- "Morfin was sitting in a filthy armchair beside the smoking fire, twisting a live adder between his thick fingers and crooning softly at it in Parseltongue..."
- — Morfin Gaunt and the snake[src]
The second pet snake of Morfin Gaunt was the replacement of another late snake, which was killed and nailed to the Gaunt Shack door. The snake was an adder.[1]
History[]
- "Hissy, hissy, little snakey
slither on the floor,
you be good to Morfin,
or he'll nail you to the door." - — Morfin Gaunt[src]
When Bob Ogden came to visit the Gaunt Shack in 1925, Morfin was twisting it in his fingers, singing to it in Parseltongue.
The snake's final fate is unknown, but the day it heard the song was the same day Morfin was placed under arrest by the Wizard police, along with his father. It was evident that the arrest was beneficial for the snake, as it was spared the gruesome, inhumane fate of being nailed.[1]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))
- Pottermore
- Wizarding World