Where Voldemort soul is? Was: Re: Longbottoms/Trevor ... and souls

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Iris:
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> 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.



Alla:

Hey, Iris. I personally find the speculation of Voldemort hiding his 
soul somewhere to be quite plausible, sort of.

I do not think that this would a reference to reincarnation per se, 
since usually in the fairy tales  the vilain hides his soul in the 
object, not in the living being(although the object is often hidden 
in the animal). Can you reincarnate into an object? I am not sure, 
confessing my ignorance here.

Somebody brought into discussion russian fairy tale "Firebird" 
earlier,which is a great example of how it is often done.

Even if it would be the reference to reincarnation, I don't think it 
would conflict with cristian references, if one thinks that JKR is 
influenced by many traditions, not just one and I certainly share 
this POV.

I think it would be interesting if at the end Harry figures out where 
Voldie soul is and instead of destroying it, lets it go free.

Anyways, having said all that, I am not sure if Voldemort still has a 
soul at all, maybe it was already destroyed somehow.

Just speculating here,

Alla.