Vipera Evanesca

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Incantation: Vipera Evanesca

Pronunciation: vee-PARE-uh eh-vuh-NES-kuh

Spell Branch: Transfiguration

Magical Discipline(s): Counter-Spells

Appearance: Black smoke.

Description: The Snake-Vanishing Spell (Vipera Evanesca) is a transfiguration spell that vanishes snakes. As such, it could be used as a counter-spell for the Snake Summons Spell, the fire to snake spell, or likely any other spell that produced snakes.

Taught by fifth year Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

Regulations: Legal

Skill Level: Intermediate

Etymology: Vipera is a genus of venomous vipers, a type of snake. Evanesca likely shares its origin with Evanesco, which means "disappear" in Latin -- Evanesca would be the imperative form of the verb, making this incantation a command for the serpent to disappear, meaning "Viper, disappear

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