Harry Potter speaking Parseltongue to a boa constrictor
"Hannah, he'south a Parselmouth. Everyone knows that's the mark of a Dark Wizard. Take you ever heard of a decent one who could talk to snakes? They called Slytherin himself Snake-tongue."
— Ernest Macmillan regarding Parseltongue's infamous reputation[src]
Parseltongue was the language of serpents (also as other magical serpentine creatures, like the Runespoor and Basilisk) and those who could converse with them. A wizard or witch who could speak Parseltongue was known as a Parselmouth. It was a very uncommon skill, and was known to be an almost exclusively hereditary trait.[1] Not counting Herpo the Foul, who predated him past several centuries,[2] nearly all known Parselmouths were descended from Salazar Slytherin,[ane] with Harry Potter being a notable exception (although he gained his ability as a Parselmouth in an unorthodox style).[3]
At to the lowest degree in Britain the ability had an association with Nighttime Wizards which mostly acquired fearfulness and distrust of those with the ability.
Contents
1Characteristics
2Reputation
threeHarry Potter as a Parselmouth
ivKnown Parselmouths
4.iOther instances of Parseltongue
5Behind the scenes
6External links
7Appearances
eightNotes and references
Characteristics
"And the second man's voice changed. He started making noises such every bit Frank had never heard before; he was hissing and spitting without drawing breath. Frank idea he must be having some sort of fit or seizure."
— The Muggle Frank Bryce overhearing Lord Voldemort speak in Parselmouth in the Riddle Firm[src]
Parseltongue was, when spoken, a hissing sound, like to that of a snake; every bit such, normal people could not understand information technology[1][four] (one known exception beingness Dumbledore).[v] Apart from merely communicating with serpentine lifeforms, Parselmouths as well seemed to exist able to influence the will of serpents to a certain extent.[1][6] Aside from serpent-based creatures, Parselmouths could communicate with each other with the language, every bit Harry understood Tom Riddle's commands to the Ophidian of Slytherin[half-dozen], and the House of Gaunt communicated with each other almost exclusively in Parseltongue.[vii] Though the ability was hereditary, not all of those with it could speak information technology themselves. Isolt Sayre was able to sympathize the Horned Ophidian she visited but non communicate with it herself.[8]
Reputation
"The male child tin talk to snakes, Dumbledore, and you withal recollect he's trustworthy?"
— Cornelius Fudge's prejudice against Parselmouths[src]
The ability to really speak Parseltongue — non just imitate it equally Ron Weasley did — was considered an attribute of a Dark Wizard,[1][9] which was partly due to the fact that both Salazar Slytherin and Lord Voldemort possessed this ability.[1][six] Some other notable Dark Wizard who was likewise a Parselmouth was Herpo the Foul.[2] Still, every bit Albus Dumbledore pointed out, in that location were Parselmouths among the nifty and good likewise, the nigh well-known of which was Harry Potter.[ten] Paracelsus, a notable alchemist and a "medical genius", was credited with the discovery of Parseltongue in the sixteenth century,[xi][12] despite the existence of speakers similar Herpo the Foul or Salazar Slytherin in the classical and medieval ages. Because of the uncommonness of Parselmouths, Voldemort came to believe it made him special.[10]
An anonymous member of the Nighttime Force Defence League in one case stated when asked regarding the matter by Rita Skeeter — "Personally, I would be highly suspicious of anybody who could converse with snakes, as serpents are often used in the worst kinds of Dark Magic, and are historically associated with evildoers."[9]
Harry Potter as a Parselmouth
"I spoke a different language? Only — I didn't realise — how can I speak a language without knowing I can speak it?"
— Harry Potter after he speaks Parseltongue[src]
Lord Voldemort passed the ability to speak and understand Parseltongue on to Harry Potter when he attacked him in infancy in 1981, inadvertently and unknowingly making him into a Horcrux.[iii] Harry first experienced chat with snakes at historic period x when he was taken to the zoo with his cousin Dudley Dursley and found himself communicating with a snake while in the reptile showroom. Harry inadvertently caused the drinking glass of the snake'south tank to vanish, enabling it to escape.[xiii]
Harry speaking Parseltongue during the Duelling Club
Harry was not consciously aware of his ability to speak Parseltongue until 1992 after he was pitted confronting Draco Malfoy in the Duelling Guild. Draco conjured a snake to attack him and, when the serpent turned its attention to Justin Finch-Fletchley, Harry was able to communicate with it to tell it not to assault.[1] Harry'south ability, and then closely associated with Salazar Slytherin, caused hysteria among his young man students because Writing on the Walls of Hogwarts Castle had foretold that the Heir of Slytherin would open the Sleeping accommodation of Secrets, unleashing a monster that would attack the school's Muggle-born students.[fourteen] Even Severus Snape, who was previously enjoying Harry's horror at the snake, became horrified himself when he learned of Harry's ability.[1]
The incident spread rumours that Harry may be the Heir and even Hermione Granger, ane of Harry's best friends, acknowledged that there was a possibility that he was descended from Slytherin, every bit the Chamber had first been created 1000 years agone and its creator's bloodline over that fourth dimension wasn't fully known. It was also at this time that he realized that he was speaking some other language as Hermione and Ron couldn't understand what he was saying. [ane]
The Heir of Slytherin was, in fact, Voldemort- a slice of his spirit independent inside his diary that had possessed Ginny Weasley and forced her to commit the acts effectually the schoolhouse. However, Harry was able to gain admission to the Bedroom past speaking the password in Parseltongue, and subsequently destroyed both the Basilisk within and the Diary. It was soon after this incident that Harry learned how he acquired the ability.[vi]
When the wizarding world discovered Harry's power to speak Parseltongue, courtesy of Rita Skeeter, people began to doubt his discussion, as Cornelius Fudge refused to believe Harry's merits of Voldemort's rebirth, partially due to being prejudicial toward Harry's ability to speak the language.[15]
Harry also used his skill in Parseltongue to open Slytherin'southward Locket.[sixteen] When Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger returned to Hogwarts to search for Ravenclaw's Diadem, Ron managed a weak imitation of the phrase Harry had spoken, to re-open the Sleeping accommodation of Secrets and so that he and Hermione could fetch the Basilisk's fangs, which Hermione used to destroy Hufflepuff's Loving cup.[17]
Subsequently Lord Voldemort destroyed the fragment of his soul residing in Harry, Harry seemingly lost the ability to speak Parseltongue, about which he was glad and relieved.[v]
Over the next 20-two years, he never attempted to speak the language, presuming that it had died with Voldemort. However, in 2020, Harry discovered that he even so had the ability, or had somehow regained it, despite his previous assumptions. While initially reluctant to speak the language, at Hermione's insistence Harry successfully spoke Parseltongue to open Delphini's enchanted room while searching for his missing son, Albus Potter. Later, Harry again used Parseltongue in order to impersonate the Nighttime Witch's father.[18]
Known Parselmouths
The ability to speak Parseltongue being known to be hereditary, the blood relatives of known Parselmouths were potentially Parselmouths themselves.
Salazar Slytherin, the nearly famous Parselmouth
Confirmed
Unconfirmed
Harry Potter[13][ane]
Morfin Gaunt[7][19]
Rionach Sayre[8]
Salazar Slytherin[1]
Corvinus Gaunt[20]
Rionach Steward[8]
Tom Riddle[half dozen][four][ten][nineteen]
Gormlaith Gaunt[8]
Merope Riddle[7]
Herpo the Foul[2]
Marvolo Gaunt[7]
Delphini[xviii]
Other instances of Parseltongue
People who were non Parselmouths but were able to speak or understand Parseltongue through diverse means:
Ginny Weasley was able to speak Parseltongue while she was possessed by Tom Riddle's Diary, which enabled her to open the Bedroom of Secrets.[vi]
Ron Weasley was also able to open the Sleeping accommodation of Secrets during the Battle of Hogwarts past repeating a fragment of Parseltongue he had heard Harry Potter use to open up Salazar Slytherin's Locket, though information technology took him several tries to make it work.[17]
Albus Dumbledore could understand Parseltongue and repeat sentences in it verbatim; he may have been able to speak it in full, although this is unconfirmed.[five]
Harry and Bathilda Bagshot'due south body inhabited past Nagini speak Parseltongue
Newt Scamander mentioned in his magnum opus, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, that data on Runespoors, three-headed snakes from Africa, is based on the "writings of Parselmouths who have kept and conversed with these serpents".[2] There are likely to be African Parselmouths completely unrelated to the Gaunts.
Bathilda Bagshot's carcass spoke in Parseltongue while it was occupied by Nagini.[21]
Isolt Sayre, a direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin, was able to sympathize a Horned Serpent which she regularly visited but was non able to speak Parseltongue herself.[8]
Behind the scenes
J. Thousand. Rowling has stated that she took the name Parselmouth from an "old discussion for someone who has a problem with the rima oris, like a hare lip".[22]
When Harry Potter and Hermione Granger went to Godric's Hollow in 1997, Nagini (inside the corpse of Bathilda Bagshot) tells Harry to "Come!" from the adjacent room in Parseltongue. In reaction, Hermione jumps and clutches Harry's arm, and the two of them obey the control.[21] Information technology is unknown how Hermione seemed to empathise this command, though information technology could be that she did not hear it well, and merely followed Harry. She could also have been frightened by the hissing sound she heard and so followed Harry.
In the Philosopher'due south Stone motion-picture show, Harry converses with a Burmese python, rather than a Boa Constrictor.
Whenever it was spoken in the films, Parseltongue went untranslated except for one scene in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Role 2 when Voldemort was speaking to Nagini, where it was given subtitles. It was also heard in English in the first film when Harry was talking in the zoo.
In the films, Parseltongue is depicted equally sounding like a sibilant-filled linguistic communication with readily discernible phonemes created by Dr Francis Nolan (as listed in the credits for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). In the novels, it is only ever described equally a low hissing dissonance, hands missed by non-Parselmouths — a far cry from the rather loud versions from the films.
In the last ii films, every bit Harry draws most a Horcrux he can hear, in addition to a whining noise, a faint voice which seems to speak in Parseltongue.
It is possible that Parseltongue comes in variants for unlike languages, rather than being understood as the linguistic communication spoken by the Parselmouth. The boa constrictor that Harry Potter converses with at the zoo uses the Portuguese discussion amigo rather than the English friend.
External links
The Parselmouth - provides an aural dictionary that offers visitors the chance to heed to translations of English words and phrases in Parseltongue
Parseltongue translator (archived) - an official translator into Parseltongue.
Parseltongue-inspired - Provides a hypothetical, written breakdown of Parseltongue in universe.
Appearances
Harry Potter and the Philosopher'due south Stone (Beginning advent)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (motion picture)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Commencement identified as Parseltongue)
Harry Potter and the Bedroom of Secrets (movie)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Burn down
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Heard in opening shot)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (flick)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Function 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part two
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Kid (play)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Mentioned only)
Pottermore
Wizarding Earth
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-four
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Harry Potter for Kinect
Harry Potter: The Character Vault (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
Notes and references
↑ ane.001.011.02i.031.041.051.06i.07one.081.091.10Harry Potter and the Bedchamber of Secrets, Chapter 11 (The Duelling Club)
↑ 2.02.12.two2.3Fantastic Beasts and Where to Observe Them
↑ 3.03.aneHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 35 (King's Cross)
↑ iv.04.1Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 1 (The Riddle House)
↑ five.05.1five.2July xxx, 2007 Bloomsbury Live Chat with J. M. Rowling
↑ half-dozen.0six.1six.26.36.fourhalf-dozen.5Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 17 (The Heir of Slytherin)
↑ 7.0seven.17.2seven.3Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Affiliate 10 (The House of Gaunt)
↑ 8.08.18.28.three8.4Writing by J. Grand. Rowling: "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" atWizarding World
↑ ix.09.1Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 31 (The Third Task)
↑ 10.010.i10.2Harry Potter and the One-half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13 (The Secret Riddle)
↑Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
↑Harry Potter and the Bedchamber of Secrets (video game)
↑ 13.013.1Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 2 (The Vanishing Glass)
↑Harry Potter and the Bedroom of Secrets, Chapter 9 (The Writing on the Wall)
↑Harry Potter and the Goblet of Burn down, Chapter 36 (The Parting of the Ways)
↑Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Affiliate 19 (The Silver Doe)
↑ 17.017.1Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31 (The Boxing of Hogwarts)
↑ 18.0xviii.1Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
↑ 19.0xix.1Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 17 (A Sluggish Retentiveness)
↑Writing by J. M. Rowling: "Bedchamber of Secrets" atWizarding World
↑ 21.021.1Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Affiliate 17 (Bathilda'south Clandestine)
↑2003 Albert Hall Interview with J.K. Rowling at Accio Quote
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