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- "You must form a trusting relationship with your porcupine. It is easier to practise Transfiguration on a willing target."
- — Professor McGonagall on the subject matter[src]
Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) was a transforming spell that transformed a porcupine into a pincushion.[2]
History[]
During the 1985–1986 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Minerva McGonagall taught the spell to second-year students in her Transfiguration class.[2]
Etymology[]
From Latin "hystrix", meaning "porcupine", with the -fors suffix attached.
Behind the scenes[]
- The incantation is a misnomer, as it is indicative of a porcupine, but the spell transforms things into pincushions, and not into porcupines. For example, Lapifors turns the target into a rabbit and Avifors the target into a bird. This might be a mistake from Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery developers, where the spell appears.
- This may be related to the hedgehog to pincushion spell, especially given that it works on any mammal with spines.
- Despite the hedgehog to pincushion spell being taught to fourth-years in the 1994–1995 school year curriculum, the porcupine version is taught to second-years in the 1985–1986 school year curriculum.
- In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, while the lesson was listed as "Porcupine to Pin Cushion" ("Pin" and "Cushion" written separately) in the game's class directory and the header of the specific lesson; during the lesson itself, the descriptions about "pincushion" were all written as one word:
- "Porcupine to Pincushion Demonstration"
- "Memorise Pincushion Shape"
- "Cast Porcupine to Pincushion"
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 9 (Wizards Unite!) - Transfiguration Lesson "Porcupine to Pin Cushion" (see this image)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 9 (Wizards Unite!) - Transfiguration Lesson "Porcupine to Pin Cushion"