How kan McGonagall kontrollera familjekatten?

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Från Pottermore:

Isobel later told her daughter that she had displayed small, but unmistakable, signs of magic from her earliest hours. Toys that had been left on upper shelves were found in her cot. The family cat appeared to do her bidding before she could talk. Her father’s bagpipes were occasionally heard to play themselves from distant rooms, a phenomenon that made the infant Minerva chuckle.
(Pottermore, "Professor McGonagall").

Jag vet att unga trollkarlar och häxor kan göra okontrollerad magi från en ung ålder. Men att kontrollera djur är den typ av beteende som oftare är förknippad med Parselmouths, som kan prata med ormar. McGonagall kan ha en stark affinitet med katter men säkert kunde hon inte prata med eller rikta katten? Hur fick hon det att göra sitt bud?

    
uppsättning The Dark Lord 03.02.2018 13:28

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Förmodligen genom (omedvetet) användning av Imperius Curse.

Unga trollkarlar ses ofta för att utföra magiska handlingar som är långt ifrån deras förmåga som studenter fram till mycket senare i sin utbildning. Harry utförde exempelvis det som verkar vara Apparition Charm vid nio års ålder.

On the other hand, he’d got into terrible trouble for being found on the roof of the school kitchens. Dudley’s gang had been chasing him as usual when, as much to Harry’s surprise as anyone else’s, there he was sitting on the chimney. The Dursleys had received a very angry letter from Harry’s headmistress telling them Harry had been climbing school buildings. But all he’d tried to do (as he shouted at Uncle Vernon through the locked door of his cupboard) was jump behind the big bins outside the kitchen doors. Harry supposed that the wind must have caught him in mid-jump.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: CHAPTER TWO — The Vanishing Glass

Och någon form av försvinnande (och återkommer) stavning vid 10 års ålder.

Harry sat up and gasped; the glass front of the boa constrictor’s tank had vanished.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: CHAPTER TWO — The Vanishing Glass

McGonagall själv utför (igen gånglöst) flera charmar och stava som är mycket över vad hon ska kunna göra som en bebis, inklusive Accio spell.

Toys that had been left on upper shelves were found in her cot.

(Pottermore: "Professor McGonagall").

Unga Tom Riddle verkar också ha haft denna förmåga att kontrollera djur bara med hjälp av sin själs kraft.

‘I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want them to do, without training them. I can make bad things happen to people who annoy me. I can make them hurt if I want to.’

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: CHAPTER THIRTEEN — The Secret Riddle

Under de omständigheterna är det inte minst osannolikt att hon (med omedvetet) kunde stava en stavning som borde ha a) varit bortom hennes förmåga b) behövde en trollstav att kasta under normala förhållanden och c) skulle anses olämpligt som vuxen .

    
svaret ges 03.02.2018 14:11