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Gamp'sLawofElementalTransfiguration
Hermione:"Yourmothercantproducefoodoutofthinair,noonecan.FoodisthefirstofthefivePrincipalExceptionstoGampsLawofElementalTransfigura"
Ron:"Oh,speakEnglish,cantyou?"
Hermione:"Itsimpossibletomakegoodfoodoutofnothing!YoucanSummonitifyouknowwhereitis,youcantransformit,youcanincreasethequantityifyouvealreadygot
some..."
HermioneGrangerandRonWeasleyontheexceptionstoGamp'sLaw[src]
Gamp'sLawofElementalTransfigurationisalawgoverningthemagicalworld.TherearefivePrincipalExceptionstoGamp'sLaw,oneofwhichisfood.
Itshouldbenotedthatwhilefoodcannotbeoutrightcreatedfromnothing,itcanbemultipliedifonealreadyhassomefoodtomultiply,itcanbeenlargedorthefoodcanbesummoned
ifoneknowstheapproximatelocationandisfairlysurethefoodwillstillbethere.[1]Itshouldalsobenotedthatwhilefoodcannotbeconjured,consumableliquidssuchassauces [2]
andpotablewatercanbe.[3]
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History
InSeptember1997,afterRoncommentedthathismothercouldmakegoodfoodoutofthinair,Hermionestatedthatthiswasimpossible,asfoodisoneofthefivePrincipal
Exemptionstothislaw,butthisonlyirritatedRon,whowantedherto"speakEnglish",butwasnotsatisfiedbyherexplanation.[4]
On1May,1998,afterNevilleLongbottomnotedthattheonethingthattheRoomofRequirementdidnotseemtobeabletoprovidewasfood,Roncommentedthatfoodwasoneof
thefivePrincipalExceptionstothislaw,to"generalastonishment".[5]
Behindthescenes
Gamp'sLawapparentlyusesthesurnameofthepersonwhodiscoveredit.HesperGamp,awitchmarriedtoSiriusBlackII,mightbethatpersonorarelativeofthatperson.[6]
AccordingtoW.O.M.B.A.T.,itmayormaynotbepossibletoturnananimalintoahuman.
Althoughmanythingsappearimpossibletoconjure,thereislegislationinthewizardingworldaboutwhatcanandcannotbeconjured.[7]
Theseriesappearstobreakoneoftheselawsearlyon.InHarryPotterandtheChamberofSecrets,McGonagallappearstoconjureaplatterofsandwichesandajugofPumpkin
juiceoutofthinairwhenHarryandRonarrivelatehowever,shemayhavesimplyapparatedthefoodfromthekitchensimilartothewaythehouseelfsmakethefoodmagically
appearforfeasts.
MeropeGaunt(pleaseexpand)
Appearances
HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows(Firstmentioned)
Notesandreferences
1.HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows
2.HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire,Chapter5(Weasley'sWizardWheezes)
3.HarryPotterandtheHalfBloodPrince,Chapter26(TheCave)
4.HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows,Chapter15(TheGoblin'sRevenge)
5.HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows,Chapter29(TheLostDiadem)
6.Blackfamilytree
7.AccioQuote!Interview
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