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The Transfiguration Spell (incantation unknown) was a transfiguration spell that transformed one thing into something entirely different.[1]

Effect[]

When cast on a human or other living creature, it transformed the target into a mouse or a frog.[1] However, when cast on an inanimate object, it could turn the target into a much wider variety of objects, potentially anything.[2]

Teaching[]

Professor Minerva McGonagall taught her second-year students this spell in Transfiguration during the 1992–1993 school year. She first gave a demonstration by animating a dummy and then, when the dummy made to attack Neville Longbottom, transforming it with this spell into a mouse, which promptly ran away. She then animated a series of dummies and had her students transform them into either mice or frogs and have the transformed creatures run into a set of prearranged cages.[1]

In another lesson, she taught the inanimate version of this spell. She tasked students with Transfiguring three objects located on the side wall of her classroom. The objects were a bookshelf (Transfigured into a locked chest), a globe (Transfigured into a stone pillar), and a statue (Transfigured into a desk). Satisfied with this, she noted there were additional objects in her classroom that the spell could be practised on and dismissed the class.[2]

Casting and effects[]

To perform the spell, one must swipe their wand quickly through the air so that it pointed directly at the object that would be transfigured; a brilliant jet of red light would shoot like a comet from the tip, exploding into a vivid burst of red light around the target. When the target emerged from the light, it would have become whatever the caster desired.[1]

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Behind the scenes[]

  • This spell probably does not exist in itself, as it is most likely a generic transfiguration spell that allows players of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 to transform other characters into animals, so thus it is likely not canon.
  • Spells such as the Avifors Spell, Snufflifors Spell, Draconifors Spell, Lapifors Spell or Ducklifors do indeed exist, thereby also calling into question the existence of this spell.
  • The Transfiguration Spell appears as a spell card in an update of Harry Potter: Magic Awakened released in November 2021. This spell transforms wizards and summoned creatures alike into various kinds of small animals and prevents them from casting spells or attacking in a short period of time. The card itself, however, shows the human to ferret spell being performed on Draco Malfoy. It is possible that the creators of the game used the name "Transfiguration Spell" from the Harry Potter Wiki as simply a generic representation for spells used for transfiguration in the game.
    • It is also mentioned in an old Chinese version that Gwydion Idris cast a "Transfiguration spell" on the bully Winnifred,[3] but this is changed to the Inflating Charm in the global version, along with Winnifred's name, which is now Mabel.[4]

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