How did Nagini become Voldemort's pet?

Voldemort possesses Nagini because she's immortal.
The Dark Lord mentions to his Death Eaters in Goblet of Fire that he only had one power left when hiding in the forests of Albania, that of possessing others, especially snakes, which he disliked because they didn't have magical powers.
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How did Voldemort befriend Nagini?

Lord Voldemort and Nagini had a special relationship

As a Parselmouth, (i.e. able to talk to snakes) Voldemort could communicate with her, and the pair often sent each other messages, even suggesting a telepathic connection at times.
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How did Nagini permanently become 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).
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Is Nagini from Fantastic Beasts Voldemort's snake?

J.K. Rowling recently gave more insight into one of the most controversial characters in the Wizarding World: Nagini, who was known only as Voldemort's snake in "Harry Potter," but appears as a woman in the prequel series, "Fantastic Beasts."
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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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Is Nagini related to 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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Did Voldemort care for Nagini?

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Voldemort had a special relationship with Nagini, as she was his pet and one of his Horcruxes. According to Dumbledore, Voldemort had strong feelings for Nagini that he had not for anyone else; she was the one living thing that he had ever cared about.
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Is the snake Harry let out Nagini?

The escaped boa constrictor in Philosopher's Stone wasn't Nagini. It was never Nagini. That's an incorrect but very persistent fan theory!
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Is Leta Lestrange related to Bellatrix Lestrange?

Funnily enough, the most famous Lestrange is one only by marriage, and despite really adorable Instagram photos that make us wish it so, there is no blood relation between Leta and Bellatrix whatsoever. At most, Leta and Rodolphus Lestrange (Bellatrix's husband) are very distant cousins.
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Who gets eaten by Nagini in Deathly Hallows?

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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.
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Why is Credence dying?

Tragically, even though Credence was saved from Grindelwald's Avada Kedavra, he is dying because of his Obscurus (having survived so long only because of the powerful magic within him).
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How could Nagini see Harry and Hermione?

Because some snakes can sense heat and movement in a way humans cannot, Nagini was able to detect Harry and Hermione even when they were under the Cloak of Invisibility. Harry fought with Nagini, and the serpent bit him before coiling herself around Harry to hold him in place for Voldemort.
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Is Credence related to Snape?

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore confirmed that Credence Barebone/Aurelius Dumbledore (Ezra Miller) is the new Snape (Alan Rickman) through a very familiar line delivered by Aberforth Dumbledore (Richard Coyle). Fantastic Beasts 3 finally shed light on the Credence being Aurelius Dumbledore plot twist.
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Is Credence related to Dumbledore?

It turns out that Credence isn't Albus' brother — he's his nephew. "The Secrets of Dumbledore" circumvents the timeline issues by revealing that Credence — or rather, Aurelius — isn't Albus' brother. He's Aberforth's son, which makes him Albus' nephew.
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Who was the baby Leta Lestrange swapped?

So the short version: Leta Lestrange swapped her baby brother Corvus for a baby supposedly named Aurelius Dumbledore, who was later by some means separated from the Lestrange family and ended up becoming Credence Barebone.
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Where did Voldemort get Nagini?

Fans have widely believed up until now that Lord Voldemort first came across Nagini during his exile in Albania after his fall in 1981. Rowling described Voldemort than as a ghostly creature who survived in the forest by communicating with animals — especially snakes.
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Why is Hagrid not allowed to do magic?

Weaknesses. After Hagrid was accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets, he was expelled and forbidden to do magic. His wand was also confiscated and snapped in half (the pieces were later reassembled and hidden in a pink umbrella, which never seems to be far from Hagrid).
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Does Dumbledore know Nagini?

Dumbledore does not use any language to make one think that Nagini is anything more than a snake. But this could be despite his knowledge of Nagini's past because he has to factor his grand plans into everything he tells (or doesn't tell) Harry.
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Why is Nagini so 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 was eaten by 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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Did Voldemort love anybody?

We know that Voldemort was incapable of love. He did not love anyone, and did not care to be loved. He felt nothing for his family, and only wanted his friends in school to rally around him because he wanted to hold power over them.
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Was 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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When was Bellatrix pregnant?

Obvious spoiler warning! 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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Why is Tina not in Fantastic Beasts 3?

Why did they get rid of Tina in Fantastic Beasts? The production schedule for the third movie was affected by the ongoing global pandemic, so it could be that whatever was planned for Tina in the third movie wasn't possible in the end if Waterston had other commitments.
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How is Tom Riddle related to Credence?

On such theory had to do with the mysterious character of Credence. Specifically, the theory proposed that Credence is Voldemort's father, Tom Riddle, Sr.
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