Aging of Wizards

[Ruth Brown]

No: HPFGUIDX 13760



   Lord Voldemort (born Tom Marvolo Riddle)

      Born c. 1927.  

 

 Now this is interesting. Remember Hagrid was at school with V. -- he 


 might be a couple of years younger but not more than that. So Hagrid 


 is roughly 60 at the time of the books. For some reason, he strikes 


 me as a good bit younger than McGonagall, but apparently he's not (10 


 years = 5 wizard years). Is it just the different personalities?

 

 If they were Muggles, I'd have envisioned Hagrid as maybe 35-40, but 


 McGonagall as 50+.

 

Maybe Giants don't age as humans do?  Muggles and Wizards/Witches are 
all humans, but Hagrid is half-human and giant.  He might be like turtles 
or parrots and age slowly/live a long time.  I think this is fascinating, 
because much of this history could be in Hagrid's memory, but with his 
child-like attitude, it can be hard to realize he knows what has been happening 
for the last 60 years.

 


--- Ruth E. Brown


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