Is Nagini immortal?

Voldemort possesses Nagini because she's immortal.
If he had possessed a Maledictus, a person of magical descent cursed to permanently become a beast, he would have more power. This would explain how Nagini came to be the perfect horcrux.
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Can Nagini die?

Later in the same book, Nagini is killed by Neville Longbottom during the Battle of Hogwarts. Neville did this since Harry ordered him to kill Nagini because she was the last Horcrux remaining. Nagini is also shown to be responsible for the death of Severus Snape, after Voldemort ordered her to kill him.
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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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Is Nagini immortal in Harry Potter?

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 Nagini become a permanent 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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Why Nagini Became Voldemort's Greatest Servant - Fantastic Beasts Theory



What is Nagini's blood curse?

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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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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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 Nagini a 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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Is Nagini in Fantastic Beasts the same as Voldemort's snake?

Because Nagini also happens to be the name of another iconic “Harry Potter” character — Lord Voldemort's magical, extremely murderous pet snake. Well, just in case there was any doubt, “Harry Potter” creator JK Rowling confirmed the two characters are one and the same.
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Why didn t Nagini join Grindelwald?

Why was Nagini not in the movie? Nagini didn't appear in Fantastic Beasts 3 - most likely because of Claudia Kim's pregnancy amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, but this also makes sense in-universe, as she couldn't have come close to Grindelwald without putting herself in grave danger.
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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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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 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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Why didn't Harry die from Avada Kedavra?

However, when Voldemort cast the Avada Kedavra spell, it only hit the horcrux because Voldemort was connected to it. Harry was left unscathed. When Voldemort cast the Avada Kedavra he hit the horcrux within Harry and killed a part of his soul and that was the reason why Harry was left undamaged and didn't die.
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What breed of snake is Nagini?

Nagini has been described as multiple real-life snakes, including a Reticulated Python, a Dumeril's Ground Boa, and a Burmese Python. Although she shares traits with all three, none of these animals are inherently venomous. As mentioned earlier, Nagini's venom is an iconic facet of her character.
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What is Nagini black?

By Manjeet Sehgal: Consuming opium and poppy husk is not considered bad in Punjab. It is called 'kali nagini ' (black female serpent) in the state and people from all walks of life consume it. Interestingly, Punjab's politicians are now demanding that the cultivation of opium be legalised in the state.
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What is the opposite of Animagus?

Animagi have complete control over the process and can change without the use of their wands. They also still have the same mental capabilities as their human selves and can communicate with other animals. On the other hand, a Maledictus is able to morph into an animal as a result of a blood curse.
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How did Nagini become Bathilda?

The more reliable yet gruesome explanation is that Voldemort killed Bathilda, reanimated her corpse through magic and then hid the snake inside. But the snake is quite big, so some other kind of magic would've had to be used for her to be hidden inside the body.
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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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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 did Voldemort chose Nagini?

The Snake, Nagini

She was a snake that seemed deeply bonded with Voldemort that Voldemort could communicate with thanks to his Parselmouth abilities.
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Who kills Nagini in the book?

In the book, Neville kills Nagini, plain and simple. Neville is the unsung hero and he's the only one who ever attempts to kill Nagini because Harry tells him to.
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How did Voldemort attach himself to Quirrell?

While Quirrell did not lose his soul, he became completely subjugated by Voldemort, who caused a frightful mutation of Quirrell's body: now Voldemort looked out of the back of Quirrell's head and directed his movements, even forcing him to attempt murder.
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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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