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Dumbledore placed an identical copy of the sword in his office, because he knew that the British Ministry of Magic would try to confiscate it and hid the real sword in a hole in the wall behind his portrait.
Where did the Gryffindor sword disappear to?
Professor Snape, by then the Headmaster of Hogwarts, put the Sword of Gryffindor into the frozen pond.
Where did Dumbledore put Gryffindor sword?
Dumbledore placed an identical copy of the sword in his office, because he knew that the Ministry of Magic would try to confiscate it, and hid the real sword in a hole in the wall behind his portrait. Sure enough, the sword on display in Dumbledore’s office was later taken by Rufus Scrimgeour for examination.
Why was the sword of Gryffindor in Bellatrix’s vault?
Snape gave the sword to Bellatrix to “Keep it safe” in her vault at Gringotts’ so he could APPEAR to be on Voldemort’s side, while he was actually a spy for dumbledore. The sword sent to Bellatrix was only a copy of the original sword, and it was a very good copy.
Did griphook get the sword of Gryffindor?
In “Deathly Hallows,” Griphook the goblin claims that Godric Gryffindor stole his sword from the goblins and Griphook, in turn, steals the sword from Harry, Ron and Hermione in Gringotts. “Now we can reveal that Griphook was wrong,” Rowling said. The sword was truly Gryffindor’s and he didn’t steal it …
Who showed Harry where the sword of Gryffindor was?
Snape
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.
What is the Sword of Gryffindor in Harry Potter?
The Sword of Gryffindor was a thousand-year-old, goblin-made magical sword owned by the famed wizard Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.1 The sword was later used in Albus Dumbledore’s and Harry Potter’s hunt for Horcruxes, as a tool of…
Why did Dumbledore give Harry Potter the sword without him knowing?
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”.
Where is Godric Gryffindor’s name engraved on the sword?
Godric Gryffindor’s name is engraved just beneath the hilt. The sword was made to Godric Gryffindor’s specifications by Ragnuk the First, finest of the goblin silversmiths, and therefore King (in goblin culture, the ruler does not work less than the others, but more skillfully).
What happened between Scrimgeour and Dumbledore?
Scrimgeour, highly insulted, leapt up, and the two exchanged heated words before being interrupted by Arthur and Molly Weasley. Scrimgeour soon departed. It is probable that Dumbledore put the sword in his will to clue Harry and his friends in to the sword’s importance to their quest to destroy Voldemort’s Horcruxes.