Wizard body parts - uses of

[davewitley]

No: HPFGUIDX 32609

Evil Flame evilly wrote:

> As morbid and dark as it sounds, would not parts of any wizards
> remains be at risk for the dark and unscrupulous to use in charms 
and
> potions of an extremely dark nature? It would be another facet of 
the dark
> arts dealing with the dead at the very least.  I know that JKR is 
not likely
> to
> put this is the books, but things of that nature are common in dark
> witchcraft in other literature.  

Not only Dark magic:

Fleur's grandma donated a hair.
Did the original owner of the Hand of Glory (Knockturn Alley, COS) 
have any say in the use of their hand?
What would be the use of those fingernails, also in Knockturn Alley?
There was a rumour that Dumbledore was going to hire dancing 
skeletons for a feast (can't remember where) - was this just a 
rumour, or are skeletons Beings, or were they ex-wizards?  Did 
Dumbledore cancel the skeletons because he realised Nearly Headless 
Nick would want his bones back?
We have recently discussed whether polyjuice potion works with bits 
from dead people - inconclusively.

Quite a few of the beasts in FBAWTFT have uses - this suggests that 
the Dark Arts might extend to the use of bits from other magical 
beings.

I think JKR is very likely to put this sort of thing into the books, 
after the bone flesh blood spell.

David, thinking there's nothing quite like tossing a Dementor's nose 
into the gravy to make a DE party go with a swing.