Heir of Slytherine & Griffindor

[heathernmoore]

No: HPFGUIDX 32027

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lucy Austin" <lucy at l...> wrote:
> >>mlacats wrote:
> >> No, Harry is the descendent of Godric Gryffindor, but not 
> Slytherin.  Harry's 
> >> destiny is to face the heir of Slytherin (Voldemort).  
> 
> and Mahoney wrote:
> 
> >Er, hang on.  Please excuse me for being dense, but is this 
> established, canon fact?  I thought that the part about being a 
> direct descendent, and anything having to do with clear destiny, was 
> sort of still up in the air...?
> 
> No, I don't think that's dense - it's a commmon theory, but I don't remember any canon to support it. 
Voldemort is the heir of Slytherin - Dumbledore and Tom confirm this in CoS, but all we know about 
Harry is that he is a 'true Gryffindor' - not necessarily by blood, just because he belongs in that House. 
The premise is that as his parents lived in Godrics Hollow, and he pulled the sword out, he is the heir of 
Gryffindor - I think it's all a bit too Sword in the Stone for JKR to go with that idea. I do believe that 
Trelawny's first real prediction is something about the Potters defeating the heir of Slytherin though!
> 
> Lucy, back from work and free until 2nd Jan - yippee!
> 
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  I  would suggest that Trelawney's first "accurate" prediction *can't* be 
anything about the defeat of Voldemort, because Dumbledore wouldn't 
yet be able to count it as a true predicti