Who can speak Parseltongue?

The ability to speak Parseltongue is usually inborn; a wizard is born being able to speak Parseltongue, and those who are not born with the ability cannot normally learn the language (although, according to the author, Dumbledore may have learned to understand it, and in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ron learnt ...

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Who else can speak Parseltongue in Harry Potter?

The ability to actually speak Parseltongue — not just imitate it as Ron Weasley did — is considered an attribute of a Dark Wizard, which is partly due to the fact that both Salazar Slytherin and Lord Voldemort possessed this ability. Another notable Dark Wizard who was also a Parselmouth was Herpo the Foul.

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Do all Slytherins speak Parseltongue?

The language is incredibly rare, as Harry is told countless times. The only place it isn't rare is within the bloodline of Salazar Slytherin himself – and as such, is usually hereditary.

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Can Ginny Weasley speak Parseltongue?

Ginny Weasley was able to speak Parseltongue while she was possessed by Tom Riddle's Diary, which enabled her to open the Chamber of Secrets.

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Who understands Parseltongue?

In the books, the only people who can speak / understand Parseltongue (other than Harry, because he's a Horcrux of Tom Riddle) are the Gaunts.

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How Ron Spoke Parseltongue in the Deathly Hallows - Harry Potter Theory

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Can Ron Weasley speak Parseltongue?

Ron spoke Parseltongue in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to open the Chamber of Secrets.

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How did Ginny know Parseltongue?

Ginny Weasley was able to speak Parseltongue while she was possessed by Tom Riddle's Diary, which enabled her to open the Chamber of Secrets.

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Does Harry Potter lose the ability to speak Parseltongue?

According to Harry Potter series author J.K. Rowling in a 2007 live chat with Bloomsbury.com, Harry lost his ability to speak parseltongue after the piece of Voldermort's soul that resided within him died.

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Do the Malfoys speak Parseltongue?

No. Parselmouth was never in Malfoy gen or in his family line. No record of that either.

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Can Harry speak Parseltongue because he is a Horcrux?

Harry Potter (formerly) – Harry is able to speak Parseltongue due to Voldemort's Horcrux dwelling inside him. After this Horcrux is destroyed, he's unable to speak or understand this language.

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Who is the strongest wizard in Harry Potter?

He also divided his soul into seven Horcruxes to make himself immortal. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort ever feared and the only one who could have defeated him in a duel. Albus Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard in the Harry Potter.

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Who is the heir of Gryffindor?

Harry is the Heir of Gryffindor (though his powers have been bound by his father when he was a baby), Neville is the Heir of Hufflepuff, Meghan (OFC, daughter of Sirius) is the Heir of Ravenclaw. Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Remus/Tonks. Sixth year. After a rare magical illness Harry becomes outstandingly powerful.

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How did Tom Riddle become Voldemort?

After graduating from Hogwarts in 1945, Tom Riddle goes down a dark path and becomes Lord Voldemort after he vanishes for a little while. When he comes back, he decides that his name should be Lord Voldemort.

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Is Harry Potter a pure Blood?

Harry James Potter holds half-blood status in Rowling's imagined wizarding world because his mother is Muggle-born and his father is pure-blood. There are three main blood statuses; pure-blood, half-blood, and Muggle-born, which are all methods of determining a witch or wizard's magical lineage.

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Is Salazar Slytherin evil?

Type of Villain

Salazar Slytherin is the posthumous overarching antagonist of the Harry Potter franchise. He is one of the four founders of Hogwarts who founded the House of Slytherin and the ancestor of Lord Voldemort.

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Does Hermione speak Parseltongue?

Her fortuitous babbling led to her meeting the Great Basilisk of the Chamber of Secrets. Upon introducing the Basilisk to her friends, she inadvertently revealed she was a Parselmouth, a fact she had previous neglected to mention to them.

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Why does the snitch say I open at the close?

When Dumbledore died, Harry was left the Snitch in his will. It turned out that Snitches have a flesh memory and remember the touch of the first person to handle them. In this case, that was Harry. When he put it to his lips it revealed the message 'I open at the close'.

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Can muggles speak Parseltongue?

The ability to speak Parseltongue is usually inborn; a wizard is born being able to speak Parseltongue, and those who are not born with the ability cannot normally learn the language (although, according to the author, Dumbledore may have learned to understand it, and in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ron learnt ...

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Did Dumbledore know Harry was a Parseltongue?

No explanation is given in any of the novels. However, when J. K. Rowling was asked the same question at an interview, she said Dumbledore had studied Parseltongue and could therefore recognize and understand it. That shouldn't be compared to Harry or Voldemort's Parseltongue abilities, though.

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Who is the true heir of Slytherin?

In the Chamber itself, we see a large statue of a wizard, which Harry presumes is Salazar Slytherin. We also meet Tom Riddle, who is, as it turns out, the heir of Slytherin. Present only in spirit, he has all the same been controlling Ginny, and having her act as Slytherin's heir.

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Did Harry lose his scar?

The lightning bolt scar that was so vibrant in the first films has almost completely disappeared. The scar is no longer dark, and instead has faded almost to his usual skintone. Scars do fade with time, but J.K Rowling wrote in the book that: "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well."

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Is Hermione the heir of Slytherin?

Her real parents were Daneel and Dean Novak, Pureblooded wizards. Turns out Daneel was Tom Riddles younger sister, Daneel Riddle. Of course, the Riddles were related to Salzar Slytherin himself, and this made Hermione the living heir of Slytherin. The problem with being a female Slytherin heir, is that they're cursed.

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Why didn t Draco tell Bellatrix it was Harry?

Draco's refusal to reveal Harry's identity to Bellatrix was not because he liked him. It was because he believed that Harry was the only chance they had at defeating Voldemort. At first, Draco admired and revered Voldemort until he threatened his family's safety.

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How did Harry know to use Parseltongue to open the locket?

Harry tells Ron that as the retriever of the sword, Ron must be the one to use it to destroy the locket Horcrux. Harry has a sudden flash of insight that the way to open the locket must be to tell it to open in Parseltongue, the language of snakes, which Harry knows how to speak.

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How did Voldemort possess Ginny?

Lord Voldemort lived inside those pages, and Ginny was eventually possessed as the Dark wizard began to absorb her strength, control her into opening the Chamber of Secrets, and nearly killed her. The event, though undeniably traumatic, was a pivotal point in Ginny's life.

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