Myrtle in the cold, cold ground...

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 100369

Eric Oppen wrote <snip>
> And, come to it---we know _nothing_ about Wizard World burial
customs, don't we?  I'd not be surprised if they cremated---we know
for sure that
> people---like, say, a certain inept Dark Lord we all know and, er,
> know---can do Bad Things with unprotected corpses and parts thereof.


Carol:
We know that the Dementors of Azkaban buried the corpse of the
supposed Barty Jr. (really Mrs. Crouch) and that a funeral was later
staged by Barty Sr. for his wife, "but that grave is empty," as Barty
Jr. put it  (under the influence of veritaserum). I assume that the
grave itself is not empty but contains an empty coffin which the
mourners assumed contained the remains of Mrs. Crouch.

As for cremation, since the medieval witch burnings were ineffectual
(according to Harry's history of magic textbook, one witch actually
had herself burned at the stake numerous times because she enjoyed the
tickling sensation), maybe cremations wouldn't destroy a witch or
wizard's body?

Anyway, I get the idea that burial is the usual method of dealing with
the dead in the WW.

Just a (rather grim) thought, to borrow and alter Steve (bboy_mn)'s
signature.

Carol