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The Vanishing Spell (Evanesco) is a Transfiguration spell causes things and living beings to Vanish.
Nature
The spell is practised at O.W.L. level in Transfiguration class and is considered one of the hardest spells to be tested in the Ordinary Wizarding Level exams and can be used on both the living and otherwise. As stated by Professor McGonagall, the difficulty of the Vanishing Spell increases along with the complexity of the animal to be Vanished. Hence, when taught, the class is first to Vanish snails, then mice, then kittens; snails (being invertebrates) are considered easier to Vanish than the mice, which are vertebrates and mice are considered easier than kittens, the latter of which are "higher mammals" (i.e. more complex) than mice.
History of use
- Bill Weasley used it in 1995 to make several parchments, which looked like plans for a building to Harry Potter, Vanish.
- In 1995, Professor Snape used it to Vanish a potion Harry ruined.
- Hermione Granger also used it later in the year 1995 to Vanish a potion of Harry's that she thought he had finished.
Etymology
Comes from the word "evanescence", something that is meaning fleeting or disappears, and from the Latin word evanesco, which means "disappear".
Behind the scenes
- The fictional Babbitty made a hat disappear, probably using this spell.
- Harry Potter may have used this to inadvertantly vanish the glass at the snake tank at the zoo in 1991.
- Whilst Snape used a similar spell to Vanish a snake conjured by Malfoy during Duelling Club, that was not strictly a Vanishing spell; it was a counter-curse with a different incantation yet similar effect.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First possible appearence)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (Possible appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Possible appearance)
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
