I thought Voldemort invented Avada Kedavra?


Is Rowling retconning here?

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According to http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Killing_Curse, it was invented in the Middle Ages.

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I read it somewhere.

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What was the name of the slicing curse that Snape invented when he was high school age?

That may be what you're thinking of.

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Sectumsempra. Yes, it may have been that, and then I deduced that other wizards have invented other spells, too.

Then again, it would be obvious that a spell to simply kill would be one of the oldest in the WW.

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Of course I have.

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As I recall, he was notable for being willing to use a forbidden curse and commit murder.

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That's how I understood it as well.

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