Transformation

Transformation
Class information
Professor	Minerva McGonagall (formerly) Albus Dumbledore (formerly)
Required textbooks	A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch Intermediate Transfiguration A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Required equipment	Wand

"I'm particularly interested in Transfiguration, you know, turning something into something else, of course, it's supposed to be very difficult —"

—Hermione Granger regarding transformation

Transformation or Transubstantial Transfiguration is the name given to a branch of Transfiguration that focuses on altering 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, beginning 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, Animagi, Metamorphmagi, and Lycanthropy.

Transforming spells

General

Avifors

A rock being transformed into a bird with Avifors

The Raven into Writing Desk spell

Steelclaw

• Avifors Spell (Avifors): Transforms things into birds
• Cat into tea cosy spell: Transforms cats, and possibly Kneazles, into tea cozies
• Cauldron to Sieve: Transforms cauldrons into sieves
• Draconifors Spell (Draconifors): Transforms things into dragons
• Hardening Charm (Duro): Transforms things into stone
• Ears to kumquats: Transforms a person's ears into kumquats
• Vera Verto: Transforms animals into goblets
• Glass to sand shield: Transforms glass into sand.
• Incarcifors: Captures things
• Knife to paper aeroplane spell: Transforms knifes into paper aeroplanes
• Lapifors Spell (Lapifors): Transforms things into rabbits
• Match to needle: Transforms matches into needles
• Meddling Man to Monkey: Transforms a meddling man into a monkey
• Piscifors: Transforms things into fish
• Raven to Writing Desk Transforms ravens into writing desks
• Rock to dog: Transforms rocks into dogs
• Scribblifors: Transforms things into quills
• Smoke to daggers: Transforms smoke into daggers
• Small Child to Rat
• Snufflifors Spell (Snufflifors): Transforms things into mice
• Steelclaw: Transforms claws into steel
• Tentaclifors: Turns a person's head into a tentacle
• teapot to ferret: Turns a teapot into a ferret
• Teddy bear to spider: Transforms teddy bears into spiders

Trans-Species Transforming spells

• Human to pig
• Human to ferret
• Animagus reversal spell: Untransfiguration that returns an Animagus back into its human form
• Pullus: Jinx used to transfigure the target into a chicken or a goose
• Vermiculus: Jinx used to transfigure things into worms
• Ducklifors: Spell that transforms an organism into a duck

Human Transfigurations

• Human to pig
• Human to ferret
• Human to armchair
• Human to pocket watch
• Animagus reversal spell

Known practitioners

Albus Dumbledore

Alice Longbottom

Barty Crouch Jnr

Circe

Frank Longbottom

Fred Weasley I

George Weasley

Gwenog Jones

Harry Potter

Hermione Granger

Horace Slughorn

John Dawlish

Kingsley Shacklebolt

Minerva McGonagall

Mirabella Plunkett

Neville Longbottom

Percy Weasley

Ron Weasley

Rubeus Hagrid

Rufus Scrimgeour

Cornelius Fudge

Thaddeus Thurkell

Viktor Krum

James Potter

Sirius Black

Remus Lupin

Peter Pettigrew

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Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only) (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Mentioned only)
• Quidditch Through the Ages (Mentioned only)
• The Tales of Beedle the Bard
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• Harry Potter Trading Card Game
• Pottermore
• Wizarding World
• Wonderbook: Book of Spells
• Wonderbook: Book of Potions
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
• Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells