[HPforGrownups] Harry's patronus (was Re: Defending Harry (was Somebody please save Ron!)

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 44779

> Richelle wrote-
> >
> >  And all along his patronus takes the
> > form of his father's animagus.  Then comes back and looks him in
> the eye. If that doesn't throw you for a loop nothing will!  I'm still a
bit
> confused on how that came about (that his patronus would take on the shape
> of a stag), so I'm sure he was too.

purple_801999 responds:

> Well, patronus is close to Latin for father if not the actual word
> for it (My Latin sucks, I apologize). If it is the embodiment of
> James then it would be in a form that could protect his son from a
> swarm of dementors. Dunno if that's what you meant by that question,
> so apologizes if it wasn't.

At the risk that Richard (GulPlum) may jump down my throat (kidding,
kidding!), patronus is Latin for: protector, patron, pleader, advocate.
Father is pater.  I won't get into any connections there, don't want to risk
that again. :)

Anyway, to rephrase my question slightly, the particular form his patronus
took was apparently unusual, according to Dumbledore, who at the time didn't
know James was an animagus (Malfoy & co as fake dementors at Quidditch
game).  So therefore all patronuses must take a form unique to the person
they are defending.  Which means it must've come from somewhere in Harry's
subconscious.  Did he, as a 15 month old or younger, see his father as a
stag?  Is this how he subconsciously associated protection with a stag?

Now is that clear as mud?

Richelle

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