What IS a Life Debt? Was:Re: New categories needed?

[corinthum]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> 
wrote:
>  
> > Carolyn:
> > 
> > I have added 'Veela' to Beings, and 'Ancient Magic'. Life 
debts..hm.. 
> > will think more on that, not feeling incisive this morning !
> 
> Does anyone remember if a Life Debt is actually a form of ancient
> magic?  Because if it is, it codes up under that category.
> 
> Anne
> finding coding kind of addictive

I'm pretty sure the idea of a "life debt" is a reader creation, 
rather than stated canon fact.  Dumbledore mentions the idea, but it 
is never defined or even confirmed to exist (outside a persons' mind).

That said, it is an idea that is discussed quite often, so I vote for 
it having its own category, but not as a subset of ancient magic.

-Kelly