Peter/GoF Mystery and Nagini

[Amey Chinchorkar]

No: HPFGUIDX 107126

  
-	"doddiemoemoe" <doddiemoemoe at yahoo.com>
-	I still have the feeling that Peter felt he paid his life dept to
-	Harry by not informing Voldemort that Harry had been bitten by that
-	spider in the maze--more than Dumbledore's gleam which we assume
-	means Voldemort is once again mortal....the spider venom in Harrys
-	blood would me that he is also poisoned..Not only this, but he is
-	poisoned by the "nemisis"(sider) of the Basilisk (serpent). 

Amey:
Spiders flee before basilisk, they are not nemesis of basilisk. They are so afraid of him that Aragog even doesn’t mention his name (like Creature Voldemort, as Harry says). But I can’t say anything about the spider venom. I think it won’t matter unless there is a basilisk nearby, which I doubt. And as for Peter feeling that he has paid life debt, how did he know spider had bitten Harry? He was not there in the Maze.



-	Becki;
-	I am fortunate enough to have both American and UK versions, but I can't find which printing, and they differ in this scene.
-	American GoF, HB, p10; (using the sentence prior too) "...and if we proceed, if I murder-"
-	The following sentence uses "died".
-	UK GF (Paperback) p.15 "...and if we proceed, if I curse-"
-	The following sentence uses "disappeared".
-	I wonder how many different wordings there are to this mystery.
-	Becki
-	Asian_lovr2:
-	Indeed there is a difference between the US and UK edition. As well as
-	the change from 'disappeared' to 'died', I believe the UK edition says
-	'...one more curse' whereas the US edition says '...one more death'.
-	I suspect the US editors thought it was referring to Harry, when it
-	was actually referring to Barty Crouch Sr.

Amey:
UK edition makes much more sense to me. But even in US edition, it can’t be Harry they meant, because LV means that that one curse/death will make way to Harry clear. So I think that is Crouch Sr.

-	Saraquel:
-	3) Why have a Nagini?

Amey:
In Hindu Mythology, *Nag* are the magical race of snakes. They possess some very powerful magic and may live for thousands of years(some are immortal). They are alternatively associated with black magic and white magic. So I think, Nagini is one of the Nagas and her venom is the thing which keeps LV in the current form. It is something like Unicorn blood in that respect. I will give more informationa about Nagas afterwards.

Amey



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