Why did Salazar Slytherin hate Muggles?

Slytherin disliked taking students from Muggle families, seeing them as untrustworthy and unworthy of being taught magic, and tried to persuade the other founders to only take students from pure-blood families.

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Why did Voldemort not like Muggle-borns?

His viciousness to Muggle-borns is connected: Riddle may be half-blood, but Muggle-borns can claim no wizarding heritage, therefore to him they are as low as Muggles themselves. Riddle also hates Muggles because they remind him of his childhood and the Muggle father who deserted him.

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Why did Salazar Slytherin turn evil?

Slytherin wanted Hogwarts to only accept pure blood students, when this proposal was rejected by all the other founders he became estranged and resorted to an extreme method to secure his vision for the school; murder all Muggle-borns in Hogwarts to keep the blood purity from Pure-blood wizards intact.

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Why did wizards hate Muggle-borns?

In some cases, wizards' hatred of Muggles is rooted in historical persecution of wizards by Muggles. Dumbledore himself comes close to allying himself with Grindelwald to subjugate Muggles because of the Muggle boys who attack and disable his sister Ariana.

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Who did Salazar Slytherin love?

While teaching at Hogwarts, Salazar and Helga Hufflepuff fell in love, however Salazar's rivalry with Godric Gryffindor brought stress upon their relationship.

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Who is the most loved Slytherin?

Wizarding World of Harry Potter: The Best Slytherins, Ranked
  • 6 Dolores Umbridge.
  • 5 Lucius Malfoy.
  • 4 Draco Malfoy.
  • 3 Leta Lestrange.
  • 2 Severus Snape.
  • 1 Tom Riddle.

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How was Ginny the heir of Slytherin?

The Heir of Slytherin turns out to be Ginny Weasley, who is being controlled via a magical diary that once belonged to Tom Riddle, AKA Voldemort.

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Why was Voldemort obsessed with blood purity?

Voldemort's obsession with blood purity signifies his aim to rid the wizarding world of Muggle (non-magical) heritage and to conquer both worlds, Muggle and wizarding, to achieve pure-blood dominance.

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Why do the Malfoys hate Muggles?

“Until the imposition of the Statute of Secrecy in 1692, the Malfoy family was active within high-born Muggle circles, and it is said that their fervent opposition to the imposition of the Statute was due, in part, to the fact that they would have to withdraw from this enjoyable sphere of social life.”

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Why do pure bloods hate Hogwarts Express?

Many pure-blood families were outraged at the idea of their children using Muggle transport, which they claimed was unsafe, insanitary and demeaning; however, as the Ministry decreed that students either rode the train or did not attend school, the objections were swiftly silenced.

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Who is the most evil Slytherin?

1. Voldemort. Tom Riddle took the core qualities of Slytherin to new heights, as he became arguably the most powerful dark wizard of all time. He learned how to split his soul and create numerous Horcruxes, thereby making himself immortal as long as the Horcruxes existed.

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Who was the strongest founder of Hogwarts?

Godrick Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, and the owner of the legendary Sword of Gryffindor, was absolutely more powerful than Dumbledore— and it's a good thing he was, too, because Dumbledore wasn't around in Hogwarts' early days to keep Godrick's fellow founder Salazar Slytherin in check.

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Were there any good Slytherins?

Severus Snape, Horace Slughorn, Andromeda Tonks, Narcissa Malfoy and Regulus Black were all Slytherin heroes in their own way, if you think about it. And Merlin – as in, yes, King Arthur's advisor and the most famous wizard in history – was a Slytherin.

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Why didn't Harry use Avada Kedavra against Voldemort?

Though Harry encountered many opportunities that deemed Avada Kedavra necessary, it remains as one of the Unforgivable Curses Harry Potter never cast. For one, he viewed the spell as an immoral practice commonly used by users of the Dark Arts.

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Why didn't Dumbledore use Avada Kedavra on Voldemort?

Because the killing curse can be blocked. In the books, Dumbledore blocks it... with Fawkes. Because when you intentionally kill someone, you destroy your own soul, then again Dumbledore is in King's Cross station just like fetus Voldemort, so maybe he's there because he actually did kill his sister.

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Who is the heir of Gryffindor?

Harry is the Heir of Gryffindor (though his powers have been bound by his father when he was a baby), Neville is the Heir of Hufflepuff, Meghan (OFC, daughter of Sirius) is the Heir of Ravenclaw. Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Remus/Tonks. Sixth year. After a rare magical illness Harry becomes outstandingly powerful.

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Why do the Malfoys hate Dumbledore?

Lucius Malfoy had a strong dislike of Albus Dumbledore. This is due to two reasons – Dumbledore believed in Muggle rights which contradicted Malfoy's pure blood beliefs. In addition, Lucius was a Death Eater, so he believed that Lord Voldemort was a much more powerful wizard than Dumbledore.

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Why did Draco hate Harry so much?

Specifically, Draco was jealous of Harry. It was easy to miss because Draco didn't often show his emotions, modelling himself on his cold, confident, calculating father, but J.K. Rowling has confirmed that a lot of his enmity towards Harry stemmed from envy.

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Why does Draco hate the Weasleys?

As other people said, it is also due to the Malfoys' arrogance, the feeling of self-importance and wealth. The Weasly family is also very poor, which may also lead to a dislike with the rich, pureblood families.

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Is Luna Lovegood a pure-blood?

Luna Lovegood is a Pureblood witch, who was sorted into Gryffindor House during Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.

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Why would Voldemort sleep with Bellatrix?

In short Lord Voldemort was the sperm donor for the Lestranges as Bella's husband Rodolphus Lestrange was firing blanks. Hence why they had no child so Lord Voldemort said he would father a child with Bellatrix to help out his best deatheater friends.

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Why did Voldemort give the cup to Bellatrix?

At some point in time, Lord Voldemort gave Bellatrix Lestrange Hufflepuff's Cup, one of his Horcruxes, to keep safe in her vault, though he didn't tell her its true nature.

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Who is the true heir of Ravenclaw?

Andrea Deanisi as Wiglaf Sigurdsson, the Heir of Rowena Ravenclaw.

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Who killed moaning myrtle?

Myrtle's life was cut shockingly short when she was killed by the Basilisk at Tom Riddle's command.

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Are the Weasleys related to Slytherin?

Ginevra Molly Weasley (also known as Ginny) is the youngest child and only daughter of the Weasley family. She is Sorted into Slytherin during Harry and Jim Potter's second year.

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