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This list shows all the anagrammatic names Lord Voldemort rejected

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Fans of Harry Potter know that the phrase “I am Lord Voldemort” is an anagram for You-Know-Who’s given name. What we didn’t know was that it wasn’t the first anagram Voldemort settled on. Redditor redditthemusical posted this goofy list of the Dark Lord’s rejected names.

There’s also a very interesting discussion in the Reddit comments about how different translations made the Tom Marvolo Riddle/I am Lord Voldemort anagram work.

Tom Marvolo Riddle [Katie Rose via reddit]

Update: The creators behind this brilliant piece have come forward! It was written by Dan Abromowitz, with art by Katie Rose.

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