Did Dumbledore know the ring was a Horcrux?

During their meeting, it was said that Dumbledore specifically displayed the ring to Slughorn, who stared at it for several seconds. This implies that he recognised the ring as having belonged to Tom Riddle.
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Did Dumbledore know Harry was a Horcrux when he touched the ring?

He does not find out when he realizes Harry's scar first starts hurting him. Dumbledore and Harry do not really talk about the pain Harry experiences in his scar until the later books, but it's sort of generally accepted that Dumbledore knows about it.
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How did Dumbledore know where the ring was?

He found it in the ruins of the Gaunt family shack, where Voldemort had hidden it after turning it into a horcrux. Also the curse didn't come from putting the ring on, it came from trying to destroy it with Gryffindor's sword.
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Why did Dumbledore put on Marvolo Gaunt's ring?

The temptation of being able to use the Stone was too much for Dumbledore to resist. He put on the ring because he thought the stone would give him a chance to see his dead mother and sister again (DH33,DH35).
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Did Dumbledore know what a Horcrux was?

In 'the half blood Prince' Dumbledore tasks Harry to find out Slughorns secret. When they do, Dumbledore seems shocked to learn Voldemort made horcruxes. But in 'Deathly Hallows' we see in Snapes memory that Dumbledore knew all along that Harry was a horcrux.
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Did Dumbledore know Sirius was innocent?

They could have learned it at Hogwarts. Dumbledore did know that Sirius was innocent, because he is the one who set up the fidelius charm and the Potters almost chose Sirius, but Sirius thought it would be obvious, so he suggested pettigrew to be the secret keeper.
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What did Harry see when he touched the ring?

Additionally, when Harry touches the ring, there is a flash of images as the ring reacts to him, which Dumbledore explains as an identifiable trace of lingering Dark magic.
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Why did Dumbledore ignore Harry in Order of the Phoenix?

He has grown afraid of Harry's connection to Voldemort. Perhaps Voldemort, knowing Dumbledore's love for Harry, would possess Harry and provoke Dumbledore to kill him. So, Dumbledore attempted to avoid Harry throughout Book 5 for Harry's own good.
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Did Dumbledore have all 3 Deathly Hallows?

Dumbledore, at one point, possessed all three Deathly Hallows. From Dumbledore's letters to Grindelwald in Deathly Hallows, it is obvious that the headmaster of Hogwarts was obsessed with the idea of the Hallows in his youth.
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Why didnt Dumbledore just cut off his hand?

By that logic, Dumbledore could have been cursed, but the affects of the curse were confined to his hand and would eventually spread, so cutting it off wouldn't have helped.
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Why did the Basilisk fang not destroy Harry's Horcrux?

So why wasn't the Horcrux residing in Harry's head destroyed when he was bitten by the Basilisk? The answer is simple: He didn't actually die. Fawkes quickly healed the bite wound with his phoenix tears just in time. Case closed.
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Why didnt Dumbledore tell Harry How do you destroy the Horcruxes?

Dumbledore made no plans to inform Harry of how to destroy Horcruxes. It was only sheer, dumb luck/quick thinking on Hermione's part that meant that the trio knew the theory of Horcrux-destruction. Dumbledore just left the Hogwarts library books lying around in his office and made no attempt to bequeath them to Harry.
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Why did Dumbledore put the Resurrection Stone in the snitch?

So the short answer is, Dumbledore gave Harry the stone so that he could see those most important to him for a few moments to steele himself with the courage he would need to sacrifice himself for everyone else's sake.
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Did Dumbledore know about the time turner?

Dumbledore already knew about Hermiones' Time Turner. Dumbledore loves Hagrid and we can very easily say that he was against the execution of buckbeak regardless of his feelings for Hagrid anyway.
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Did Snape know Harry was a Horcrux?

Nothing about Harry being a Horcrux, or Nagini being a Horcrux, or Voldemort having Horcruxes at all. Snape did not know and Dumbledore tried to phrase everything the way it would not specify the kind of magic.
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Did Dumbledore know Harry was in Hagrid's hut?

In Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore uses Homenum Revelio to see Harry and Ron under the Invisibility Cloak in Hagrid's hut: 'However,' said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly, so that none of them could miss a word, 'you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me.
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Did Dumbledore give Harry the Invisibility Cloak?

In the first book of the series, "Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone," headmaster Albus Dumbledore gifts Harry an invisibility cloak, which belonged to Harry's deceased father, James. The gift included a note: "Your father left this in my possession when he died. It is time it was returned to you.
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Is Professor Quirrell a Horcrux?

Quirrell is, in effect, turned into a temporary Horcrux by Voldemort. He is greatly depleted by the physical strain of fighting the far stronger, evil soul inside him.
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Is Harry Potter a descendant of Ignotus Peverell?

Voldemort & Harry Potter

Harry was related to Ignotus, who passed his Invisibility Cloak on to his son, who then had a daughter, Iolanthe Peverell, who married Hardwin Potter. The cloak was then passed down to each firstborn Potter before it was given to Henry Potter, Harry's great-grandfather.
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What was Dumbledore's biggest mistake?

Harry Potter: Dumbledore's Worst Mistakes That Changed Everything
  1. 1 Expecting Harry to do so much alone.
  2. 2 Hiring so many unsafe professors. ...
  3. 3 Not stopping Grindelwald sooner. ...
  4. 4 Not taking responsibility for his part in Ariana's death. ...
  5. 5 Not telling Harry that he himself was a Horcrux. ...
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How did Dumbledore disappears with Fawkes?

Fawkes protected Dumbledore in his duel with Lord Voldemort by swallowing a Killing Curse aimed at him, and teleported Dumbledore away from the school when the Ministry attempted to arrest him in 1996.
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What was Dumbledore's mistake?

When Dumbledore made the blood pact with Grindelwald, he was unable to act against his former partner and had to ask help from Newt Scamander for a task he could not do himself. Through this trial, Dumbledore reflects that some decisions are permanent, no matter how small or big they are.
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How did Dumbledore know where the Horcrux was?

Knowing Tom Riddle had used a sea cave to terrify his fellow orphans gave him a clue to at least start looking for appropriate sea caves. And eventually he found the right one: 'Lumos,' said Dumbledore, as he reached the boulder closest to the cliff face.
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Why is Dumbledore's hand Black in Half Blood Prince?

What caused his hand to turn black and decay? Like all the other Horcruxes Voldemort created, a protective curse was placed over the Ressurection-Stone-turned-Horcrux. Anyone who tried to take the ring would be cursed the moment it touched their finger, which is exactly what happened to Dumbledore.
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How did Harry know that Nagini was a Horcrux?

Harry did not know that he was one, and no one knew that Nagini was one. Dumbledore only revealed the truth about Harry and Nagini after Harry's "death", when they talked in the spirit realm. So at the time of the conversation, they only knew of one more Horcrux, the fifth one, the diadem.
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