Who is Najini? And is she/he an animagus?

[Anne]

No: HPFGUIDX 88564

[Vmonte asks]

> Just wondering if Najini,Voldemort's snake,is male or female? 
> (It sounds female but I'm not certain.) 
> Also wondered if this creature was someone's animagus and if so 
whose?


[Anne]

**Notes that in the Amercian version they used "Nagini" as the 
spelling for the name...**

I'm not sure if it's male or female, although I beleive I remember 
that in myths from India, the 'Nagini' are the female half of the 
Naga species--a mystic race that has the upper part of a body and the 
lower part of a snake. Going by that description, the guess would be 
female...

As for Animagus....possible...or perhaps she is a shifted Naga 
herself--I seem to remember that Naga have the ability to become full 
snakes---although, admittedly, that might be a contamination belief 
from too many years of playing D&D and White Wolf RPG's...^^;

The only problem with her being animagus is the same problem everyone 
is having with Mrs. Norris or anyone else being one at this point if 
they haven't already been 'revealed'--Rowling made it clear from 
several characters and sources within the story that Animagi are so 
rare that it would tend to argue against the possibility...Rita 
Skeeter was already a 'surprise' one...and like so many of the 
possibilities we kick around on the board...it would be cool, it 
would be possible, if the clues we're using are being read 
correctly...

But it could be overkill...;)

We'll probably just have to wait and see...

Anne