Half Blood Prince

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 121812


Juli wrote:
> "I doubt Salazar could be the Half-Blood Prince. He believes in the
> purity of blood, himself being pure-blood (at least I believe so)"
> 
> Del replies:
> LV is a half-blood who believes in the purity of blood. In fact, it
> would make some poetic sense that Salazar Slytherin's rightful heir
be a half-blood like Old Salazar himself.
> 
> Juli wrote:
> "If he is half-blood or muggle blood, then why would he care so much
> for the purity of blood? "
> 
> Del replies:
<snip>
> So could it be that Salazar's Muggle parent betrayed his magical
> parent, who maybe got killed as a result?
> 
> It sure would explain why Salazar wanted to teach only purebloods :
> because this way there was no risk of a Muggle parent betraying the
> wizard community.


Carol responds:
Unless we doubt the Sorting Hat, Salazar Slytherin was a pureblood:

"For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning, just like him." (OoP Am. ed. 205)

Despite the line break, it's clear that "just like him" applies to the
entire phrase, "pure-blood wizards of great cunning." Also it seems
unlikely that he would have set criteria for choosing wizards that
would have excluded himself. Your point about Muggle parents not
betraying the wizard community would still apply.

Carol, who thinks that Muggle Studies should be a required subject for
all Hogwarts students since the prejudice against Muggles (as opposed
to Muggleborns) is not confined to Slytherin