Questions on Nagini

Sun Aug 3 00:32:08 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 74961

I've never seen anything on this, but does anyone have any theories 
on Nagini? In Hinduism, the Nagas (from which Rowling got the name) 
are celestial snakes that are often gods or divine beings. This would 
help to explain why Voldemort drinks her milk to stay alive. But my 
question is, what is she exactly? Is she an animagi? Like so many 
characters from GOF, she disappears in OoP, unless she is the snake 
that attacked Author Weasley. Any ideas about her?

Michael Gidlow