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{{Quote|The contents of Harry’s potion vanished; he was left standing foolishly beside an empty [[cauldron]].|[[Professor]] [[Severus Snape|Snape]] vanishes [[Harry Potter]]'s [[Draught of Peace]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}} |
{{Quote|The contents of Harry’s potion vanished; he was left standing foolishly beside an empty [[cauldron]].|[[Professor]] [[Severus Snape|Snape]] vanishes [[Harry Potter]]'s [[Draught of Peace]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}} |
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| − | The '''Vanishing Spell'''<ref name="OotP15">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Fifteen - The Hogwarts High Inquisitor'')</ref> (''Evanesco''<ref name="OotP5">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Five - The Order of the Phoenix'')</ref>) is a [[transfiguration]] [[spell]] used to [[Vanishment|vanish]] both animate and inanimate objects. |
+ | The '''Vanishing Spell'''<ref name="OotP15">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Fifteen - The Hogwarts High Inquisitor'')</ref> (''Evanesco''<ref name="OotP5">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Five - The Order of the Phoenix'')</ref>) is a [[transfiguration|Transfiguration]] [[spell]] used to [[Vanishment|vanish]] both animate and inanimate objects. |
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+ | The Vanishing Spell is one of the most complicated [[spell|spells]] taught at [[Ordinary Wizarding Level]]<ref name="OotP13"/>. |
| − | It becomes more difficult with the complexity of the animal to be [[Vanishment|vanished]]; for instance, a [[snail]], as an invertebrate, is rather simple, whereas the [[mouse]], as a mammal, presents a great challenge<ref name="OotP15"/>. |
+ | It becomes more difficult with the complexity of the animal to be [[Vanishment|vanished]]; for instance, a [[snail]], as an invertebrate, is rather simple, whereas the [[mouse]], as a mammal, presents a great challenge<ref name="OotP15"/>. The greatest challenge, however, is the [[vanishment]] of a [[Cat|kitten]], which [[Hermione Granger]] managed to do by [[1995|mid-year]]<ref name="OotP16">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Sixteen - In the Hog's Head'')</ref>. |
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| ⚫ | In [[4 September|their second lesson]], the students were given questions on the Vanishing Spell for homework<ref name="OotP13"/>. On the [[6 September|6th]], however, the students were given a break from this [[spell]] and instead were given a long and difficult essay on the [[Inanimatus Conjurus Spell]]<ref name="OotP14">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Fourteen - Percy and Padfoot'')</ref>. |
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| ⚫ | Later on in the year, [[Professor]] [[Minerva McGonagall|McGonagall]] returned the class to Vanishing Spells, this time working to make [[Mouse|mice]] [[Vanishment|disappear]]<ref name="OotP15"/>. However, in the week leading up to the [[Gryffindor]]-[[Slytherin]] match, she abstained from giving them homework so that the [[Gryffindor Quidditch team]] could practise<ref name="OotP19">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Nineteen - The Lion and the Serpent'')</ref>. |
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*[[Severus Snape]]<ref name="OotP17">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Seventeen - Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four'')</ref> |
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*This [[spell]] is referred to by [[Professor]] [[Minerva McGonagall|McGonagall]] in its plural form when she introduces it, along with [[Conjuring Spells]], in [[1995]]<ref name="OotP13"/>. |
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*[[Harry Potter]] may have used this [[spell]] [[Underage magic|unintentionally]] to make the glass at the [[Zoo]] disappear. This, however, is unconfirmed. |
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Revision as of 09:29, 13 December 2014
- "The contents of Harry’s potion vanished; he was left standing foolishly beside an empty cauldron."
- — Professor Snape vanishes Harry Potter's Draught of Peace[src]
The Vanishing Spell[1] (Evanesco[2]) is a Transfiguration spell used to vanish both animate and inanimate objects.
Nature
The Vanishing Spell is one of the most complicated spells taught at Ordinary Wizarding Level[3].
It becomes more difficult with the complexity of the animal to be vanished; for instance, a snail, as an invertebrate, is rather simple, whereas the mouse, as a mammal, presents a great challenge[1]. The greatest challenge, however, is the vanishment of a kitten, which Hermione Granger managed to do by mid-year[4].
Minerva McGonagall stated in May of 1998 that Vanished objects go "into non-being, which is to say, everything".[5]
Teaching
Professor Minerva McGonagall introduced this spell in her very first Transfiguration class with the fifth year students, giving them a lecture and then setting them on vanishing snails[3].
When none of the students except Hermione Granger could perform the spell properly, Professor McGonagall told the students to practise the spell overnight, for a fresh start the next day[3].
In their second lesson, the students were given questions on the Vanishing Spell for homework[3]. On the 6th, however, the students were given a break from this spell and instead were given a long and difficult essay on the Inanimatus Conjurus Spell[6].
Later on in the year, Professor McGonagall returned the class to Vanishing Spells, this time working to make mice disappear[1]. However, in the week leading up to the Gryffindor-Slytherin match, she abstained from giving them homework so that the Gryffindor Quidditch team could practise[7].
Practitioners
- Various fifth year students[3]
- Babbitty[8]
- Hermione Granger[3]
- Lee Jordan[9]
- Severus Snape[9]
- Bill Weasley[2]
- Harry Potter[10]
Etymology
The incantation "Evanesco" is a Latin word meaning "vanish" or "disappear"[11].
Behind the scenes
- This spell is referred to by Professor McGonagall in its plural form when she introduces it, along with Conjuring Spells, in 1995[3].
- Harry Potter may have used this spell unintentionally to make the glass at the Zoo disappear. This, however, is unconfirmed.
- After being forced to take a photo with Gilderoy Lockhart for Colin Creevey, Harry Potter wished that he knew a good Vanishing Spell.[12]
- Neville Longbottom may have also used this spell unintentionally in May 1993 during a Transfiguration lesson with Professor McGonagall. Following her announcement that he and the other students would be having exams in one week, his wand slipped and one of the legs on his desk vanished.[13]
- In "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot" from The Tales of Beedle the Bard, the son of the original owner of the pot tries to Vanish the pot, but the spell has no effect.[14]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Possible appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (Possible appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First mentioned) (Possible appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First identified as Vanishing Spell)
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Fifteen - The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Five - The Order of the Phoenix)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Thirteen - Detention with Dolores)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Sixteen - In the Hog's Head)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Fourteen - Percy and Padfoot)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Nineteen - The Lion and the Serpent)
- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Seventeen - Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter thirty-one - O.W.L.S)
- ↑ Evanesco on Google Translate
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 6 - (Gilderoy Lockhart)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16 - (The Chamber of Secrets)
- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard - "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot"
