Minerva and Marvolo and Animagi

[elirtai]

No: HPFGUIDX 36674

Finwitch wrote:
> Yes - I think she was in Hogwarts with Tom Marvolo Riddle.

It seems that most wizard in Britain studied at Hogwarts. It could
well be everyone of them. So that would be a yes.

> Dumbledore 
> tought her how to be animagus, I think, during her third year.

That would make sense since he was teaching Transfiguration.
Now, would that imply he's an Animagus? The question is, if
the Animagus transfiguration is a very rare skill, can it be
taught by someone who haven't mastered it, no matter how adept
he/she is at Transfiguration? What do yo think?

Then, we have Prongs, Padfoot and Wormtail. The three of them
wanted to become Animagi, and the three of them suceeded (without
'proper' training). We have Rita too. Surely it's not a skill for
everyone, but it doesn't seem to be that rare after all... in that
case McGonagall didn't need anyone else once she knew enough
Transfiguration, and it would follow there could be a lot of
unregistered Animagi we don't know of.

Elirtai