Longbottoms/Trevor ... and souls (sequel to Basilisk/Voldemort-connection)

[iris_ft]

No: HPFGUIDX 132265

Hi all,

I don't know if there's still a little room for my papers on the 
message board, because I've been a long time without posting

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Inge" <Elvishooked at h...> 
wrote:
> Inge:
> Having just posted a little something on how Trevor might come 
into 
> play as the toad, beneath which, the egg (including Voldemort's 
soul) 
> is hatched..... the above got me thinking that Trevor is the 
reason the 
> Longbottoms were tortured. 
> Voldemort's soul had gone - the LeStrange's somehow knew that 
Trevor 
> would be the toad they'd need.
> Longbottoms didn't give away where to find Trevor - they were 
tortured 
> and ended up at St. Mungo's.
> It was later given to Neville (sorry, I don't remember by who) and 
> Neville was told to never lose sight of the animal - which is why 
he's 
> very upset every time Trevor escapes him......

Now me:

In PS/SS, chapter 7, when the new Gryffindor talk about their 
families, Neville tells them how he got Trevor: his Great- uncle 
Algie was so pleased when the boy showed magical abilities he bought 
him a toad. So we can assume that Trevor was not there the day the 
Lestranges attacked the Longbottoms, and that the toad wasn't the 
reason why they tortured Neville's parents.

I don't know what happened with Voldemort's soul when he tried to 
kill Harry. I find the idea of a "recipient" (very poor word, I 
confess) protecting the soul rather interesting. But on another 
hand, I have an issue with the idea of souls travelling from a 
recipient to another (body, egg, box, animal or even golden snitch): 
it sounds like reincarnation, so is it compatible with the Christian 
references we can find in the series? 
I don't know whether the question is worth debating, but if it is, 
I'm waiting for your comments.

Amicalement, and hoping our British members, their families and 
friends are all safe after what happened in London.

Iris