Transfiguration Spell
Type	Transfiguration[1]
Hand Movement	Point wand at target[1]
Light	Red[1]
Effect	Transforms something[1]

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The Transfiguration Spell (incantation unknown) was a charm that transformed one thing into something entirely different.^[1] It is different from spells with the -fors suffix because it can be used to create any number of things, such as frogs or mice.^[1]

TeachingEdit

Professor Minerva McGonagall taught her first year students this spell in September of the 1991-1992 school year.^[1]

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.^[1]

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]

Casting and effectsEdit

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

PractitionersEdit

• Harry Potter^[1]
• Hermione Granger^[1]
• Minerva McGonagall^[1]
• Ronald Weasley^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

• As no incantations for transforming spells are given in the books, it is possible this charm is taught throughout the first three years and that each given transfiguration is simply a challenge to be faced using this spell.
• However, the Avifors Spell, Snufflifors Spell, Draconifors Spell, Lapifors Spell, Ducklifors Jinx and such exist in the video games, therefore questioning the existence of this charm.

AppearancesEdit

• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

Notes and referencesEdit