Krum...an animagus?? (was Karkaroff...an animagus??)

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 45595

barefootpuppets wrote:

> Learning to be an animagus is hard work and requires oversight.  
Was 
> Krum assisted by Karkaroff?  

I don't think Krum is an animagus.  He transfigured himself ("badly") 
into a shark, but not all human-animal transfigurations are Animagus 
transfigurations.  Quidditch Through the Ages implies that they are 
two different things (p. 1); a student is accidentally transfigured 
into a badger in CS 11; and Hermione makes reference to human 
transfiguration in GF 26 when they're strategizing for the second 
task.  She's talking about submarines, not animals, but the point is, 
people can transfigure themselves without being Animagi.  

Amy Z

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   "Merlin's beard," Moody whispered, staring at the map,
his magical eye going haywire.  "This . . . this is some 
map, Potter!"

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