Now they went naked and were rudely spurred on by wasps and hornets, which thrived all around” (Kirkpatrick, 64-66). He continues to describe them as empty souls. Similarly, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, while in limbo, Harry describes Voldemort's soul as: "It was in the shape of a small naked child, curled up on the ground, its skin raw and rough, from the flayed appearance, and lay trembling under a seat where he had been left, unwanted, hidden from sight, with difficulty breathing” (Rowling, 596). more so when one of Dante's withered souls passes by. The common themes and similarity of both works give the certainty of an existing connection, linking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to Dante's work..