Who sent the Patronus to show Harry the sword?

Yet despite the danger of his mission, and despite being hated by most of the wizarding world, Snape held on to the one thing that kept him going: the safety of Lily's son. He even sent his Patronus to guide Harry Potter to the sword of Gryffindor (a known Horcrux-killer) in a nearby lake.
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Who sent the doe Patronus to Harry?

Professor Severus Snape, as a sign of his undying affection for Lily, also had a doe for a Patronus, which persisted long after her death. In 1998, Snape cast this Patronus as a guide to lead Harry Potter to the Sword of Gryffindor hidden within a frozen lake of the Forest of Dean.
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How did Snape know where Harry was in the woods?

If you can see/feel what your Patronus sees/feels when you send it off on a mission, Snape would know the moment the Patronus found Harry and would be able to hide the sword in the lake in time for Harry to find it when he arrived, minutes later.
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How did the doe Patronus find Harry?

When Ron heard Harry and Hermione speak his name he was able to use the Deluminator to transport to where they were. It was Ron they heard at their last camp, but they left before he could find them. The Deluminator brought him to where the doe Patronus and Harry were.
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How did Snape know to give Harry the sword?

Upon discovering where Harry and his friends were camping out, Dumbledore's portrait instructed Snape to give Harry the real sword without Harry knowing that it was Snape, in case Voldemort found out through Legilimency on Harry. It also needed to be recovered "under conditions of need and valour".
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How did Snape know when Harry was under the Invisibility Cloak?

However it seems that Dumbledore eventually disclosed the cloak to Snape and possibly other teachers, as Snape knew Harry was in possession of the cloak in Prisoner of Azkaban, when Malfoy reported the apparent apparition of Harry's floating head outside the Shrieking Shack, which Snape immediately understood to be ...
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How did Bellatrix get the sword?

During the Second Wizarding War, Godric Gryffindor's Sword was secured in Bellatrix's vault on Voldemort's orders, Voldemort and Bellatrix both unaware, at the time, that it was merely a copy placed there then-Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Severus Snape).
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Who saved Harry and Sirius from the Dementors?

During the attack Harry Potter attempted to defend himself, Hermione, and Sirius with a Patronus Charm, but failed due to the sheer amount of Dementors. However, he and the others were saved by his future self, who had travelled back in time using Hermione's Time-Turner.
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Did Snape send Harry the sword?

Severus Snape and the Deathly Hallows

He even sent his Patronus to guide Harry Potter to the sword of Gryffindor (a known Horcrux-killer) in a nearby lake.
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What is Ginny's Patronus?

Coincidentally, the Patronus of Harry's future wife, Ginny, was a horse. James Potter's Patronus was the same form as his Animagus.
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What did Harry and bathilda say in parseltongue?

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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Did Snape know Harry was a Horcrux?

Nothing about Harry being a Horcrux, or Nagini being a Horcrux, or Voldemort having Horcruxes at all. Snape did not know and Dumbledore tried to phrase everything the way it would not specify the kind of magic.
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Why does Ron say only three Horcruxes left?

He had believed that there were only six Horcruxes at the time, the seventh being Voldemort himself. At that point in time, Harry and the gang had destroyed three Horcruxes: The diary of Tom Riddle. The locket.
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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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Why did Snape released his Patronus?

Snape uses his doe Patronus to show Dumbledore that he never fell out of love with Lily, his childhood best friend. Warner Bros. Snape's doe Patronus reveals his one true motivation throughout Harry's life: to protect the child of the woman he loved.
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Who sent the Silver Doe?

Snape placed the Sword in the lake then cast the Patronus to guide Harry to where the sword was. This gets revealed later in part 2 of Deathly Hallows after Snape dies and Harry is looking into his pensive. It shows that Snape's patronus was a doe just like the one woman he truly loved: Lily Potter.
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Why did Snape call Lily a Mudblood?

In the heat of the moment, Snape lost control and called Lily the forbidden word. He was embarrassed. He called her a mud-blood by accident because he was frustrated that lily did not like his closest friends.
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Who cast the Patronus in Prisoner of Azkaban?

It was Harry both times. I'm pretty sure you can clearly see Harry casting the patronus second time. Harry's patronus is a stag, Snape's one is doe. The "always" scene was Snape demonstrating his love for Lily to Dumbledore.
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What is Hermione's Patronus?

Otter (Hermione Granger)

Hermione's talent with a wand was clear from her earliest lessons – swish and flick, it's all in the wrist. Her Patronus, the otter, is a clever and dexterous animal; some have even been known to juggle small rocks.
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Did Dumbledore know about the Time-Turner?

Dumbledore already knew about Hermiones' Time Turner. Dumbledore loves Hagrid and we can very easily say that he was against the execution of buckbeak regardless of his feelings for Hagrid anyway.
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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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How did Harry cast such a powerful Patronus?

Lily Potter's magic all comes down to love and affection. Her greatest strength is her heart. This is the only way that Harry was protected from a killing curse, because of the love of his mother. As can be imagined therefore, he Patronus is incredibly powerful because it is created with all of that love and happiness.
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How did Bellatrix get pregnant?

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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What spell killed Bellatrix Lestrange?

She is mine!" Bellatrix then started taunting Mrs Weasley over her son's death, proceeding to laugh at Molly's enraged response that the Death Eater "will never touch our children again!". This provided an opening for Molly to strike Bellatrix with a curse that hit her straight in the heart, killing her.
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Why did Hermione not help Dobby?

Dobby was more gravely injured, and likely suffering from internal bleeding and severe blood loss. Hermione was not an experienced healer. She lacked the skills to do much more advanced magical healing, and likely knew that this situation exceeded anything she was capable of fixing.
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