So, are there 5, 6, or 7 horcruxes?

[Rebecca Hoskins]

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fanofminerva <drjuliehoward at y...> wrote:
> We know LV wanted to split his soul 7 times.  The question I have
is 
> this:  Did he intend to have 7 horcruxes, with the part of his soul 
> remaining in him being the 8th part of his soul?  Or did he intend
to 
> have 7 parts of his soul...6 in horcruxes and 1 in his body?

Rebecca:

Dubledore says LV's intention was to split his soul into 7, that is 6 
horcruxes and the seventh part in himself (p470).
 
> The second part of my question is this: Did he succeed in 
esatblishing 
> the last horcrux, or was he thwarted at Godric's Hollow?

Well, Dumbledore suggests that he failed to create a horcrux that
night 
(but that the creation of a horcrux had indeed been his likely 
intention) and so he created the final horcrux out of Nagini when he 
killed Frank Bryce at the Riddle's manor.
My husband, on the other hand feels that Voldemort might have 
inadvertantly turned Harry into a horcrux when the spell rebounded.
His 
reasoning being that Vlodemort had been preparing to create a horcux
as 
he killed Harry, and whilst Harry was not killed the AK spell did 
infact 'kill' Voldemort and so the seventh of Voldemort's soul might 
have become lodged inside Harry instead of inside whatever object he 
intended to turn into the horcrux. This would explain how Harry has 
such a connection with Voldemort, can feel his moods and speak 
parseltounge etc.
I hope that my husband is wrong, because if Harry is a horcrux then 
he'll have to die before Voldemort can be destroyed.

Rebecca