Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

Harry Potter: 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

Albus Dumbledore was a father figure of sorts for Harry Potter but he kept way too many pivotal secrets from The Chosen One.



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Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

Albus Dumbledore has always been a fan favorite in the Harry Potter series, easily among the most lovable Gryffindors and a mentor/father figure for the protagonist. And yet, he was hardly the most honest person there was, instead keeping so many secrets from Harry that the latter ended up questioning their relationship.

Dumbledore divulged enough information to Harry to keep him on the path to defeating Voldemort while retaining certain truths that he either didn’t want to share with Harry or kept to himself until the time came to confess them. Many ended up having negative impacts, with all of them being big enough for one to see Dumbledore in a different light.

10 Harry’s Connection With Voldemort

Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

Harry went through the events of Chamber of Secrets thinking he was the Heir of Slytherin, with Dumbledore hiding the fact that he had a mental connection with Voldemort until the conclusion. Even worse, Dumbledore didn’t explain the full connection until Sirius’ death.

He kept it to himself that Harry and Voldemort’s connection was deeper than simple visions, and that it was due to this that Harry could see and experience Voldemort’s emotions as they were happening. In the end, the truth came out at the worst time as Voldemort made use of the connection to lure Harry to the Ministry.

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9 What He Saw In The Mirror Of Erised

Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

For the most part, Harry was a pretty smart kid who got a lot right. In the matter of what Dumbledore saw in the Mirror of Erised, Harry was right in assuming that the headmaster hadn’t been truthful about it.

Dumbledore claimed he saw himself wearing socks as nobody ever gifted him those. In reality, he was hiding the secret of Arianna’s demise, as he saw his entire family together again, much like Harry did.



8 His Knowledge Of Malfoy’s Plans To Kill Him

Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

Harry spent all of Half-Blood Prince attempting to find out about Malfoy’s plans, correctly deducing he wanted to kill Dumbledore. However, this was dismissed by the Headmaster, who, it turned out, had been privy to this secret all along.

He had discussed this at length with Snape and agreed to have the latter kill him to spare Dumbledore the pain of a bad death the Death Eaters had planned. While all this was going on, Dumbledore didn’t divulge any of it to Harry.

7 His Impending Demise

Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

Only Snape knew of Dumbledore’s short time remaining on Earth, as the latter had accidentally cursed himself by putting on Marvolo Gaunt’s ring. Harry wondered what the deal was with Dumbledore’s blackened hand, which Dumbledore claimed was an injury.

In actuality, the wound was gradually reaching Dumbledore’s vitals and was going to kill him in due course. As he didn’t want Harry to worry about this, Dumbledore decided to divert attention to the injury itself rather than the lethal implications it had.

6 The Existence Of The Prophecy

Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

By his own admission, Dumbledore said it was a mistake to wait as long as he did to tell Harry about the prophecy involving himself and Lord Voldemort and their impending battle.

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He had kept it a secret from Harry for five whole years, wrestling with the knowledge of Harry’s fate to face Voldemort and his hope to see Harry be free of the burden it carried. Sadly, the secret resulted in Harry heading to the Hall of Prophecies without knowing what it meant.

5 His Association With Grindelwald

Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

The most Harry was aware of about Grindelwald and Dumbledore’s relationship was that they had their famous duel and Dumbledore had defeated him. The Headmaster didn’t confess his heartbreaking separation with Grindelwald, nor that the two used to be so close in their youth.

Harry also felt hurt when he learned that Albus had lost his sister and parents, as he didn’t understand why he would keep it a secret when they could have bonded over their mutual losses. Of course, Dumbledore also kept the biggest secret of how Grindelwald was involved in the death of Arianna.

4 Concealment Of The Resurrection Stone In The Snitch

Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

Handing Harry the belongings Dumbledore bequeathed to him in his will was one of the few things the Ministry did right. However, Dumbledore didn’t reveal the secret behind the Snitch, in that it contained the Resurrection Stone and the one thing that could bring Harry’s family back in a way.

This was a calculated secret on Dumbledore’s part, as he wanted Harry to figure it out himself, which he did right before he went off to die at the hands of Voldemort. Dumbledore banked on the Resurrection Stone’s reveal to be the push Harry needed to go to his death.

3 Everything About The Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

Dumbledore had known of the Deathly Hallows for over a century before his death, having researched them with Grindelwald when they were teenagers. He ended up collecting the Deathly Hallows at separate points, none of which he told Harry about.

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The only one that Dumbledore discussed with Harry was the Invisibility Cloak, which was kept outside of the context of the Deathly Hallows. He also kept secret the truth of the Elder Wand and its existence. Dumbledore’s way of revealing the secret was by handing The Tales of Beedle the Bard to Hermione so Harry could have a clue about the Hallows.

2 Snape’s Love For Lily

Harry Potter 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry

Of course, this wasn’t a secret for Dumbledore to reveal but it still counts since it directly affected Harry. Without knowing it, Harry didn’t see Snape’s best traits and only considered him a villain. In fact, Harry thought Snape was prejudiced against his mother for being Muggle-Born.

It was easily the biggest secret in terms of changing the context of everything Harry had known of, as Snape also turned out to be on Dumbledore’s side the whole time, all due to his undying love for Lily.

1 Harry’s Planned Demise

This also doubles as one of the greatest betrayals in the Harry Potter series, as he found out that Dumbledore had planned for his demise the whole time. The Headmaster only shared this secret with Snape, and even that was due to the latter figuring out what the plan was.

Dumbledore didn’t want Harry to know that he was supposed to hand himself over to Voldemort as he was the last Horcrux, meaning Dumbledore had been secretive about this fact all of Harry’s life and wanted Harry to sacrifice himself. Fortunately, other factors meant Harry still survived after being hit by the killing curse.

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