Parallels/Similarities between Harry Potter & Tom Riddle
1. Biography
Black hair & physical resemblance to their fathers.
Orphans raised by Muggles.
Half-bloods & Parselmouths.
Born on the 31st (July / December).
Descendants of the Peverells (literally: Death’s sons).
A box of stolen toys: Harry kept Dudley’s things; Tom kept trophies from the orphanage.
Skilled in flying: On broomsticks (Harry); without them (Tom).
2. Magic & Connection
Wand cores: Feathers from the same phoenix.
Both found their salvation in magic.
Bound by fate, prophecy, soul, blood, and mind.
Limbo: Both have passed through "King's Cross," the station between worlds.
Death: Tom tried to conquer it; Harry became its Master.
Еye colors reflect their signature spells (green — "Avada Kedavra"; red — "Expelliarmus").
Combat styles: Voldemort excels at offense(in the final battle, he fought three Order members at once); Harry excels at defense(in the final battle, he cast Protego over the entire Great Hall).
Visual contrast: Harry’s Polyjuice Potion is golden; Horcruxes blood is black.
3. Hogwarts
Considered Hogwarts their true home.
Favorite subject: Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Room of Requirement: Both were the first in their generations to find it.
School organizations: The Knights of Walpurgis; Dumbledore’s Army.
The Pedagogy of Power: Both taught their members advanced magic (Dark Arts for Tom; Light/Defensive Magic for Harry).
Tom killed a crying girl from another house in the girls’ bathroom(Myrtle); Harry almost killed a crying boy from another house in the girls’ bathroom(Draco).
The Slughorn Connection: Both approached Horace to ask about Horcruxes.
The Grey Lady: Both convinced her to reveal the location of Ravenclaw’s diadem.
The Shrieking Shack: Both attacked Snape there (Harry — Book 3; Voldemort — Book 7).
The Defiance of Authority: Throughout all the books, Harry deliberately avoids saying “sir” or “professor” when addressing Snape; In HP and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13: Tom deliberately avoids saying “sir” or “professor” when addressing Dumbledore.
To which Dumbledore either reminds them — or gives a very pointed look — until the boys correct themselves.
The Shared Secret: > Dumbledore: "Is there something you wish to tell me?"
Harry & Tom: "No, sir, nothing."
4. Book events
Gringotts: The first in history to successfully break in.
The Azkaban Loyalty (Book 3): Both proved the loyalty of escaped prisoners and brought them back to their side (Barty Crouch Jr. / Sirius Black).
Father Figures: Barty Crouch Jr. wanted Voldemort as a father figure; Sirius Black wanted to see Harry as a reflection of his father, James.
Defining the Man: In Book 4, during the duel, Voldemort says to Harry, “And now you face me, like a man…”; in Book 7, in the final battle, Harry says to Voldemort, “Be a man… try… Try for some remorse…”
The Circles: In Book 4, they stand in a circle surrounded by the Dark side during their duel; In Book 7, they stand in a circle surrounded by the Light side during their final confrontation.
The Mirror Ages: In the finale, Voldemort is 71; Harry is 17.
5. Character & psychology
Boundless curiosity & a pull toward danger.
The Drive for Autonomy: Both value freedom and self-expression.
Self-reliance: Both prefer to handle their most important matters alone.
Both tend to lose themselves in their obsessions — whether it's Tom’s pursuit of immortality and Horcruxes, or Harry’s obsession with Hallows, Malfoy’s mission.
Both possess a strong, almost supernatural intuition.
Defiance of the Norm: Both ignore many social obligations and rules.
Status: Neither cares about blood purity (Tom in a negative sense; Harry in a positive one).
The Understanding: Voldemort: “Neither of you understands Potter as I do.”; Ron, to Harry: “You really understand him [Voldemort].”
Socionics: Almost perfect duals, complementing each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
Lack of empathy(Tom); Too much empathy(Harry).
6. Social structures
Headquarters: Located in the ancestral homes of their closest allies (Voldemort — the Malfoys; Harry — the Blacks).
Trusted pairs: Both have twins (Carrows / Weasleys) and werewolves (Fenrir / Lupin) in their ranks.
Defectors: Both had members of their circles switch sides, fundamentally changing the war — Severus Snape (from Dark to Light) and Peter Pettigrew (from Light to Dark).
Both had a secret, magical method to communicate with their inner circle: Voldemort — the Dark Mark; Harry — Enchanted coins.
7. Symbolism & Myth
7 is their number.
Seven locations and seven direct attempts by Voldemort to kill Harry.
(Godric’s Hollow, the Forbidden Forest, the chamber with the Mirror of Erised, the Little Hangleton graveyard, the Atrium of the Ministry of Magic, the Seven Potters escape, and the Great Hall)
Voldemort “killed” Harry on Samhain (October 31 – the turning point where light yields to darkness); Harry killed Voldemort on Beltane (May 1-2 — the turning point where light returns and triumphs over darkness.).
Harry’s wand — holly (Tiwaz rune: warrior, spear)
11 inches (11th Arcana: Strength)
His forehead scar (Sowilo rune: sun) + holly wand (Tiwaz rune) form a warrior of light / a warrior of the sun.
Tom’s wand — yew (Eihwaz rune: death, immortality, and transition).
13½ inches (13th arcana: Death).
13 — a complete cycle of death/transformation
½ — incompleteness, resistance, refusal of death, of change, of accepting the cycle.
Christmas wreaths made of holly and yew symbolize eternal life.
The Ouroboros: In the final battle in the Great Hall, Harry and Voldemort circle each other before the final strike.
The Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — Dumbledore, Harry, and Love; The Devil — Voldemort.
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