Merope Riddle (née Gaunt) (c. 1907 - December 31, 1926) is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series. Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... Female symbol Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. ... Blood purity is a concept in the fictional Harry Potter book series. ... This article describes magic in the fictional Harry Potter universe. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with The Riddles (Harry Potter). ... It has been suggested that Battle of Hogwarts be merged into this article or section. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ...

Biography

Merope was from a pure-blood family directly descended from Salazar Slytherin. She, along with her brother Morfin and her father Marvolo, were the last of the Gaunts, the only remaining wizarding house of Slytherin's line. So committed were the Gaunts to the upholding of their pure-blood status that they were not above inbreeding; they frequently intermarried and had children with their own cousins. Though the Gaunts were at one time very wealthy, the family fortune was squandered generations before Merope and Morfin's time, so that they and their father lived in squalid poverty. The two Gaunt men did not treat Merope well, verbally abusing her often and calling her a Squib. Her brother Morfin even referred to her as a thief and a slut. This sorry state of affairs ended when Marvolo and Morfin were arrested for assaulting Muggles and Ministry personnel, and sentenced to Azkaban. Merope had nearly been strangled to death by her father during the last assault before the sentencting. Blood purity is a concept in the fictional Harry Potter book series. ... This article refers to the founders of Hogwarts, the school in JK Rowlings fictional Harry Potter series. ... Morfin Gaunt (1900s-1970s) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series. ... Marvolo Gaunt (? - c. ... Blood purity is a concept in the fictional Harry Potter book series. ...

The imprisonment of her brother and father finally left Merope free to pursue her own agenda. Apparently by means of a love potion, Merope gained the love (or at least the romantic attention) of Tom Riddle Sr, an attractive and wealthy Muggle man from her village. They married in December 1925 and she became pregnant within three months of the wedding. At that point she seems to have stopped administering the love potion to Tom Riddle Sr. because she grew tired of living a lie. Albus Dumbledore alleged that she hoped that perhaps by this time he would have really fallen in love with her, or even that he would stay for the sake of their unborn child. She was quite wrong, as he left her, going back to his home and rambling about having been bewitched. Driven to desperation and sapped of her powers due to her unrequited love for Tom Sr., she wandered through the streets of London. Merope owned a heavy golden locket which had belonged to Slytherin; but she sold it to Caracatus Burke while she was pregnant. She received a relative pittance for it (10 Galleons), and by the time she was about to give birth she was destitute. She stumbled her way to Stockwell Orphanage on New Year's Eve of 1926 and gave birth to a son within an hour. She told the matron, Mrs. Cole, that her son would be named Tom after his father and Marvolo after her father, and that his last name would be Riddle. Merope died an hour after giving birth to Tom. Tom Riddele, a character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter serires, was a resident of the village of Little Hangleton and the son of the squire and his wife. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Template:DecemberCalendar2006 December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (born circa 1844) is a character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series - formerly the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and one of the most powerful wizards in the world. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... Caracatus Burke is the official owner of the shop Borgin and Burkes in the Harry Potter series, and has been known to have tricked Merope Gaunt into selling her Slytherin locket for only 10 galleons. ...

The name Merope

Merope is the fifth brightest star of the Pleiades, a cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus. According to myth, Merope was a minor goddess who fell in love with a mortal and later regretted her decision, and dimmed herself to hide her shame from her sisters. This corresponds closely to Merope's story. It is an interesting note that the pureblooded Black family tend to name their children after stars, but though all the pureblood families are thought to be related, the Blacks are never mentioned in the Gaunt family history. In Greek mythology, several unrelated women went by the name Merope (bee-mask later reinterpreted as honey-like or eloquent), which may, therefore, have denoted a position in the cult of the Great Mother rather than a mere individuals name: Merope, one of the Heliades Merope, foster mother of... Pleiades refers to: Pleiades (star cluster) an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus. ... TAURUS is credit transfer agrrement system for SUNY Colleges ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mythology. ... Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a god. A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases... Blood purity is a racist concept in the fictional Harry Potter book series. ... Blood purity is a racist concept in the fictional Harry Potter book series. ...

Merope Gaunt's family tree

 Salazar Slytherin : : : : : : : : : : Marvolo Gaunt _____|__________ | | Tom Riddle Sr. + Merope Gaunt Morfin Gaunt | Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort)