Godric's Hollow - Possessing bodies

[jekatiska]

No: HPFGUIDX 149990

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> > Brady wrote:

> > The AV doesn't destroy the the body to the extent that it can't 
be 
> > seen, right? We are always left with a body behind. But in GH,  
> > till date, there has not been any mention of James', Lily's or  
> > Voldy's body! Why? what happened then? 

> Laura now:
> ... the home in Godric's Hollow being destroyed, 
> which I thought was strange since the AK isn't supposed to cause 
> external damage.  But then again, this wasn't an ordinary AK.  

Jekatiska:

I think what killed Voldemort wasn't a 'rebounded killing curse' as 
such, but something more powerful, the ancient magic that protected 
Harry must have created some sort of 'force field' or call it what 
you may (maybe a bit like the spell Dumbledore used on Voldemort at 
the end of OotP, that caused LV to comment on DD not being intent on 
killing him), that then destroyed not only Voldemort ("ripped from 
his body") but also the house.


> >  So what happened to his original body? why couldn't he have 
> > possessed the body itself instead of wandering in the forests of 
> > Albania as something lesser than a ghost?
> 

As far as I understand, you can only possess the living, so 
Voldemort couldn't possibly have possessed his own dead body. Inferi 
come to mind, but they are not possessed, merely bewitched, like any 
other inanimate objects. Like when making a pineapple tapdance you 
do not possess it but merely bewitch it. 

If we see death as the parting of body and soul and the end of 
bodily functions (as opposed to having your soul sucked out) the 
idea of possessing your own dead body would seem kind of absurd. 
Which raises the question: if someone's had their soul sucked out, 
can they be possessed by another soul?

Jekatiska