Porcupine to Pin Cushion

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Porcupine to Pin Cushion

Incantation

Hystrifors^[1]

(HISS-tree-fors)

Type

Transfiguration^[2]

Hand movement

Effect

Transformed a porcupine into a pincushion^[2]

Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) was atransforming spell that transformed aporcupine into apincushion.^[2] If the spell was performed incorrectly, the porcupine could end up as apoppy seed instead.^[3]

History[]

During the1985–1986 school year atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,ProfessorMinerva McGonagall taught thespell tosecond-year students in herTransfiguration class.^[2] The spell was mentioned on the1990–1991 school yearN.E.W.Ts.^[4]

Known practitioners[]

Minerva McGonagall^[2]

Jacob's sibling^[2][5]

Pieter Talli^[5]

Etymology[]

FromLatin "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 andAvifors the target into a bird. This might be a mistake fromHarry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery developers, where the spell appears.
• This may be related to thehedgehog to pincushion spell, especially given that it works on any mammal with spines.
  • Despite the hedgehog to pincushion spell being taught tofourth-years in the1994–1995 school year curriculum, the porcupine version is taught to second-years in the 1985–1986 school year curriculum.
• InHarry 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[]

See also[]

• Hedgehog to Pin Cushion

Transfiguration (class)
Branches ofTransfiguration	Transformation ·Vanishment ·Conjuration ·Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners	Circe ·Emeric Switch ·Falco Aesalon ·Mirabella Plunkett ·Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors	Albus Dumbledore ·Minerva McGonagall ·Charles Rookwood ·Matilda Weasley
Textbooks	A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration ·Intermediate Transfiguration ·A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells taught at Hogwarts
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Transforming Spells	Animal to water goblet (Vera Verto) ·Armadillo to Pillow ·Bowling Ball to Balloon ·Beetle into Button ·Cauldron to badger ·Cat to cauldron (Felifors) ·Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages ·Chair to cat ·Cross-Species Switches ·Desk Into Pig ·Fairy Cakes to Fairies ·Feather Duster to Ferret ·Ferret to Feather Duster ·Gobstone to butterfly ·Goldfinch to Golden Snitch ·Flobberworm to Fritter ·Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes ·Guinea fowl to guinea pig ·Gobstone to Skunk ·Hedgehog to pincushion ·King to Rook ·Lovebird to Love Note ·Match to needle ·Meddling Man to Monkey ·Mice to Snuffboxes ·Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) ·Pawn to Queen ·Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) ·Puffskein to Paperweight ·Rubbish to Raccoon Dog ·Small Child to Rat ·Small object to dragon (Draconifors) ·Snail to Teapot ·Target to bird (Avifors) ·Target to matchbox (Flintifors) ·Target to rabbit (Lapifors) ·Teacup into Gerbil ·Teacup to Rat ·Teapot to Tortoise ·Thimble to Thestral ·Toad to Toadstool ·Tortoise to Trumpet ·White rabbits to slippers