Spells & Charms; the nature of magic

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20589

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., foxmoth at q... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Shannon Heisey" <winsome at p...> wrote:
> > I beg to differ about there being no equivalent of animagi 
outside the Harry
> > Potter universe. 
> 
> 	Don't forget the Animorphs series of YA books by A.K. 
Applegate. 
> The animorphs are teenagers who can transform into various animals 
and 
> I thought of them immediately when I encountered the word 
'animagus'.
> The animorphs keep their human minds, but also have the emotions 
and 
> desires of the creatures that they become.
> 

Also, in the Wizard of Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K. LeGuin, wizards 
can change into animals.  (At one point Ged turns into a bird, and 
stays in that form for so long that he can not change back by 
himself.)  These books have some (vague) similarities to HP, although 
they are fairly gloomy and do not have the humor that the HP books 
do.  But there is a Wizards School on the Isle of Roke which is sort 
of like Hogwarts. I am fairly certain that JKR has read these books.  
For those of you who havent, I highly recommend them, as well as 
anything else by LeGuin, who is a truly wonderful author.

--Joywitch