Horcruxes and Soul-Bits

[Lady Lawyer]

No: HPFGUIDX 157180

I think that the horcruxes are like the one ring in Tolkien.  Mordar could only be destroyed by destroying the object that contained his essence.  It's the same with horcruxes.  So releaseds souls or soul bits are not destroyed, as was said by someone else, but rendered irrelevant.  The magical object which contains the released soul or soul bit becomes necessary for that soul to survive and be put to use - i.e. to be the one bit of life essence that prevents its original owner from dying.
 
 Didn't this happen in superman as well?  I think the original "Lex" was really Zod from their home planet.  Jor-el told Clark the only way to stop Zod is to destroy the vessel that contains his essence - kill Lex.
 
 I think its a common theme it feels really familiar.  In X-Men the comics, Nate sved the earth from the planted alien seed by dispersing his essence into every living thing on earth, thus sacrificing his life in the great tradition of the archetypal hero.
 
 But the myths don't always end with the hero dying, most talk only of his transformation.  Sooooo this is why I think that Harry can't find all the horcruxes and has to take Voldemort through the veil to put him out of commission, thus sacrificing himself.
 
 		
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