[HPforGrownups] Re: Nagini: If she's not a Horcrux, what the heck is she?

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 171971

>> "sdeepthi" <sdeepthi@> wrote:
>> > > Where in canon is it stated that Nagini is a python?
>> > ==========================
>> >
>> > Lisa:
>> > Good question -- I thought I remembered it, and just googled it.
>> > According to Wikipedia:
>> > "Nagini is a fictional animal from the Harry Potter series created by
>> > JK Rowling. She is a large serpent, specifically a Brazilian Python who
>> > is the loyal pet of the main antagonist of the series named Lord
>> > Voldemort.

Shelley says:
I have never heard of Nagini's breed from any source either, although I 
fully agree that it must be a special breed of magical snake, because of Mr. 
Weasley's wound. Remember, they couldn't get it to stop bleeding? So, it 
must have a venom or magical poison that makes the victim hemorrhage to 
death, and isn't necessarily death from the primary poison from the fangs, 
but the secondary effect of the anticoagulant in the blood.

I think Wikipedia is wrong in this case; it seems to me that the Brazilian 
Python was the snake at the zoo- the one Harry set on Dudley.

I think Nagini is nothing more than a specially breed magical snake; one 
illegally breed, of course, or enhanced by spells to make her live longer, 
be tougher or otherwise more enduring. It was said that when Lord Voldemort 
possessed small animals, they didn't live long. He would have to do 
something special to Nagini to make her tough enough to withstand possession 
by him at the time that Nagini bit Arthur.

Of course, whether she's a Horcrux or not (I don't think she is) is yet 
another discussion entirely. You wouldn't risk a Horcrux just to gain a 
prophesy, would you?

Shelley