This serpentine being has been a part of the Harry Potter universe for a long time. The most recent installment, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald , revealed that Nagini had once been a woman involved in the first wizarding war.
This multifaceted character has a history shrouded in mystery and one that not all fans are aware of. Take a deep dive into the murky life of Nagini with these ten facts most fans don't know. In this novel, we learn the basics: Harry is a wizard who somehow defeated a dark lord as an infant and is now on his way to begin his training in the art of witchcraft and wizardry. One of the first inklings of his power came on his cousin's birthday trip to the zoo.
Here, Harry discovered his ability to communicate with snakes, and in doing so, released a Burmese python from his cage and trapped Dudley inside. Many fans speculated that this very snake was actually Nagini's first appearance in the series.
This theory was shut down by none other than J. Rowling herself. The author took to Twitter the ultimate source for Potter canon nowadays and denied this very persistent fan theory. Rowling certainly has an affinity for names. Almost every character has a deeper meaning embued in their name. Remus Lupin's name, for example, traces back to multiple apt allegories.
Lupin shares his first name with one of the twin founders of Rome who were raised by wolves. Lupin as a name derives from the Latin Lupinus which translates to "of a wolf". Nagini is no different. Her etymological origins lie in both Indonesian and Indian Mythology. In Sanskrit, "Nagin" means "female snake". Mythologically speaking, Indonesian myth speaks of the Nagini, a creature who appeared as a half-woman half-snake being.
This history aptly fits the character of Nagini, a shapeshifting woman and snake. The Harry Potter franchise is full of beings and wizards who can change their form at will. That coda which, to be fair, is lifted directly from the book needs to go, and it makes little sense that a two-part film based on one book can't find the time to give three significant characters onscreen deaths.
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To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Nagini is a core figure in the Harry Potter universe. Fans have widely believed up until now that Lord Voldemort first came across Nagini during his exile in Albania after his fall in Rowling described Voldemort than as a ghostly creature who survived in the forest by communicating with animals — especially snakes.
She was turned into a horcrux following the death of Bertha Jenkins in Her connection to Voldemort only grew more devoted, giving wizards like Albus Dumbledore enough pause to suspect she became a horcrux as their souls basically became intertwined.
Nagini tolerated Death Eaters, but her only true affection was for the man she helped return to the world. Due to her prolonged abuse by Skender, Nagini was able to see through Gellert Grindelwald 's charming words, and wasn't at all tempted to join the Dark Wizard's forces.
Credence Barebone , a friend. While at the Circus Arcanus , Nagini met and befriended fellow outcast Credence Barebone , with the two of them being drawn close together due to their similarly tragic pasts, and, wishing to stay together, they hatch a plan of escape. Nagini assisted Credence's quest to find out his true identity, and proceeded to hug and comfort the young Obscurial following the death of Irma Dugard. When Credence was being tempted by Grindelwald, Nagini desperately implored her friend to stay with her but was ultimately unable to stop Credence from joining the Dark Wizard.
However, Nagini's devastation over losing Credence induced her to officially join the Global Wizarding War against Grindelwald. Gellert Grindelwald , a former foe. Nagini seemed fearful of the infamous Dark Wizard upon suddenly meeting him on a rooftop, as she didn't say a word while Grindelwald invited Credence to his rally at the Lestrange Mausoleum. During the rally, despite Grindelwald's extremely persuasive rhetoric, Nagini's own past experiences at the Circus Arcanus made her able to see Grindelwald for what he truly was, so she resisted joining his followers, and desperately pleaded with Credence to resist as well, though she was tragically unsuccessful.
Nagini was nearly killed by Grindelwald's subsequent lethal blue fire , and only saved in time by Yusuf Kama. As such, Nagini greatly desired the downfall of Grindelwald, and officially joined the Global Wizarding War effort against him, with her even visiting Grindelwald's former friend Albus Dumbledore at Hogwarts shortly thereafter, together with Newt Scamander. 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. By , and likely before then, he was able to communicate with her silently and across great distances, as she was able to signal to him when Harry Potter arrived at Godric's Hollow.
This may have been due to her nature as a Horcrux, which gave her a link to Voldemort like the one Harry possessed. Voldemort was also able to possess Nagini, which he did in December , during the attack on Arthur Weasley. In , Peter Pettigrew milked Nagini's venom to return Voldemort to a rudimentary body, and as a Horcrux, her very existence contributed to maintaining Voldemort's immortality. While Voldemort was known for his independence that makes him unable to feel any form of attachment or reliance to others, the affection he held for Nagini and that she underlines his heritage to Salazar Slytherin was the main reason he chose to make her into a container for his soul fragment in the first place; of course, holding a place in keeping her master alive made Nagini only increased her value to Voldemort's eyes.
Voldemort usually sent her on missions, such as infiltrating the Ministry or holding Harry Potter in Godric's Hollow. He allowed her to consume the corpses of those he killed as a reward, like that of Charity Burbage, though this also served as a way for him to dispose of bodies. Voldemort apologised to Nagini when he could not feed Pettigrew to her, as Pettigrew's failure of keeping Crouch Snr was rectified, and therefore, allowed him to escape the death penalty and not become Nagini's meal.
Unlike many of his subordinates, Voldemort did not punish Nagini for failures, as when she failed to retrieve the prophecy or let Harry Potter escape from her grasp. In turn, Nagini did not fear Voldemort's wrathful moments, as when even high-ranking Death Eaters such as Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange fled the area when Voldemort was savagely murdering goblins for reporting his one of his Horcruxes being taken, Nagini remained next to her lord.
Nagini in Voldemort's Protection orb. Voldemort stopped sending Nagini on missions after he realised that Harry knew about the existence of his Horcruxes and was tracking them down, and placed her within a barrier to keep both her and his soul fragment safe, so long as he believed she was under the threat of being killed by Harry. Voldemort was enraged when Nagini was beheaded by Neville Longbottom with Godric Gryffindor's Sword, and he attempted to kill him in retaliation.
Nagini was the last Horcrux to be destroyed, and her death led to Voldemort's final defeat and death. Nagini was aloof and indifferent to the Death Eaters as a whole, but sometimes could be irritated by them, as she hissed angrily at their loud laughter at the Malfoy manor which none of them took notice until Voldemort ordered their silence for her sake.
Nagini was frequently used by Voldemort to kill others or to dispose of their dead bodies. In , he promised Nagini that she could devour Harry Potter after he had killed him. Nagini also attacked Arthur Weasley , but he survived the bites after Harry had a vision of it, and he was quickly aided. Nagini as a POP! Nagini in Human form as a POP! Nagini, as she appears in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.
In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Nagini was not protected by the magical orb, but instead by what appeared to be an invisible force field that deflected all spells cast at her. This allowed her to participate in the second stage of the battle, as opposed to dying before it began, where she attempted to strike Harry from the back while Voldemort duelled him from the front.
Ultimately, she was fighting against Hermione and Ron, both of whom tried to stab her with a Basilisk fang, before Neville decapitated her. Upon her death, she vanished into black smoke, as opposed to simply dying and falling onto the ground in the novel. Why her body perished was not known, and she was the only Horcrux to disappear in such manner; all the others did not disappear, but instead left behind fragmented pieces, except the Diadem when Ron kicked the remnants into the oncoming Fiendfyre.
Furthermore, Voldemort's and Snape's final meeting occurs in the Boathouse in the film, as opposed to the Shrieking Shack in the novel, and thus Nagini murders Snape there instead of on her master's orders.
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