How does Dumbledore get the 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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Why did Dumbledore put the ring on?

He put the ring on because what he wanted was not to use the Stone, but to own and control it, as one of the object that could make him the Master of Death.
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Where does Dumbledore find the ring Horcrux?

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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Why does Dumbledore have a cursed ring?

The curse on the ring refers to a deadly curse placed by Voldemort on Marvolo Gaunt's ring to protect the Horcrux within. The curse was lethal and would have killed Dumbledore almost immediately after he put the ring on if Snape hadn't performed a counter-curse to slow it's spread.
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How did Dumbledore get the stone?

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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What Was The Curse On Dumbledore's Hand? + The Horcrux Ring Explained



How 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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Why does Dumbledore's hand turn 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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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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Is the One Ring a Horcrux?

6 The Ring Is Basically A Horcrux

As Gandalf tells Frodo before he sets out on his quest from Bag End, “[Sauron] made that Ring himself, it is his, and he let a great part of his own former power pass into it.”
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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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How did Tom Riddle get Gaunts 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 Voldemort's ring?

He stabs it with the help of a Basilisk fang during the events of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, not knowing that he was killing a part of Voldemort's soul in the process.
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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 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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How did James get the invisibility cloak?

how did james get the invisibility cloak | Fandom. His dad gave it to him. To elaborate on Icecreamdif's answer, he inherited it as a family heirloom dating back to Hardwin Potter, who married Iolanthe Peverell, granddaughter of the Cloak's original owner Ignotus.
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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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Why didnt the Ring affect Bilbo?

Hobbits are simple creatures and do not wish for much, so there is nothing for the Ring to use against a hobbit. Frodo is the hobbit that is corrupted the most next to Gollum and Bilbo, which is why he is unable to throw the Ring into the fire.
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Why did the Ring not bounce when Bilbo dropped it?

In an iconic scene in The Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo drops the One Ring to the ground before leaving The Shire behind. To show the weight of the ring (both physically and metaphorically), a section of the floor of Bag End was magnetized so that it dropped to the floor and did not bounce.
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Why does the One Ring turn you invisible?

In the spiritual world, beings are invisible to those in the physical world. This is why Isildur, Bilbo, and Frodo become invisible when they wear the Ring—because they are no longer in the physical world. As Olsen said, Sauron does not have a real body, so he is not affected in the same way.
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Did Snape know Harry was under the Invisibility Cloak?

Snape finds Harry's invisibility cloak near the end of Prisoner when he learns it's Harry's. @leftaroundabout: true.
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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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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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Why does Dumbledore drink the water?

Dumbledore was incredibly thirsty due to the potion and asked for water. Due to the protective enchantments, Harry found that the only way to quench Dumbledore's thirst was to obtain water from the lake, this causing the masses of inferi to rise and attack them.
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Who destroyed Marvolo Gaunt's ring?

The memory curse leaves her badly damaged, so Voldemort kills her, sending a piece of his soul into his snake, Nagini, and creating his seventh and final Horcrux. 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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Why are snapes and Lily's Patronus the same?

What is this? Snape was most likely aware that Lily's Patronus was in fact a doe. Snape loved Lily Potter with all his heart for all his life. These deep, unchanging, and all-consuming feelings caused Severus Snape's Patronus to take on the exact same form as Lily Potter's Patronus.
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