that question about the thingies again

[quigonginger]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Phyllis" 
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
> Only read this if you want to know about horcruxes Only read this 
if 
> you want to know about horcruxes Only read this if you want to know 
> about horcruxes Only read this if you want to know about horcruxes 
> Only read this if you want to know about horcruxes Only read this 
if 
> you want to know about horcruxes Only read this if you want to know 
> about horcruxes Only read this if you want to know about horcruxes 

Phyllis said:
(snips)
> 1. Riddle's Diary (destroyed) 
> 2. Marvolo's Ring (destroyed)
> 3. Slytherin's Locket (Ginger notes: maybe destroyed, maybe not)
> 4. Hufflepuff's Cup (yet to be found)
> 5. Nagini (still alive)
> 6. Something belonging to either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw
> 7. Ginger - the answer to your question (that I didn't answer 
> correctly yesterday) - the piece that still lives inside 
Voldemort's 
> body 
(snips)
> After thinking about it some more, I don't think the piece of soul 
> that's in a Horcrux actually moves from the Horcrux back into 
> Voldemort.  I think the existence of a Horcrux outside the body 
> enables the piece of soul still within the body to exist, 
regardless 
> of the harm inflicted upon the body.  Once no more Horcruxes exist 
> outside the body, however, the soul inside the body is on its own 
> and the person becomes mortal again.

Ginger:
I think the light bulb has gone on.  So what you're saying then is 
that as long as there is one Horcrux outside the body, that LV can 
regenerate (for lack of a better word) as many times as he needs?

I was thinking of it like a cat's nine lives.  3 down, 6 to go.

So LV's reason for having 7 (total) isn't that he can revive 6 times, 
but that he is protected even if something happens to 5 of them and 
someone tries to kill him.

Interesting.  I'll have to ponder this more.  Thank you for 
illuminating my scalp. ;o)

Ginger, tracking down JKR interviews and slightly exhausted.