How did he know?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 146919

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theadimail" <theadimail at y...>
wrote:
>
> I was wondering about how Voldemort could have found about the spell 
> to make horcruxes eventhough it is supposed to be such a scret and 
> unmentionable subject. He found it even while he was at Hogwarts, so 
> how could a teen, no matter how talented, find such a thing without 
> arousing the interest of Dumbledore who was, as he says, has been 
> watching Tom Riddle, all the time,during his school days?
> 
> Bye
> Adi
>

bboyminn:

Just an additional thought. Others have covered the possibilities
nicely, but I want to add one more aspect. Tom was very academically
gifted. We could even speculate that his intellect was in the Genius
range. Just as Snape was able to invent his own spells, it is possible
that Voldemort was able to create his own Horcrux spell using a
combination of knowledge of spell language and an understanding of the
task at hand.

I'm not saying that he didn't use assorted reference books not
available to the general public, or that he didn't have help, just
that with his obvious intellect, he could have worked out some of the
details on his own.

Just passing it along.
Steve/bboyminn