[HPforGrownups] Horcrux References at Hogwarts - banned books in ROR

[Ronin_47]

No: HPFGUIDX 165827

--Deborah Wrote--
>>>I was under the impression from something I read, that Dumbledore was the
one to remove books from Hogwarts that referenced Horcruxes. Now I can't
find any evidence to support this. 

>Does anyone know if Dumbledore is responsible for banning the books
containing Horcruxes? If they were banned before his reign as headmaster,
does anyone know how Tom Riddle originally found information on them, or are
we to suppose he found the same one >reference as Hermione in "Magick Moste
Evile" or a source in an outside library. I have a hard time picturing him
going home with a friend over holidays, but I suppose it could have
happened...
<<<
 
 
 
--Ronin's Comments--
I think that it's just a memory of something he says in HBP which, when
reflecting upon it later may have been mis-remembered.
Somewhere in HBP, (I think it's when DD is trying to impress upon Harry, the
importance of getting Slughorne's memory or just after they've studied that
memory), DD says something about how anyone would be hard pressed to find
anything about horcruxes in the books at Hogwarts.
I think that horcruxes were either a taboo subject or something that is so
extremely rare that even the Hogwarts library didn't have any information
about them. When Tom Riddle began researching horcruxes, he was still a
student and Dumbledore was just a teacher then. But Tom was forced to seek
the information from Slughorne, although I'm sure he would've tried the
library first.
I wonder how he heard of horcruxes at all. Maybe he became curious from the
tiny mention that Hermione found and wanted to know more. I also wonder why
he knew that Sughorne was the man to ask about them and why Slughorne knew
so much about them to begin with.
 
Cheers,
Ronin


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