How did Voldemort milk Nagini?

1994. In 1994, Death Eater Peter Pettigrew milked the venom from Nagini's fangs and used it, along with unicorn blood, to concoct a dark potion, which allowed Lord Voldemort's shattered soul to regain a rudimentary, but physical form.
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What does Voldemort mean by milk Nagini?

Snakes are "milked" by expressing the teeth against a rubberised (or flat) surface and then massaging the venom glands in order to collect the snake's venom. In the real world, this would then be used to produce anti-venom. In the wizarding world, Voldemort uses Nagini's venom to create his rudimentary body potion.
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How does Voldemort get Nagini?

This could have something to do with his propensity to speak Parseltongue. During this time, Voldemort killed a witch called Bertha Jorkins, and J. K. Rowling confirmed it was through her murder that he turned Nagini into a Horcrux.
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Who did Voldemort feed to Nagini?

Burbage (far left) during the Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor. Burbage, noticing Snape was one of them, begged him to save her. He couldn't do anything except sit and watch as his master, Voldemort, killed her and fed her body to his snake, Nagini.
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How can you milk Nagini?

In order for Pettigrew to milk Nagini's venom, Voldemort commanded her to let him do so. Peter Pettigrew and Lord Voldemort are the only known people who ever touched the snake. In the films, Nagini is alternately portrayed as a Dumeril's boa or a Reticulated Python.
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Why did wormtail need to milk Nagini?

Nagini seemed integral to Lord Voldemort's survival before he could be restored to his body, and we learnt, quite grotesquely, that Voldemort even tasked Wormtail to 'milk' Nagini so he could live off her venom to keep his strength up. BFFs forever.
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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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Why did Nagini turn evil?

Nonetheless, despite her initially benevolent nature, Nagini's blood curse eventually turned her into a snake permanetly. Though it is unknown if she became evil as a result of that, or was turned evil as a result of Voldemort turning her into a Horcrux. As a snake, Nagini was completely loyal to Lord Voldemort.
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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. In reaction, Hermione jumps and clutches Harry's arm, and the two of them obey the command.
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How did Harry know 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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Why did Voldemort make Nagini a Horcrux?

He was able to communicate with Nagini as a Parselmouth, and he turned her into a Horcrux in 1994, after he murdered Bertha Jorkins, which accounted for the unusual amount of control that he had over her.
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Is the snake Harry set free Nagini?

Snake Harry set free and Horcrux victim

"There was a rumour that Nagini was the snake Harry released from the zoo in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This was proven false, as Nagini is some type of viper while the snake in the zoo was a boa constrictor.
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How did Nagini see Harry and Hermione?

As others mention, snakes have excellent senses of smell, so Nagini might have used that to detect Harry and Hermione. Snakes also feel vibrations that would give away their movements. Of course, it's possible that some magical ability (horcrux detecting another horcrux, enchantment to counter invisibility, etc.)
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How did Ron know Parseltongue?

It could be that there's a magical component to his understanding - he duplicated the innate magical ability of Parselmouths, and he uses that to translate. It's also possible that he learned how to interpret the language's phonemes.
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Why was Nagini in Godric's Hollow?

He left Nagini in her cottage as a trap, reasoning that Harry Potter may visit Godric's Hollow to see his parents' grave and their destroyed home, since he was no longer at Hogwarts and had never before had the opportunity to visit Godric's Hollow.
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Did Voldemort know Nagini was human?

Though it may later be revealed that the Dark Lord did indeed know that Nagini was a Maledictus, there's currently no indication that he (or anyone else) ever thought that she was anything other than a snake who was made into one of the Dark Lord's Horcruxes.
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Is Mrs Norris a Maledictus?

Norris being a Maledictus is her relationship with Hogwarts staff member and caretaker Argus Filch. The two are introduced together in both the Harry Potter movies and books.
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What spell does Harry use on Nagini?

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry uses the Blasting Curse against Nagini in an attempt to kill her and possibly to provoke Voldemort to chase Harry, so the snake would stay behind unprotected.
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Who was Nagini before she was 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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Is Nagini a animagus?

Nagini is a Maledictus, not an Animagus, as some have been saying. So, what is a Maledictus? Here's everything you need to know about Nagini's shocking origin. First things first, let's go over everything we know about the human Nagini in the Fantastic Beasts movies.
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What was Leta's Boggart?

Newt's Boggart was simply a boring office job, while Leta's was something much more sinister and haunting. During one lesson, her boggart transformed into the sinister image, a swaddled infant sinking into deep water. This infant was her half-brother Corvus Lestrange.
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Is Nagini from Grindelwald Voldemort's snake?

Nagini is revealed as one of Voldemort's horcruxes in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Warner Bros. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, a Naga or Nāga is "a member of a class of mythical semidivine beings, half human and half cobra" in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
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How did Voldemort live on Quirrell's head?

Near the end of his life, his reason for wearing the turban became clear. Quirrell had joined with Voldemort and agreed to allow Voldemort's fledgling body to latch on to the back of his head. It was only able to grow into a face, and used Quirrell for transportation and sustenance.
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Where was Nagini in Secrets of Dumbledore?

But "The Secrets of Dumbledore" completely drops Nagini as a character. It's still unclear where she went, what happened to her following the Paris rally in the second film, and what her fate is prior to eventually becoming Voldemort's most trusted companion.
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What was the room in Bathilda Bagshot's house?

Right after Nagini begins attacking Harry, she strikes at him, knocking him through the wall and into another room. The weird thing is, the room appears to be a child's nursery, complete with a crib, and strangest of all, an electric light hanging from the ceiling.
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