[HPforGrownups] Voldimort and snakes (Was: Arthurs Wound)

[silverdragon at ezweb.com.au]

No: HPFGUIDX 86856


> Constance Vigilance (me):
>
> I don't think that the snake is a result of an animagical
> transformation. Voldy has a skill at parasitically assuming the body
> of others. He says he used rats in Albania, and we also know what he
> did to Quirrel. He says that the animals didn't live long with him
> inside. From the Quirrel experience, we can assume that the rats kept
> their own minds and personalities but had to bear the essense of
> Voldy at the same time. My guess is that the same thing happened with
> the snake. I believe it was Nagini who was the host for Voldy during
> that episode. Nagini is described as a large snake. Her intelligence
> would have been her Voldy parasite (Voldysite?) I agree that bone-
> crunching doesn't sound like something that a snake would do. Of
> course, snakes in JKR's world talk and point at signs with their
> tails (and maybe wink, too, but that may be movie contamination), so
> who knows what powers they might have.


And part of the potion Voldemort used to sustain himself during his time
without a particularly serviceable body was venom obtained from Nagini. It's
conceivable that some changes were made to both beings (Voldy and Snake)
during his time in Albania; Voldy's from the venom, and Nagini's from
possibly being possessed by Voldy.

Nox