Voldemort vs. Riddle

[ratalman]

No: HPFGUIDX 77606

W?? me, Veritabatim:
> 
> Assuming, then, that Dumbledore has this knowledge of what 
Voldemort could possibly be, it would only make sense that he 
would call him "Tom" during their showdown in the Ministry of 
Magic. In battle, Dumbledore could draw some power over Lord 
Thingy by calling him Tom Riddle. While reading the scene the 
first time, I thought, "Bingo! Lich!" as soon as Dumbledore 
started with all the Tom business. This lich theory would 
perhaps rectify his insisting in PS/SS that the Wizarding World 
should call him by his name -- Voldemort. For after all, 
Voldemort *is* his new identity. 
> 
> If this theory is true, though, the one thing that doesn't fit is
this: 
If one can gain power over a lich by confronting the, uh, being 
with the true name, wouldn't Dumbledore tell everyone in the 
Order -- heck, everyone he met -- to call Voldemort Tom Riddle? 
It gets me thinking that there's a reason for Dumbledore to keep 
Voldemort's previous identity to himself. But I don't feel like 
thinking about that right now. The conspiracy theorists can run 
amok.
> 
> Veritabatim, who has been meaning to bring up this lich post 
for awhile but never got around to it until now

Interesting idea, but a problem occurs to me.  Lucius Malfoy 
must know of LV's previous identity, as he had had in his 
possession T.M. Riddle's diary, and undoubtedly knew that 
Riddle was the younger version of LV.  Perhaps others of the 
DEs don't have this same information; it can be argued that 
Bellatrix doesn't know LV's "heritage", so to speak, as shown by 
her reaction to Harry telling her that LV was not a pureblood in 
the battle scene in OoP.  Of course, she could well have had the 
same hostile reaction to anything Harry might have said, as 
that's her game, to protect LV.  Certainly Wormtail knows that 
Riddle = LV, as he was in Riddle Sr.'s house, and took part in 
"robbing" his grave in GoF. 

Robyn