For pure-blood wizards, neither an Obscurus nor an Obscurial was particularly difficult to deal with, because all they needed to do was kill the Obscurial serving as the host, and the Obscurus would seek out its next host.
This differed from traditional Western beliefs about the soul. According to the Church, after death, people were judged and either went to heaven or descended into hell. Sometimes there were spirits such as "guardian angels," but they too were sent by God after reaching heaven, such as a child's kindly grandparents. Newt Scamander had once separated an Obscurus from a Sudanese girl. After Muggles discovered her magical ability, they treated it as an illness and confined and "treated" her.
The Republic of Sudan had once been part of Ancient Egypt. The people of ancient Egypt believed that the body was a vessel for the soul. When the original "vessel" was no longer suitable, Voldemort created a new one using Harry Potter's blood and Tom Riddle Sr.'s bones, with the blue Goblet of Fire illuminating the entire process.
This differed from the "traditional" belief that, after receiving Judgment Day, the righteous would be resurrected. The resurrected righteous used their own bodies, which was why Christianity practiced burial rather than cremation as in Buddhism. When Venice burned the corpses on Plague Island, it had actually violated the "rules."
Yet if those corpses had been left there, the Black Death might have continued to spread. Since God had once created humanity from clay, why could He not create them again from clay mixed with ashes?
"God ends here."
Many bizarre "stories" later emerged on that little island, and it became an excellent location for horror films. Most people were fine, but one American family bought land on the island and built a house there, intending