[HPforGrownups] What can kill a wizard?(was Re: Hagrid)

[kim reynolds]

No: HPFGUIDX 115924

Just Carol wrote:

>Your answer raises another question for me. Apparently wizards 
can't be killed in a car crash or from being splinched, and baby Harry didn't die when a house fell on him, so they're more resistant than Muggles to violent death. <SNIP> How, then, can witches and wizards be killed other than by an AK?
>Anybody have any ideas on this?<<

Chancie wrote (I think?):

>Harry's survival from GH is still very secretive. He may have 
been there with some one who saved him from being crushed in the house.  IMHO its very hard to say anything definate about the happenings at GH until JKR decides to spill the beans, but speculating sure does help pass some time!

>Also I do believe it is VERY posible for wizards to die in other ways than the AK.  But I would assume that wizards could be killed by other things as well. And I can't recall hearing any Wizards dying in car crashes or things like that, but I believe it is possible.<<

Tina replied:

>Another example that has often puzzled me is Tom Riddle's mother. She died in childbirth!  How did a witch die during childbirth? Who's care was she under or was she alone?  Well, someone was there to record the name... More questions, not a lot of answers - sorry!<<

Kim here:

Great thread!  To add to the list of what can kill wizards, I thought of Nicholas Flamel's death apparently from natural causes, after many years using the elixir of life and reaching the ripe old age of 600+.  But it's also obvious that the life spans of most wizards/witches are naturally very long anyway; Dumbledore for example, is at least 150, isn't he? (I don't have the calculation handy).  You're right, wizards are sure made of stronger stuff than us muggles for them to live that long!  No wonder it's hard to kill them!  So Tom Riddle's mother's death in childbirth is definitely a puzzle.  Maybe there's a special vulnerability when a witch gives birth -- Mrs. Weasley would be the one to ask about that... ;-)

Another that comes to mind is basilisk venom, which nearly did Harry in.  It looks like he'd have been history if Fawkes hadn't shed some tears on the wound. 

JKR has certainly made the point that once a witch or wizard is dead, there's no bringing them back, so I've often wondered too at the way the teachers at Hogwart's let the students take such risks with their lives, Quidditch being just one example.  They often seem to be within a hair's breadth of dying, but it just never happens, often seemingly by pure luck.

Kim  

 

		
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