Some questions on the series as a whole ...

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 181882

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Beatrice23" <beatrice23 at ...> wrote:

Samadjar Wrote:

> > 1. What happened to Voldemort's body in Godrics Hollow?  If his 
> > dead body was found in the ruins, then why did people think he 
> > disappeared?
 
> > If his body was not there - on what basis did everyone in wizarding
> > world guess that something happened to him and started celebrating?
> > Voldemort is very secretive about his whereabouts even to his   
> followers- so what made people guess so early that he is not    
> powerful anymore?
 
Beatrice:  This is a good question.  There doesn't seem to be a 
> specific answer in the texts.  

Geoff:
There is an interesting series of comments which Hagrid makes to 
Harry in PS which might give food for thought:

'(Harry) - "But what happened to Vol - sorry - I mean, You-Know-Who?"
"Good question, Harry. Disappeared. Vanished. Same night he tried ter 
kill you. Makes yeh even more famous. That's the biggest myst'ry, see... 
he was gettin' more an' more powerful - why'd he go? Some say he 
died......

...Most of us reckon he's still out there somewhere but lost his powers. 
Too weak to carry on...."'

(PS "The Keeper of the Keys" pp.46-47 UK edition)

The implication being that there was no body at Godric's Hollow. The 
other presumptions probably followed because Voldemort's activity just 
ceased - abruptly and inexplicably.