Why Pettigrew's hand?

[maidne at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 28748

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cynthiaanncoe at h...> wrote:
> Then again, maybe the spell doesn't require a particular minimum 
> amount of flesh, but Wormtail chose to donate a significant 
amount.  
> Perhaps this was done on Voldemort's promise that Wormtail would 
get 
> something really great in exchange for his hand.  So I'm idly 
hoping 
> that Wormtail's hand will be a really big deal and very magical in 
> later books (but not nearly magical enough to kill Lupin, of 
> course).  That would be the least Voldemort could do.
> 
> Cindy

I doubt that Wormtail chose to donate his whole hand, coward that he 
is.  But apparently Voldemort did promise to replace it, and isn't 
there some kind of mythology about a silver hand?  I can't remember 
the detais, just someone having his hand cut off (involuntarily), and 
then later obtaining a silver hand as a replacement.  IIRC, the 
silver hand had some kind of special powers.

On a slightly different note, since Voldy can now touch Harry without 
pain, do you think that the pain in Harry's scar will diminish now?  

Susan