In Harry Potter, an object in which a person has concealed part of their soul. Voldemort used horcruxes.
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Why did Dumbledore say that the Ring (Hallow/Horcrux) “was sure to carry a curse”?
“When I discovered it, after all those years, buried in the
abandoned home of the Gaunts - the Hallow I had craved
most of all, though in my youth I had wanted it for very
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Why did Dumbledore never ask Harry how to destroy a horcrux?
Here is the thing, Harry destroyed a Horcrux in his second year with a basilisk fang, even if he didn't know at the time. But in his sixth year, Dumbledore says to Harry, and I quote: "Horcruxes are ...
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If one is killed with Basilisk venom, does it also destroy their soul?
Basilisk venom is one of the few substances in Harry Potter that can destroy horcruxes, which are fragments of the soul... so if one dies from the venom, does the venom destroy their soul as well? ...
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Who originally filled the basin in the horcrux cave, before Voldemort put the horcrux in it?
As referenced here, Kreacher was commissioned to drink the "drink of despair" in the horcrux cave so Voldemort could put the locket in there. Why was the basin already filled with the drink of ...
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Could Voldemort have died a natural death with his horcruxes intact?
A more general question is: Can a witch or wizard die a natural death as long as her/his horcruxes exist?
Looking for canonical answer only. Rowling's interviews etc are welcome, too.
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What is the point of a horcrux? [closed]
During his years in hiding, when no one came to help Voldemort, none of his Horcruxes actively helped him. The fact is, the Slytherin Locket, the Hufflepuff Cup, and the Ravenclaw Diadem were hidden ...
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What qualifies as murder when creating a Horcrux? [duplicate]
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Does accidental homicide cause one’s soul to split?
We know that in order to create a Horcrux, murder is necessary:
Riddle's hunger was now apparent; his expression ...
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Would the Horcrux Cave Potion Have Killed Dumbledore?
Would the Horcrux cave potion have killed Dumbledore if:
Kreacher survived the potion:
‘There was a b – basin full of potion on the island. The D – Dark Lord made Kreacher drink it ...’ [...] ...
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Why did Dumbledore tell Harry there were 6 Horcruxes when he already knew Harry was a horcrux?
Harry: "He made seven Horcruxes?"
Dumbledore: "...Not seven Horcruxes: six. The seventh part of his soul, however maimed, resides inside his regenerated body..." (HP6, US Hardback, page 503).
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How could the diary Tom Riddle soul know what happened between Tom and Hagrid?
It is said that Tom Riddle diary was made into a Horcrux via the murder of Moaning Myrtle via Basilisk.
If that was the case, the soul piece that went into the diary was split off when this happened.
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Would Harry still be a Parselmouth at the end of the Deathly Hallows?
Near the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
Dumbledore tells us before this that:
Given the above, does that mean that Harry would have lost his ability to speak with snakes at the end ...
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If the Diary Tom Riddle Had Succeeded, Would He Have Been a Horcrux?
If Tom Riddle had succeeded at returning as a living person from the diary, would he have been a Horcrux?
In thinking about it, it seems pretty black and white. Either diary Tom Riddle -- a ...
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If Diary Tom Riddle Had Succeeded, How Would He Have Strengthened the Present Day Voldemort?
Specifically, if diary Tom Riddle had succeeded, how would he have strengthened the present day Voldemort?
In If diary Tom Riddle had succeeded, would there have been two Voldemorts?, ...
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Voldemort chose his horcrux objects very carefully. Did it matter who he killed to make them?
His horcruxes could have been made out of just about anything, but he chose the objects he housed them in very carefully. How important were the victims other than being souls? In other words, did it ...
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Why Could Quirrell Tolerate Harry's Touch at the Beginning of Philosopher's Stone?
In the beginning of Sorcerer's Stone, Harry meets Professor Quirrell in The Leaky Cauldron for the first time, and the two shake hands with no problem:
A pale young man made his way forward, very ...
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Is Ginny Weasley Considered a Temporary Horcrux?
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Tom Riddle says the following to Harry:
‘If I say it myself, Harry, I’ve always been able to charm the people I needed. So Ginny poured out her soul to ...
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Before Voldemort, who was the last Horcrux Creator?
Horcruxes are rare (and then seven come along at once...) and only a few people know about them.
But when was the last horcrux before Voldemort's? 50 years before him? Centuries? Millennia?
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Why wouldn't Voldemort create new Horcruxes?
Once Voldemort realized that Harry Potter was hunting for Horcruxes and knew were they were (e.g. after visiting the cave), why wouldn't he simply pause, and make at least one MORE replacement Horcrux ...
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Should Quirrell Have Survived Harry's Touch?
In Philosopher's Stone, chapter fifteen, The Forbidden Forest, while serving detention, Harry, Malfoy, and Fang encounter a robed figure, who ultimately turns out to be Quirrell, drinking unicorn's ...
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How did Draco Malfoy know Harry would go to the Room of Requirement?
In the Deathly Hallows, when Harry, Hermione and Ron go to get the Diadem, they find Draco, Crabbe and Goyle waiting for them. How did they get in the room when Ginny and Tonks where in there? Even ...
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Why Did Dumbledore Let Harry Give the Remains of the Diary Horcrux to Dobby?
J.K. Rowling confirms that Dumbledore knew the destroyed diary was the remains of a Horcrux;
JKR: "In essence divided," exactly, the "essence" being the soul. So Dumbledore knew all along that he ...
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Who did Voldemort kill to create the horcruxes?
Is there any information on who Voldemort killed specifically to create his horcruxes? I know he's killed tons of people, but in doing something as important to him as creating the horcruxes, I feel ...
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Would a Horcrux protect against old age? [duplicate]
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Could Voldemort have died a natural death with his horcruxes intact?
Horcruxes are supposed to make someone invulnerable, but would they protect him from aging, or would ...
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Why didn't Voldemort hide his Horcruxes in impossible-to-reach places?
Nobody knew about his Horcruxes (even Slughorn wasn't 100% sure). But still, there was a small probability that someone could discover his secret. So, he hid his Horcruxes very well. But, there was ...
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Why doesn't Harry's touch destroy other Horcruxes? [duplicate]
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Why Couldn't Harry Destroy the Horcruxes With His Bare Hands?
In PS, Harry's touch damages and nearly destroys Quirrell because he is a Horcrux of Voldemort.
Why ...
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Why Didn't Dumbledore Take the Sword of Gryffindor With Him to the Sea Cave (Locket Horcrux)?
Dumbledore took Harry along with him to the sea cave where the locket Horcrux was hidden because he felt Harry had earned the right to accompany him. However, why did Dumbledore neglect to bring the ...
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Why couldn't Voldemort trace Harry's residence and kill him?
As we all know that Voldemort had one of his horcruxes in as Harry himself, but sighting that he would be defeated at the hands of harry, why didn't he - the Dark Lord - take a look into the future to ...
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Why Wasn't the Resurrection Stone Destroyed Along With the Ring Horcrux?
Dumbledore destroyed the Horcrux element of Marvolo Gaunt's Peverell ring with the Sword of Gryffindor, splitting the Resurrection Stone portion of the ring in half in the process.
Harry noticed a ...
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Why Was It 'Essential' That Voldemort Kill Harry Potter?
‘So the boy ... the boy must die?’ asked Snape, quite calmly.
‘And Voldemort himself must do it, Severus. That is essential.’
Deathly Hallows - page 551 - UK Hardcover - chapter 33, The ...
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When did Umbridge acquire the locket of Slytherin?
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows we discover that the true locket Horcrux is in the possession of Dolores Umbridge. Apparently she confiscated it from Mundungus Fletcher's backalley fence, in ...
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How did Diary-Riddle hope to come back?
In Slytherincess' wonderful answer she explains that
The soul piece cannot live without a receptacle to hold it; if there were no receptive person to latch onto, the piece of soul would ...
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What happens if you release a soul from a horcrux/container?
Pursuant to this question, if you were to free a soul from the horcrux or another container (i.e. Harry) without destroying the soul, what would happen to it?
This is what appear to happen to ...
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At which point did Dumbledore know/guess about the 7 Horcruxes?
We know that Dumbledore knew about Horcruxes at least as early as Harry's parents' deaths (he stated to Snape that Voldemort would be back).
And in Harry's 6th year, he knew that there were 7 for ...
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What order were the horcruxes made in?
In what order and when were Voldemort's Horcruxes made? I found a list with destruction dates. But not creation date.
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Could Fawkes's Tears Have Healed Tom Riddle's Diary
Per the title: Could Fawke's tears have healed Tom Riddle's diary after Harry stabbed it with a Basilisk fang?
As it was pointed out to me in Why Didn't the Basilisk Bite in Book Two Destroy the ...
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Where did Voldemort find Nagini?
From memory, Voldemort's pet snake doesn't make an appearance in the Harry Potter series until book 4, Goblet of Fire. When Nagini attacks Mr. Weasley, nobody really makes the connection between a ...
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Is Nagini the snake Harry freed on Dudley's birthday?
“Yes, it’s rather funny, really, that next to no-one realised the snake that Harry set free in Philosopher’s Stone turned out to be Voldemort’s final Horcrux, Nagini.”
— J.K. Rowling
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How Would Harry Breaking the Unbreakable Vow Have Affected the Piece of Voldemort's Soul?
Based on what we know from canon, how would Harry breaking an Unbreakable Vow have affected him and the piece of Voldemort's soul inside him? What would have happened?
It was determined in Could the ...
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If Voldemort broke an unbreakable vow would he die?
Jeff's reply in Why didn't Voldemort use the unbreakable vow with his Death Eaters? naturally brought up the question of what would happen if Voldemort entered into an unbreakable vow and then ...
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Are Living Beings Turned Into Horcruxes Suceptible to Age, Disease, or Injury?
From the HP books I know that Horcruxes grant a form of immortality. So, it is not possible for someone who created a Horcrux to die from old age or succumb to diseases. I guess the same is true for ...
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How Did Harry Become a Horcrux?
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 ...
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Is it possible to reintegrate a Horcrux?
As anyone who is familiar with Harry Potter knows, a horcrux is made when someone commits murder and stores a piece of their soul in something. Would it be possible for this someone to later recover ...
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What Happens to Someone Whose Horcrux Was Destroyed When they Die?
When someone makes a horcrux, part of their soul is stored in it, and when the horcrux is destroyed, so is part of their soul.
In the case of Voldemort, he had split his soul into so many parts that ...
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Is it possible to break a horcrux, and if so what happens then?
Is it possible to break a Horcrux? I don't mean destroy, but if a glass cup is a Horcrux, will it still be whole after it drops from a great height? And then what happens to the Horcrux if it ís ...
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What Is the First Clue That Horcruxes Are Voldemort's Means to Immortality?
I'm assuming anyone who might answer this question has read all seven of the Harry Potter books.
With the benefit of a completed canon and fully-informed hindsight, at what point in the series is ...
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Was Voldemort aware that he had created another Horcrux?
Voldemort set out to create Horcuxes to ensure his immortality, but he inadvertently created a additional one in a living being,
Was Voldemort aware that this happened? It seems to me that if he ...
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Why were there seemingly no major magical protections on other Horcruxes than the locket?
It seems that out of all the Horcruxes, only one (the locket) was actually well protected.
Why were the others not protected nearly as well?
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Why did Voldemort assume that no-one knew about Room of Hidden Things?
Voldemort hid one of his Horcruxes inside Hogwarts. It seemed to be relying on security through obscurity as far as protecting it. But as we know, it ended up not being so secure because it wasn't so ...
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Why Didn't the Basilisk Bite in Book Two Destroy the Horcrux?
As the title asks, why didn't the basilisk bite received in the Chamber of Secrets destroy the Horcrux inside the bitten person?
Yes, I know Fawkes quite quickly healed the bite wound with his ...
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Did Prof. Quirrell's body house two fragments of Voldemort's soul?
From HP Wikia's "Horcrux" article:
J. K. Rowling revealed in Pottermore that Prof. Quirinus Quirrell served as a temporary Horcrux when Voldemort's soul possessed his body during Harry Potter's ...
