Wands and Wizards...Again (Was: Epilogue ...)

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183606

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sartoris22" <sartoris22 at ...> 
wrote:

> Were all of Harry's Voldermort-like powers due to his being a
> horcrux? For example, is that why Harry can talk to snakes?


zanooda:

I believe so :-). And so did Dumbledore (p.686 Am.ed). Also, JKR 
answered a question about Parseltongue in the same Web Chat (again, 
if you trust her interviews :-)):

Question: Can Harry speak Parseltongue when he is no longer a Horcrux?
Anawer: No, he loses the ability, and is very glad to do so.
 

> sartoris wrote:

> By the way, why is Harry a horcrux if
> Voldermort didn't intend it? If that is explained in the book, can
> someone point me to the page-hardcover edition. I've reread Harry's
> train station scene with Dumbledore, but I didn't find it.


zanooda:

I think that Harry is called a Horcrux because it's just easier than 
to invent some new name for his condition. Technically he is *not* a 
Horcrux, IMO, because, as you say, there was no intent and, more 
importantly, no incantation binding the soul-bit to Harry. Harry is 
Horcrux-like, but not exactly a Horcrux, IMO. However, Harry 
functioned as a Horcrux, and I think that "accidental Horcrux" 
describes well what he had become. 

BTW, it is not explained in the book, but DD *does* call Harry a 
Horcrux in "King's Cross": "You were the seventh Horcrux, Harry, the 
Horcrux he never meant to make" (p.709).

I've just reread your question and now I'm not sure that I understood 
it correctly :-). Maybe you were asking *how* Harry became a Horcrux, 
and not *why* he is called a Horcrux. If this is the case - DD talks 
about it a little in "The Prince's Tale"(p.686) and in "King's 
Cross"(p.709). Sorry if I misunderstood you :-)! Hope this helps, 
either way!