns target body into a group of rabbits
 
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*[[Duel]]lists transform [[Wizardkind|opponents]] into [[Ducklifors|ducks]], [[Piscifors|fish]], [[Pullus|geese]] and [[Vermiculus|worms]] frequently.
*''[[Piscifors]]'': turns target creature into a fish
 
*''[[Pullus]]'': turns [[Erkling]]s into geese
 
*''[[Vermiculus]]'': Turns [[Vampyr Mosps]] into worms
 
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Animagus]]
 
*[[Animagus]]
 
*[[Human Transfiguration]]
 
*[[Human Transfiguration]]
*[[Inanimate to animate Transfiguration]]
 
*[[Animate to inanimate Transfiguration]]
 
 
*[[Transfiguration]]
 
*[[Transfiguration]]
 
*[[Untransfiguration]]
 
*[[Untransfiguration]]
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==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]] {{FWC}}''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]] {{FWC}}''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]'' {{Comment|Can be seen as Cross-Species}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]'' {{C|As [[Cross-Species Switches]]}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{C|As [[Cross-Species Switches]]}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{1st ID}}
 
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==

Revision as of 23:05, 20 April 2014

Trans-Species Transformation[1] was a sub-branch of transformation magic in which one organism is transformed into something a different species.

Nature

Trans-Species Transfiguration is one of the most difficult sub-branches of Transfiguration, the only noted sub-branch to be more difficult is human Transfiguration.

It is probable that Cross-Species Switches are an example of Trans-Species Transformation, due to the similarity in their names. If this is so, then Transforming Spells must be adapted to perform Trans-Species Transformation[2].

History

The periodical Transfiguration Today provided some information on this branch of magic, as Albus Dumbledore submitted a paper on it to the periodical[1].

Examples

See also

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chapter Eighteen - The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore)
  2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Chapter Twenty-Two - The Unexpected Task)
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