Salazar Slytherin's descendants (Was Re: A strange silver instrument)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86469

> JJPandy's:  
> OK, Tom Riddle is a descendant of Salazar Slytherin.  This is through 
> his mother's side of the family, right?, since Tom Riddle becomes 
> Voldemorte who wants nothing to do with his muggle father.  But if 
> Tom Riddle's mother was a descendant of Salazar Slytherin who was 
> very much into keeping the wizard blood pure, then why did she go off 
> and marry a muggle?   
> 
> Taryn:
> Just because she's a descendent doesn't mean she's a carbon copy of
his beliefs. Tom's pretty obsessive about it. (I, for one, think
Salazar Slytherin's views and history have been skewed throughout the
years and that he's not such an evil guy.)

Carol:
I would think that too if it weren't for the basilisk he left behind.
That seems to necessitate a grimmer view.

> JJPandy:
> Also, in the graveyard scene of GoF, why does Voldemorte use 
> the "bone of his father" instead of his mother, since she is the one 
> with the wizard blood?
> 
> Taryn:
> I believe it's part of the whole spell. It wasn't something
Voldemort chose, it was just the necessary ingredient.

Carol:
Also it's the *bone* of the father (which makes sense considering that
he's trying to construct a male body) and the *blood* of a wizard
(Harry). (Not to mention the flesh of the servant--shiver! I'm not
sure why that required an entire hand.) I think Voldemort got a bit of
pleasure out of digging up his father's grave to resurrect himself
that he wouldn't have received from digging up his mother's, but that
wouldn't have deterred him from using her bone if the spell had
required it, assuming that he knew where she was buried.  But the
point is that his mother's blood wasn't required to protect him or to
add magic or for any reason whatever. Any wizard would do for the
blood, but he specifically wanted Harry's, probably because he
suspected that some of his own power was in it. (What else is there
that caused the gleam of triumph in Dimbledore's eye, we don't yet
know, but it will undoubtedly prove significant.)

Carol

Carol