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May 19, 2017 · 79. To make a Horcrux, certainly murder can't be the only requirement. It is obvious a proper spell is needed for completing a Horcrux. Voldemort could have made a thousand Horcruxes, as he had already murdered a thousand people. But, how on earth did Harry become a Horcrux, with Voldemort murdering his mom and not using the Horcrux-making ...
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The first known Horcrux was created by Herpo the Foul in Ancient Greece. The only other known creator of a Horcrux was Lord Voldemort, who was very likely the only person to have successfully created more than one Horcrux. Horcruxes were originally conceived of as being a singular act. As such, it was unknown for many centuries what the attempted c...
To create a Horcrux, a wizard first had to damage their soul. This could only be achieved by deliberately and willingly committing a murder. This act, said to be the most supreme act of evil, resulted in the metaphysical sundering of their own soul. Only a true, deliberate and conscious act of murder against another person without any regret nor re...
The main purpose and power of a Horcrux was to anchor the creator to the mortal realm for the sake of achieving immortality. As long as at least one Horcrux existed, the creator's soul would be bound to the world of the living. Hence, if the body was destroyed, the soul would remain as a lingering spirit instead of passing through to the other side...
Lord Voldemort, obsessed with immortality and unable or unwilling to understand the importance of the soul's well-being, went further than any wizard known to history, creating seven Horcruxes — although he planned only six of them, as his intention was to split his soul in seven, the most magical number. He accidentally created a pseudo-Horcrux wh...
The word Horcrux may be comprised of "hor" or "hore" (old English/middle-English) meaning "dirt, evil, impurity" and "crux" or "crúce" (old English) meaning "container, pitcher(ful), jar" which would therefore mean "container of evil". Alternatively, Horcrux can be seen as a combination of a shortening of "horrible" and "crux" (meaning "the Cross" ...
J. K. Rowling stated in Pottermore that Professor Quirinus Quirrell served as a temporary Horcrux when Voldemort's soul possessed his body during Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts. A notable di...J. K. Rowling knows exactly what the process for the creation of a Horcrux is, but has yet to reveal it. All Rowling has revealed is that a spell is performed, along with a horrific act. The inform...J. K. Rowling described the invention of the Horcrux as comparable to the splitting of the atom: "Something that people imagined might be able to be done, but couldn't quite bring it off, and then....In an interview, J. K. Rowling was asked why the Horcrux within Harry wasn't destroyed after he was poisoned by the basilisk in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. She replied that Fawkes's te...Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(film)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(film)Nov 5, 2019 · The Harry Potter books and films came to an end years ago, but there’s still a lot of mystery surrounding the horcruxes and their creation. The Harry Potter book series began in 1997 with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and came to an end 10 years later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh
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- Harry Potter. Destroyed by Harry Potter. Harry Potter himself was Voldemort's final of the 7 Horcruxes and was destroyed by his own hand. The bombshell reveal that Harry was accidentally made into a Horcrux the night the curse rebounded was shown through Snape's memories, and put into motion the final part of the prophecy, "neither can live while the other survives."
- Voldemort's Snake Nagini. Destroyed by Neville Longbottom. Voldemort made the maledictus snake Nagini into a Horcrux while inhabiting his infant-like body during Goblet of Fire, and Neville Longbottom destroyed the Horcrux by decapitating her with the Sword of Gryffindor.
- Rowena Ravenclaw's Lost Diadem. Destroyed inadvertently by Vincent Crabbe. Ravenclaw's lost diadem was the last Horcrux Voldemort intentionally created before the killing curse rebounded, and was destroyed accidentally with fiendfyre that was produced by Vincent Crabbe, one of Draco Malfoy's friends at Hogwarts.
- Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. Destroyed by Hermione Granger. One of the most difficult Horcruxes to obtain was Hufflepuff's cup, and it was destroyed using basilisk fangs by Hermione Granger during Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Jul 15, 2023 · Voldemort accidentally turned Harry Potter into a Horcrux when he splintered his soul using the Killing Curse on Lily Potter, and the fragment latched on to Harry as the only living thing in the room. Look, the Harry Potter books and movies are a bit hazy on how exactly Horcruxes are created. It’s nasty stuff, and we don’t blame them for ...
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Aug 14, 2022 · Harry Potter. Lord Voldemort’s first Horcrux was created when he was still at Hogwarts, known then as Tom Riddle. After murdering a schoolgirl called Myrtle, with the help of the ancient monster that dwelled within the castle, the Basilisk, his soul was split for the first time. The object that enveloped a piece of his soul was a simple diary ...
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Apr 2, 2024 · The Big Picture. Horcruxes are pieces of a wizard's soul that allow them to live on even after their physical body is destroyed, making them effectively immortal. Creating a Horcrux requires ...
