Life-debts

[elvishooked]

No: HPFGUIDX 42319


> Corinth:
> > The concept of a life debt has been mentioned only once in canon 
as
> > far as I can recall (at work, no books to consult).  This is when
> > Harry asks Dumbledore why Snape hated him, and why he would then 
save
> > his life.  Dumbledore replies by saying that James had done 
something
> > Snape could never forgive: saved his life.  > > 
> 
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., eloiseherisson at a... wrote:
> No, the life-debt thing is mentioned by Dumbledore more directly in 
PoA after 
> Harry regrets sparing Pettigrew's life:
> 
> "Pettigrew owes his life to you. You have sent Voldemort a deputy 
who is in 
> your debt. When one wizard saves another wizard's life it creates a 
certain 
> bond between them... and I'm much mistaken if Voldemort wants his 
servant in 
> the debt of Harry Potter."
> 
> (PoA, p310, UK paperback)
> 
> I think it is in the light of this that many of us read back 
Dumbledore's 
> words about Snape to imply that he owes a life-debt to James.
> 
> Eloise


There is a difference between *saving someone's life* and *sparing 
someone's life (when you had reason to kill this person but chose not 
to)*
Maybe the life debt has to do only with the latter?

Inge