Heir to Gryffindor

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 29040


--- jdorris at omlaw.com wrote:
> 
> Sorry if this has all been discussed to death, but I
> am new to the 
> list.  Just wanted to throw out my theory on the
> conclusion to the 
> series.  
> 
> JKR has mentioned the prophecy that the heir to
> Gryffindor will 
> defeat the heir to Slytherin.  If, as we suspect,
> Voldemort is the 
> heir to Slytherin, then maybe Harry is the heir to
> Gryffindor.
    <snip>  
> Also, I think Harry will be the heir through his
> mother, which will 
> be interesting, as we all know Lily Potter to be
> Muggle-born, but I 
> think JKR will start revealing some interesting
> family history there 
> as it has been mentioned in interviews that more
> information will 
> come out about James and Lily.  

      I personally believe Harry is the heir to
Gryffindor in a spiritual rather than literal sense.
That would fit in with Dumbledore's belief that it is
our choices not our blood that defines us. In other
words Harry isn't *born* the heir of Gryffindor he
*becomes* through his hero's journey.

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