Did Snape know about the Horcruxes? (was Re: Snape/Regulus, post 135111)

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 135798

 
hg wrote:

Okay,  here's a what-if: what if it was Snape who was with him, they 
left  together, Snape turned him in, thereby securing a position close 
to  Voldemort, and simultaneously Snape told Dumbledore about the 
Horcrux,  thereby securing a position close to Dumbledore?  If that 
were the  case, what clues would lead us to that conclusion?  I could 
imagine  Snape suspecting or even knowing about one Horcrux.  None of 
this is  anything I can back up with textual evidence, so it makes me  
uncomfortable.

Your turn!
hg.



Actually, one piece of supporting evidence for Snape knowing about
the Horcruxes is his quick action in saving Dumbledore from the
effects (or at least most of them) from the ring horcrux. I  mentioned
it before, but could Snape have cured Dumbledore if he didn't
know what he was working against? Especially when it was such
a bad curse, one that left Dumbledore with that blackened hand,
and that necessitated Snape working quickly to save him? It's
possible, but it seems more probable that Dumbledore told
Snape what he'd done, especially since Snape's no dummy and
certainly could have drawn his own reasonable conclusions.
 
I don't know if your theory is right, and Snape told Dumbledore
about the horcruxes long ago (though I like it), or if Dumbledore
told Snape when Snape saved him from the ring horcrux, but it
seems likely either way that Snape knew about horcruxes, and
perhaps specifically knew Voldemort was making them. 
 
Julie 


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