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Revision as of 14:02, 4 September 2014
- " [...] I'm particularly interested in Transfiguration, you know, turning something into something else, of course, it's supposed to be very difficult —"
- — Hermione Granger[src]
Transformation (a.k.a. Transubstantial Transfiguration[1]) is the name given to a branch of Transfiguration that focuses on deforming the physical features of an object. It is not to be confused with Trans-species Transformation, though that is a type of transformation.
Nature
Transformation is the first branch of Transfiguration that students will learn at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, begining with Match to needle in first year and progressing from there.
Transformation contains the following sub-groups all of which overlap with each other to varying degrees): human Transfiguration, defined by and named for the target being a human being; Switches, which simultaneously exchange features between organism; and the aforementioned Trans-Species Transformations, which refer to transformations that change organisms from one species to another.
Danger
a poorly performed Transfiguration spell, in which the object if half-transformed
Due to the applied, precise nature of Transfiguration magic there is a large potential for it to go disastrously wrong, even for the experts.
If transformation is done improperly, the Transfigured object can become half-Transfigured or permanently stuck in one state (whether fully or partially Transfigured); for example, Viktor Krum half-Transfigured himself once into a shark in the Second Task of The Triwizard Tournament in 1994 (although he was not stuck in that form, so it may have been intentional).
Methods
Transformation can be achieved in a number of different ways, namely: Transforming spells[2], Animagi, Metamorphmagi and Lycanthropy.
Transforming spells
General
Avifors
The Raven into Writing Desk spell.
Steelclaw
- Avifors Spell (Avifors): Transforms things into birds[3]
- Cat into tea cosy: Transforms cats, and possibly Kneazles, into tea cozies
- Cauldron to Sieve: Transforms cauldrons into sieves[4]
- Draconifors Spell (Draconifors): Transforms things into dragons[5]
- Hardening Charm (Duro): Transforms things into stone
- Ears to kumquats: Transforms a person's ears into kumquats
- Vera Verto: Transforms animals into goblets[6][7]
- Glass to sand shield: Transforms glass into sand.
- Incarcifors: Captures things[4]
- Lapifors Spell (Lapifors): Transforms things into rabbits[5]
- Match to needle: Transforms matches into needles
- Meddling Man to Monkey: Transforms a meddling man into a monkey[8]
- Piscifors: Transforms things into fish
- Raven to Writing Desk[4]
- Rock to dog: Transforms rocks into dogs
- Scribblifors: Transforms things into quills[4]
- Smoke to daggers: Transforms smoke into daggers
- Small Child to Rat[8]
- Snufflifors Spell (Snufflifors): Transforms things into mice[5]
- Steelclaw: Transforms claws into steel[4]
- Tentaclifors: Turns a person's head into a tentacle
Trans-Species Transforming spells
Human Transfigurations
Known practitioners
Alastor Moody
- Alastor Moody
- Alice Longbottom
- Bartemius Crouch Jr.
- Circe
- D.J. Prod
- Frank Longbottom
- Fred Weasley
- Gawain Robards
- George Weasley
- Gwenog Jones
- Harry Potter[9]
- Hermione Granger[10]
- Horace Slughorn
- John Dawlish
- Kingsley Shacklebolt
- The McCliver clan
- Mirabella Plunkett (possibly)
- Neville Longbottom [11]
- Percy Weasley
- Proudfoot
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (PS1 version only) (Mistake)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only) (Transforming Spells and Cross-Species Switches)
- Quidditch Through the Ages (real) (Mentioned only) (Mentioned as Transubstantial Transfiguration)
Notes and References
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages (real)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 22
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 15 (The Unbreakable Vow)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/1217-pottercast-anelli.html Neville had a brief stint as an Auror
