How did Dumbledore get Marvolo Gaunt's ring?

Dumbledore travelled to Little Hangleton and found the remains of the shack, hidden amongst many weeds and brush. Dumbledore succeeded in passing through the enchantments protecting the shack and discovered the golden box holding the ring beneath the shack's floorboards.
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When did Dumbledore get Marvolo Gaunt's ring?

Activation. In the Summer of 1996, when Dumbledore found the ring under the rotting floorboards of the Gaunt shack, he saw it immediately as the Hallow that he had desired for so many years, the Resurrection Stone.
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How did Tom Riddle get Marvolo Gaunt's ring?

The signet ring passed through the male Gaunts, generation to generation, until it was stolen from Morfin Gaunt by Tom Riddle while Tom framed Morfin for the murders of the Riddle family. While at Hogwarts, Tom openly wore the ring. He later made the ring into his second Horcrux.
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How did Dumbledore destroy Marvolo Gaunt's ring?

July 1996: Albus Dumbledore destroys Marvolo Gaunt's ring with Godric Gryffindor's sword in his headmaster's office at Hogwarts.
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How did Dumbledore get the Resurrection Stone?

Dumbledore traveled to the shack belonging to the Gaunt family in Little Hangleton in the summer before Harry's 6th year, where he found the Resurrection Stone encased inside a ring under the floorboards of the shack.
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What Was The Curse On Dumbledore's Hand? + The Horcrux Ring Explained



How did Harry survive Avada Kedavra in the forest?

Voldemort intentionally made six Horcruxes, but when he used Avada Kedavra on Harry, he unintentionally created a seventh Horcrux. Instead of dying, Lily's love for Harry created a counter 'curse' known as Sacrificial Protection and saved Harry.
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Why was Dumbledore's hand turning black?

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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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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Did Voldemort know the ring was the Resurrection Stone?

"And Voldemort never knew about the Hallows?" "I do not think so, because he did not recognize the Resurrection Stone he turned into a Horcrux. But even if he had known about them, Harry. I doubt that he would have been interested in any except the first.
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Why does basilisk venom destroy Horcruxes?

Basilisk venom is a method for destroying Horcruxes because once it takes effect, it renders the object irreparable, and the only chance for possibly repairing it is immediately putting phoenix tears on it.
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Is Marvolo Gaunt ring the Resurrection Stone?

Marvolo Gaunt's ring already had a curious history before becoming a Horcrux. At its core was the Resurrection Stone – the Deathly Hallow once owned by Cadmus Peverell. The ring was hidden in the remains of the Gaunt family shack, and the defensive spells placed around it had to be overcome by a very powerful wizard.
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How did Dumbledore know that Harry was a Horcrux?

Background information. During the 1996–1997 school year, Dumbledore began to share his findings regarding Voldemort's Horcruxes with Harry Potter. Using the Pensieve, he showed Harry a series of memories about the boy who was Tom Riddle and the man who was Voldemort.
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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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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 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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Why is Dumbledore so powerful?

In the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them we get a glimpse of Grindelwald, and it is obvious that while Dumbledore's outlook changed, Grindelwald's obsession with 'the greater good' only intensified. That change in outlook makes Dumbledore even more powerful, at least when it comes to Voldemort.
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How did Dumbledore get the red?

After using Godric Gryffindor's Sword to destroy the Horcrux within the ring, Dumbledore sealed the Stone within the very first Golden Snitch Harry Potter had ever caught and made arrangements to have Harry inherit the Stone in his will.
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How did Dumbledore know where the locket was?

Dumbledore identified the seaside cave from Tom Riddle's childhood as a likely hiding place, and journeyed there with Harry Potter to find the Horcrux within. After making their way past the cave's numerous defences, Dumbledore and Harry obtained the locket and escaped the Inferi.
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Who owned the Resurrection Stone?

Deathly Hallow information

The Resurrection Stone was one of the three Deathly Hallows, originally in the possession of Cadmus Peverell. In layman's terms, it gave its owner the power to bring back a form of the dead.
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What is the only antidote to Basilisk venom?

its tears heal, indeed phoenix tears are the only known antidote to basilisk venom.
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Can Voldemort look at the Basilisk?

Conclusion; neither Tom Riddle, Harry Potter, or any other person who can talk Parseltongue is immune to the stare of a Basilisk.
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Is Nagini a Basilisk?

Nagini is one of many snakes featured in the series

After all, the great Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets was a huge snake, bred with Salazar Slytherin's intent to murder Muggle-borns. The Dark Mark, Lord Voldemort's 'sign', was a skull with a snake tongue.
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Did Harry ever use Avada Kedavra?

In the final battle, Harry used his signature spell with defiance. This time he was more experienced but in some ways he was still guessing, with his assumptions about the Elder Wand. Still, when he shouted, 'Expelliarmus! ' as Voldemort screamed, 'Avada Kedavra!
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Why did Dumbledore wear the cursed ring?

Therefore, Dumbledore may have specifically worn the ring—which would indicate his success in tracking down Voldemort's past—both to help encourage Slughorn to return to Hogwarts, and to help persuade him to turn over the correct version of the memory of Slughorn talking to Riddle about Horcruxes.
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What was Dumbledore drinking?

It is emerald green in the books. Also, in the book version, Dumbledore conjured a crystal cup out of thin air to drink the potion, while in the movie version, there was a seashell-shaped cup placed on top of the basin (originally a crystal cup in the script).
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