Did Nagini used to be a person?

It's later revealed that Nagini was never an ordinary magical snake from start, as she was once in fact, a human (possibly a Witch) who became a snake as she is now as result of a blood curse and trapped in that form for the rest of her life.
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Was Nagini a person before a snake?

Nagini, it turns out, was actually a Maledictus—a witch with a blood curse that turns her permanently into a beast (in her case, a giant snake). In the film, the witch is played by Claudia Kim.
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How did Voldemort get Nagini?

Nagini was Lord Voldemort's final Horcrux

In an interview, J.K. Rowling revealed that it was the murder of Bertha Jorkins that made Nagini a Horcrux. After Voldemort discovered his Horcruxes were in danger, Nagini was magically protected, described as being encased in a 'starry, translucent sphere'.
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Did Nagini used to be a woman?

Nagini was originally a female human Maledictus, with the ability to transform into a snake. By 1927, she was a featured attraction in a wizarding circus owned by Skender (who claimed to have found her in the 'jungles of Indonesia').
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Did Voldemort know Nagini was a person?

Voldemort has no wish to know anything about anyone outside of himself. It simply wasn't important to him as it didn't give him any power or knowledge. However, it may have helped him use her as a Horcrux possibly because Nagini being formerly human may have helped her be strong enough to become a Horcrux.
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Why is Nagini loyal to Voldemort?

Nagini is loyal to Voldemort because he can speak with snakes. As a Maledictus, there probably isn't much time after the events in The Crimes of Grindelwald before Nagini falls to her blood curse, becoming a snake forever.
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Who did Voldemort feed to Nagini?

Nagini, Voldemort's snake, then eats Professor Burbage's dead body. A story about her "resignation" from Hogwarts appears in the Prophet, but members of the Order of the Phoenix discount it, as they are unable to locate her anywhere after that. Burbage is later replaced as Muggle Studies teacher by Alecto Carrow.
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Why can t Nagini turn back into a human?

Rowling previously revealed that Nagini is a Maledictus, which means she carries a blood curse that will doom her to transform permanently into a beast.
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What does Nagini say to Harry?

When Harry and Hermione are on the first floor of Bathilda's house, Nagini (inside the corpse of Bathilda) tells Harry to "Come!" from the next room in Parseltongue.
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Why was Credence dying?

Credence became able to use both his innate magical powers and his abilities as an Obscurial, making him a powerful force. By the 1930s, however, Credence's nature as an Obscurial was slowly poisoning him to death which Dumbledore recognised from his experiences with Ariana, Credence's aunt.
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Is the snake that Harry set free Nagini?

The escaped boa constrictor in Philosopher's Stone wasn't Nagini. It was never Nagini.
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Why is Tina not in Fantastic Beasts 3?

After playing a major lead role in the first two Fantastic Beasts films, Waterston barely appears in the third, with her absence explained as a consequence of her new role leading the American Aurors' office.
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Is Nagini an Animagus?

On Twitter the she explained that Nagini is a human and a Maledictus, not an Animagus like Sirius Black. Her condition is a blood curse that only affects women, and one that Nagini has no control over.
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What condition did Nagini have?

But now we know Nagini was no simple supervillainous pet, but a human woman cursed with the “Maledictus” blood curse, which, according to Rowling, is a female-only inherited condition which grants the affected individual the ability to transform into an animal at will, until one day, the transformation becomes ...
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How did Voldemort have a daughter?

Yep, that happened: Bellatrix and Voldemort had sex sometime around Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince, and their wild night in bed led to a child named Delphi Diggory/Riddle/Lestrange. According to Delphi herself, she was born sometime before the Battle of Hogwarts.
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Is Nagini the basilisk?

No, Nagini is not a Basilisk. While Nagini, like the Basilisk, is a snake and responds to Parseltongue, she is not a Basilisk. While Nagini resembles a python in the movies and the books, in the Harry Potter prequel series, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, it is shown that Nagini is a woman with a blood curse.
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Can Nagini speak Parseltongue?

Harry and Bathilda Bagshot's body inhabited by Nagini speak Parseltongue. When Harry Potter and Hermione Granger went to Godric's Hollow in 1997, Nagini (inside the corpse of Bathilda Bagshot) tells Harry to "Come!" from the next room in Parseltongue.
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Is Harry Potter still a Parselmouth?

Harry can no longer speak it

Once the part of Voldemort's soul that dwelled inside Harry was destroyed, however, Harry discovered he was no longer a Parselmouth; an added bonus of Voldemort's demise.
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What spell did Ron use against Nagini?

This means that the killing curse (if I'm correct) has the power to destroy horcruxes. But when Ron and Hermione are about to die by Nagini, Ron casts the killing curse as a last resort and it simply rebounds off Nagini as it was nothing.
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Where was Nagini secrets of Dumbledore?

Nagini's Future After The Fantastic Beasts Movies

From that point on, she goes to the forests of Albania, presumably to live out the rest of her life as a gargantuan creature, perpetually bound in her scaly form. While in Albania, she's confronted by Voldemort and becomes his most loyal servant.
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What happens to Buckbeak after Sirius dies?

With the death of Sirius, Buckbeak now has to move, and so he returns to Hagrid's care. Renamed Witherwings, so as to avoid the wrath of the Ministry, Buckbeak now lives in Hagrid's cottage.
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Why was Tina missing from Secrets of Dumbledore?

How Tina's absence in 'The Secrets of Dumbledore' is explained: She got a fancy job promotion. In the first "Fantastic Beasts" film, Tina was an ex-Auror who wanted to be one again. Warner Bros.
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Who killed Mad Eye Moody?

Mundungus, becoming aware that he had been targeted by Voldemort, Disapparated from the back of Moody's broom. The killing curse that had been aimed at Mundungus instead hit Moody.
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Is Bill Weasley a werewolf?

Bill is viciously mauled by the werewolf, Fenrir Greyback. Fortunately, as Fenrir was not transformed at the time, Bill did not become a werewolf, though Madam Pomfrey is unable to completely heal his face, and he remains permanently scarred.
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What is Leta lestrange to Bellatrix?

Born as Bellatrix Black, Bellatrix married into the Lestrange family, meaning she and Leta aren't related by blood. That makes Leta related to Bellatrix's husband, Rodolphus Lestrange, although that connection is no easier to find.
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