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Animagus is the term for a wizard or witch who can change into a particular animal. It is an ability that has to be learned, it is not an innate ability like Metamorphmagus have. In the history of Harry Potter we can meet several people who learned this skill. At Hogwarts they teach it in the third year of education. Transformation into an animagus is a complex and difficult process.
It takes many years of practice to perfect it. Otherwise, complications can arise during the transformation into an animal, with great danger involved. A person could only half transform into an animal and stay that way forever. There was no cure or spell for this. Therefore, very few sorcerers chose to become an animagus.
The important thing is that when wizards turned into an animal, they were not limited by the short lifespan of these animals. They were still humans hidden in the bodies of the crickets. It is also often the case that the animal form that is our animagus is also our patronus.
Being an animagus can also resemble Transfiguration, but differs in that into an animagus a wizard can change at any time without the help of a wand and the appropriate spell. Also, a person could remain an animagus for as long as he wanted, even years. We mentioned that it is a human hidden in the body of an animal, but it turns out that during the transformation the emotions are a little muted, they are not as intense as when being human.
Being an animagus, one can only transform into one animal. The animal is not chosen by the wizard, it curates itself based on character traits and appearance. Each of us could have an animagus that defines us. What kind would you have if you learned this ability in the Harry Potter world?
The ability to be animagus is very interesting. Many people reading Harry Potter have probably dreamed of this being possible. Animagus after transformation could also communicate with other animals. Who wouldn’t want to talk to their cat and finally find out what it thinks of us? Every animagus had to be registered with the Ministry of Magic. The registry contained descriptions of all animagus from the wizarding world. Fortunately, the list also fell into our hands. Or do you yourself remember which Harry Potter characters had such abilities?
The Animagus List:
Minerva, a prominent witch and professor of Transfiguration, was perhaps the first animagus character we encountered in the world of Harry Potter. She was a master of transforming one thing into another, so it’s no surprise that she trusted herself and took the risk of learning the ability to be an animagus.
Minerva transformed herself into a burly cat. She even had black borders around her eyes, which resembled the glasses she wore. This allowed her to spy on students and check that they were safe without revealing herself. It wasn’t until Harry’s third year at Hogwarts that Minerva revealed herself to the class as an animagus to catch their attention during lessons.
Minerva McGonagall stressed that she became an animagus in a legitimate way and never used these skills for criminal purposes. She was a person of high moral values and always followed the rules.
Sirius is one of the most beloved characters, fans often create their own stories about the times of his youth. He is Harry’s godfather. He became an animagus because of the friendship they shared with James Potter, Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin. Remus was a Werewolf, and Sirius, Peter and James wanted to support him in this together.
Therefore, they decided to become illegal Animagus and keep an eye on Remus in Werewolf form so that he would not harm anyone. Sirius was turning into a black dog, so his friends started calling him Padfoot. Thanks to the fact that no one knew that Sirius was an Animagus, he managed to escape from Azkaban and sneak into Hogwarts to talk to Harry. He was mistakenly taken for Grim.
He was able to talk to Hermione’s cat, Crookshanks. His friends had other forms of animagus. Peter was a rat and became Ron’s pet, which forced him to stay in rat form for a dozen years. James, on the other hand, was a deer, just like Harry’s patronus.
There are a lot of illegal animagus on our updated animagus list! Because Rita Skeeter also hid her skill. Rita was a reporter for the Daily Prophet newspaper. She also wrote several books. However, she was a very mischievous woman who created rumors and untrue stories to gain controversy and popularity.
Rita was able to turn into an animagus beetle, which allowed her to spy and get information for her articles. It also allowed her to fly, so she didn’t have to use a broom as her main means of transportation.
Her secret of being an animagus was discovered by Hermione, who took advantage of Rita in revenge for malicious articles about her. Hermione forced Rita to stop writing for the Daily Prophet for an entire year. If the Ministry of Magic had found out that Rita was an illegal animagus, she would have been sentenced to Azkaban, so she listened to Hermione.
The world of Harry Potter is interesting and very polished by both the author and the fans themselves. It gives us many opportunities to create our own stories, on the Internet you can find a lot of fan fiction about the characters of the series. And you, if you were a wizard, what would your story be? Would you decide to become an animagus? I wonder what form your animagus would take. Thanks to our What Is My Animagus Form Quiz you can discover it!
We developed the questions with precision and chose different examples of animals than those of Minerva, Sirius or Rita. Want to find out what you would look like as an animal? Answer our questions exploring your personality and distinctive appearance traits. After all, animagus is formed on this basis.
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