is Dumbledore really dead?

[drax_orion]

No: HPFGUIDX 171658

drax_orion:
> <SNIP>
> > There are many possible ways that Dumbledore could still be
> > alive, or somehow return from the dead.
> <SNIP>
> > I think that Dumbledore might be able to transform into a
> > phoenix. Such a transformation would coincide with his other
> > connections: his pet phoenix Fawkes and then there is his
> > patronus, the description of it from book 4 makes me believe
> > it is also a phoenix.

Ken says:
> As I've said before here it could well be that Dumbledore's
> relationship with Fawkes(and with Phoenixes in general?) is such that
> he has taken on their attributes. He has indeed died but subsequently
> arose from his ashes - remember his mausoleaum went up in flames and
> the phoenix shape seen flying out of them. If this is the case then
> has he returned with all his adult faculties, memories and skills
> intact or will he have to learn them anew?


drax_orion:
Personally I think if he has been reborn in that matter, he would have
retained his memories.  If that is true, it may be possible that he is
actually Godric Gryffindor (yeah, that is a super sized stretch) or he
is just as old as his old friend Nicholas Flamel.  Makes you wonder if
maybe Dumbledore's so called brother is maybe actually his son,
grandson, or even more distant decendant.