Why couldnt Voldemort touch Harry?

When Harry's mom sacrificed herself to protect him, she created a defensive barrier for Harry with her love. Voldemort cannot touch Harry directly because of this magic. He cannot harm Harry at the Dursleys because Lily's blood (Petunia being her sister) gives him protection there.
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Why can Voldemort not touch Harry?

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

When Harry faces Voldemort-as-Quirrell, Quirrell is unable to touch him because of the enchantment that lives in Harry's blood. His mother died to save him, and it has left its mark.
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Why could Voldemort touch Harry in Goblet of Fire?

In the graveyard in the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort was able to freely touch Harry without harm once he possessed Harry's blood (which contained Lily's sacrificial protection).
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Why did Voldemort crumble when Harry touched him?

Voldemort can not comprehend love, and so it destroys him to touch Harry because Lily's love for her son runs through Harry's veins and body. kerrdekerr Harry burnt Quirrell's face when he touched it.
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Why couldn't Voldemort kill Harry at the beginning of the Deathly Hallows?

What happened when Voldemort tried to kill Harry? Voldemort was not able to kill Harry because Harry was the true master of the Elder Wand. So, therefore, Harry survived. Instead, Voldemort unknowingly made himself more vulnerable by trying to kill Harry since instead, he destroyed the Horcrux inside Harry.
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How did Harry survive Avada Kedavra in the forest?

Voldemort intentionally made six Horcruxes, but when he used Avada Kedavra on Harry, he unintentionally created a seventh Horcrux. Instead of dying, Lily's love for Harry created a counter 'curse' known as Sacrificial Protection and saved Harry.
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Why was Dumbledore happy Voldemort used Harry's blood?

In the Deathly Hallows, when Harry talks to Dumbledore in King Cross station, Dumbledore tells him that when Voldemort used Harry's blood, the protection charm that his mother has given him was transferred to Voldemort, but the effects were that they were then tethered, meaning the protection would stand as long as ...
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How come Voldemort can fly?

Brooms are magical tools just like wands, meaning extremely powerful wizards, like Voldemort, can fly without them. This also means every wizard and witch has the ability to fly without a broom, it's just that most need brooms to channel that power.
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How did Voldemort survive without a body?

We all know that little Harry Potter became the first, and so far only, wizard to ever survive a killing curse. We also know that Lord Voldemort unintentionally transformed Harry into one of his Horcruxes. Furthermore, we know that Voldemort survived that night because of the existing Horcruxes he had already created.
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How did Voldemort attach himself to Quirrell?

Hagrid had removed it from the vault earlier that day. Voldemort was able to attach himself to Quirrell when he failed to wash his hands after using a public lavatory.
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What spell did Lily use to protect Harry?

In dying, Lily set the path for Voldemort's downfall. Her sacrifice gave Harry the power of love, a protection spell sealed with the blood spilled by her death.
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What is the Voldemort fetus?

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Voldemort's soul in Limbo greatly resembles the rudimentary body that Voldemort used during the film version of Goblet of Fire.
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Can Voldemort touch Horcruxes?

In book 2 Harry meets a Tom Riddle-Horcrux manifestation. THIS IS NOT VOLDEMORT. Books 6 and 7 make it clear that horcruxes are not felt by Voldemort, he doesn't know of their status and doesn't "learn" anything they learn. In book 2, Harry tells the book Horcrux why Voldemort cannot touch him.
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How did Harry stop Voldemort as a baby?

Lily Potter sacrificed her life in order to protect her infant son, Harry from Lord Voldemort. This placed Harry under magical protection, so that when Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at Harry in turn, the spell backfired, leaving him unharmed (save for a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead) and Voldemort bodiless.
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Was Lily Potter a Muggle?

Harry Potter's mother, Lily Evans, and his best friend, Hermione Granger, were Muggle-born. Unlike children of wizarding families who receive their Hogwarts acceptance letter via an owl, a Hogwarts employee will usually hand-deliver the letter to Muggle-borns in order to meet their Muggle parents and explain.
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How did Voldemort become fetus?

Pettigrew mixed up a potion for Voldemort using unicorn blood and the venom of Nagini. With this potion, they were able to create a new body for Lord Voldemort to finally return to. However, this body was not what Voldemort needed to return to his fearful leadership form. Instead, it was that of a scaly, hairless baby.
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How did Voldemort and Bellatrix have a baby?

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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How did Voldemort get so small?

Known ingredients

Two of its main ingredients were unicorn blood and Nagini's snake venom. The drinker had to continuously drink the potion every few hours in order to maintain the little health that they had regained.
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Why can't Death Eaters produce a Patronus?

JKR explained in a web chat that Death Eaters couldn't produce Patronuses because they didn't need them. J.K. Rowling: Yes, because a Patronus is used against things that the Death Eaters generally generate, or fight alongside. They would not need Patronuses.
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How does Snape fly without a broom?

Creator. This form of flight (incantation unknown) was a spell that allowed a witch or wizard to fly without the use of a broomstick or other form of support. The spell was notably demonstrated by Lord Voldemort.
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Can Voldemort do magic without a wand?

Skilled witches and wizards however, such as Voldemort and Dumbledore, are shown to be able to perform magic of varying difficulty without the aid of a wand. It's probably just because both are very powerful and knowledgeable in the subject of magic. They've also had a lot of time to practice without wands.
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Could Harry beat Voldemort without the Elder Wand?

Lily's protection, in Harry's blood, still flows through Voldemort's body. Notably, Dumbledore is speaking in the present tense, even after Harry has already confronted Voldemort and been "killed." As such, Voldemort could not have killed Harry, even were he not the master of the Elder Wand.
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Why did Dumbledore let Draco disarm him?

“Dumbledore didn't want to lose his wand at that point and Draco disarmed him. So that meant that the wand gave Draco its allegiance, even though Draco never knew it, even though Draco never touched it. “From that moment on, that wand gave its allegiance to Draco, and it wouldn't work as well for anyone but Draco.”
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Why didn't Dumbledore tell Harry about the Deathly Hallows?

He didn't tell Harry about the Hallows because he thought Harry would go after those instead of the horcruxes and would get them when the time wasn't right.
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Did Voldemort know Harry was a Horcrux?

Voldemort wasn't aware of Harry being a pseudo-horcrux because he didn't plan it, and Harry didn't know either until Voldemort “killed” him, but he actually killed the piece of soul kept in him.
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