Spirit

A Spirit is one of of the three classifications used by the Ministry of Magic to catalogue the various magical creatures that inhabit the wizarding world. The current definition was laid down by Minister for Magic Grogan Stump in 1811, and the Spirit Division was formed as part of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.

History
The Spirit Division was formed when Ghosts complained that they were being discriminated against because they were dead. Banned from Burdock Muldoon's first definition of Beings since they glided instead of walked, they were classified as Beings under Elfrida Clagg's revision of the definition. However, they left Clagg's summit in disgust at the way the meeting focused more on the matters of the living than on the matters of the dead.

When Grogan Stump redefined the categorisation of Being and Beast in 1811, he also created a third classification, Spirit, since the Ghosts argued that it was unfair to call them Beings since they were clearly dead.

Appearances

 * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them