KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -In the earliest Transfiguration classes, Professor McGonagall changes her desk into a pig and back again, and we later see lessons where the students are asked to Transfigure teapots into tortoises.

Detailed explanation-2: -When a person’s appearance changes dramatically, that’s one kind of transfiguration. A magician changing a dove into a bouquet of flowers also performs a transfiguration. The word shows up frequently in religious writing as well, describing a more spiritual kind of change.

Detailed explanation-3: -In fact, she can transfigure herself into a cat! However, not many witches and wizards have this skill, as learning it takes a long time and requires a lot of talent and dedication. Professor McGonagall is what is known as an Animagus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Currently, transfiguration is divided into four branches (though-whilst based on canonical information-the typology is conjectural). They are, in ascending order of difficulty: Transformation, Vanishment, Conjuration and Untransfiguration.