How did Tom Riddle know about Aragog?

Tom, who considered Hogwarts his only home, found out about Aragog after discovering the young Hagrid tending to the Acromantula, and used Aragog as a scapegoat for the monster’s rampage. Hagrid would visit Aragog now and then, bringing him food.

Did Aragog come from Newt Scamander?

Hagrid got Aragog from Newt Scamander!!! Aragog, the Acromantula, explains how he came to be with Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: “I came to Hagrid from a distant land, in the pockets of a traveler.” Hagrid and Scamander were both expelled from Hogwarts, only to return as professors later.

Who died when the Chamber of Secrets was opened?

Cause of Death: In the 1940s, Myrtle was hiding from a bully in the bathroom when Tom Riddle came in to open the Chamber of Secrets. The basilisk emerged and killed Myrtle, leaving her body alone for hours before it was found.

Why were there spiders in the Chamber of Secrets?

Aragog was Hagrid’s pet from Tom’s memory shown to Hary via the diary. The spiders serve as a way to put the point across that whatever the beast in the Chamber was, unknown to them at the time, it was scared of spiders, which led to Hermione’s realisation of it being a basilisk.

Why do spiders fear the basilisk?

The Basilisk was a giant serpent, also known as the King of Serpents. Looking a Basilisk directly in the eye caused instant death, but an indirect look would merely render the victim Petrified. It was also the mortal enemy of spiders, who could intuitively sense them and flee whenever they did.

Who killed Aragog?

Aragog himself dies a relatively peaceful death, his fangs distilled for rare Acromantula, venom by the profit-minded Professor Slughorn as he lies motionless, but he sets off a power vacuum that leads to the spiders joining the fray during the Battle of Hogwarts and terrifying Ron in the process!

Why do spiders fear basilisks?

Who would win in a fight Shelob vs Aragog?

She would eat Voldemort as a small insect, and Aragog as breakfast. Aragog vs Shelob is less one-sided, yet Shelob stomps, she has all the necessary advantages in a fight against Aragog. In size they are slightly alike, Aragog is described as the size of a small elephant. Ungoliant is disproportionate here.

Why did they think Hagrid opened the Chamber of Secrets?

Riddle had not thought that Hogwarts would be closed because the chamber was opened. He hated the Muggle orphanage in which he lived and didn’t want to stay there forever, so he framed Hagrid for opening the chamber instead.

Did Hagrid get mad at Aragog?

Ron scoffed because Aragog had wanted to kill them and he couldn’t understand how Hagrid expected anyone could grieve for Aragog. The burial was attended by Harry and Horace Slughorn. Slughorn saw an opportunity to get a piece of Aragog’s valuable venom. Hagrid was devastated by Aragog’s passing.

How did Salazar Slytherin get a Basilisk?

Salazar Slytherin’s basilisk was born in the chamber, as revealed by Aragog. Slytherin, in his spite of the his fellow founders’ acceptance of muggle-borns into the school, left a basilisk deep in the chamber, in hopes that one day his true heir will unleash her to purge all they deem unworthy to study magic.