Magic Imitations

[qatet at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18921

Hello all.  

During the last few threads - the one about conjuring things and the 
nature of magic, and the one that touched on boggarts - I've come to 
my own few questions about the nature of magic and how it relates 
to "real" creatures/objects.

When somebody transfigures something inanimate and makes it a living 
creature (McG's desk to pig always sticks in my mind) have they then 
created a real viable creature?  Does changing it back to a desk then 
constitute a murder of sorts?  

The same goes for boggarts... Surely somebody out there has Voldemort 
as their greatest fear.  What would happen if they were to see a 
boggart then?  Would the boggart be capable of the same damage that 
the real Voldemort is?  

and... the standard "hello, I've been lurking but now rear my head" 
greeting.

Kate