[HPforGrownups] Snake Lore

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 161691

> Debbie:
> And for those who think Harry will die, there is an
> additional legend in Bullfinch's that if a basilisk was killed "by a spear
> from on horseback the power of the poison conducted through the weapon
> killed not only the rider, but the horse also."  This legend suggests that
> Harry isn't simply going to try to kill Voldemort.


It seems to be that she already made use of this part with the real 
Basilisk- Harry, when plunging the Gryffindor sword into the Basilisk, was 
also poisoned at the same time by the fang. The poison was deadly and it 
would have killed him, if it were not for the presence of Fawkes. My son 
also points out that the "horse" is the diary, which the poisoned fang also 
destroyed. The diary is the thing that brought him to that spot (indirectly- 
leading him to Hagrid, which lead him to the spiders, then to the forest 
with Aragog, then to the knowledge of the girl killed, and then to the 
bathroom where she died, and to the entrance of the chamber).

Looking back, if JKR has already said that we have seen every location, then 
places like the Slytherin common room become more important. Rereading the 
early books, Harry's first mishap into Burgin and Burks shows us the 
vanishing cabinet, the Hand of Glory, the cursed necklace, and more that are 
important later. Just another reason to keep rereading the early books.

Shelley