The Seven Horcruxes of Voldemort
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, after destroying the locket Ron mentions that there are three more to go. But there were seven horcruxes. One of them, the book, was destroyed earlier in the chamber of secrets and one is this locket Ron destroyed. If there were three more to go, then what were the other two that were destroyed earlier? What Dumbeldore destroyed was fake, right?
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Voldemort set out to split his soul in 7. And the last piece of soul remains within him, so in essence, there are 6 Horcruxes to be destroyed. From The Half-Blood Prince:
Riddle: Can you only split the soul once? For instance, isn't seven...
Slughorn: Seven?!
[The book explains this desire further: Seven is a magically powerful number.]
Of these Horcruxes, 2 were eliminated before Deathly Hallows:
- Harry destroyed the piece of soul in Riddle's diary in Chamber of Secrets;
- Dumbledore destroyed the piece of soul in Gaunt's ring in Half-Blood Prince.
This means that after Ron eliminated the locket Horcrux, only 3 were indeed left.
However... [Spoilers for the last movie below!]
What they and Voldemort don't know, and what Dumbledore (and later Snape) knew, is that Voldemort did create 7 Horcruxes: He created another Horcrux by mistake when he killed Harry's parents. A piece of soul was separated from his body and latched onto Harry, making Harry the last Horcrux.
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- Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem. ...
- Helga Hufflepuff's cup. ...
- Salazar Slytherin's locket. ...
- Tom Riddle's diary. ...
- Harry Potter. ...
- Marvolo Gaunt's ring. ...
- Nagini.
Are there 7 or 8 Horcruxes?
Yeah. There were 8 horcruxes. 7 were made by Voldemort intentionally ( Nagini, goblet, diary, locket, ring, diadem and the part of his soul in Voldemort himself) and 1 was made accidentally which was Harry.What is the 8th Horcrux in Harry Potter?
The ring, the diadem, the cup, nagini, the diary and the locket. Now when he attempted to kill Harry his soul was already fragile so the soul split up once more. It wasn't his intention. This then made Harry his 7th sort-of-horxrux and therefore the 8th bit of soul rested in him.Why did Voldemort choose 7 Horcruxes?
Believing that the number seven is the most powerful number when it comes to magic, Voldemort intended to split his soul into seven pieces, with six Horcruxes housing one fragment each and his body containing the seventh.What are the 8 Horcruxes and who destroyed them?
4 Answers- Tom Riddle's diary. ...
- Marvolo Gaunt's Ring. ...
- Salazar Slytherin's Locket. ...
- Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. ...
- Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem. ...
- Harry Potter (unknown to Voldemort until after he had "destroyed" him) -> Destroyed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
- Nagini the Snake.
All 7 Horcruxes Getting Destroyed
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