[HPforGrownups] Re: Question about Pensieve memories

[No Limberger]

No: HPFGUIDX 186023

> clcb58 wrote:
> Does extracting a memory for Pensieve viewing erase the memory from the
mind or just make a copy of it?
> Does anyone remember canon examples to support either theory?

> Pippin wrote:
> Dumbledore can discuss the trials, the prophecy, and his interviews with
Riddle even when his memories
> of these events are stored in the Pensieve, so extracting memories can't
mean
> erasing them as thoroughly as a memory charm would do.

> But there must be some point to Snape storing his memories in the Pensieve
and replacing them afterwards.
> Perhaps while memories are in the pensieve, one can still recall the facts
of an
> event, but can't picture it in the mind -- and neither could an invading
legilimens.

> Snape must actually have been so good at occlumency that he wouldn't need
this defense --
> but he didn't want Voldemort to know that. So a great show was made of
extracting some
> memories and placing them in the pensieve.

In my opinion, I don't believe that storing a memory in a pensieve
automatically erases it from the wizard or
witch's mind.  I believe that a copy of the memory is made as quickly as
possible to ensure that the copy is as
accurate as possible.  The pensieve provides the storage medium for the
copied memories outside of a mind.
I agree with Pippin that if placing memories into a pensieve automatically
erases them from the
mind that it would then not be possible for the wizard or witch to be able
to recall those memories while thinking.

Now, if a wizard or witch is concerned that a dark wizard or witch may
attempt to obtain
his or her memories, the wizard or witch could always use a memory charm to
erase the memories
after copying them into a pensieve.  Of course, the wizard or witch would
have to leave an artifact
of some kind in his or her mind to remember that something important had
been stored
away.  This within itself could backfire if a dark wizard or witch were to
find the artifact.
If the wizard or witch then used a memory charm to forget the location of
the pensieve for
added security, he or she would have to leave the location with a trusted
friend or associate.

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