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No: HPFGUIDX 30593

At 09:32 PM 12/1/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Well, he didn't have only a year, remember, in the first chapter,
>Harry was only a year old.  By the time Dumbledore tells Harry he
>lived because of Lily's love, Harry was 12.  I guess by then, he had
>it figured out!

Plus, it's entirely possible that there's been examples of this sort of 
protection happening before. Dumbledore does say that it's "ancient magic". 
The concept of Willing Sacrifice makes Great Magic is a pretty common one 
in most magical theories.
Dumbledore probably never brought it up 1) because he'd not seen it in 
action re: Harry therefore 2) he didn't want to give Harry a false sense of 
security.

Eleri