[HPforGrownups] Re: Lily Potter's Name/Evans is Welsh

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No: HPFGUIDX 44066

Richard said:

> As I read things, and as we know the situation at present, Lily didn't 
> "invoke" any kind of magic. What overcame Voldermort's attack was her 
> Mother love per se, which didn't need to be invoked in the way that spells 
> and charms are. If anything, it was her act of sacrifice which "invoked" 
> the ancient magic, not some kind of deliberate strictly magical action or 
> incantation on her part.
> 
> Again, as I read the canon (and the moral it tries to impart), it's not the 
> fact that Lily was a witch which saved Harry, but the fact 
> that she 
> sacrificed herself for him: "love" is in itself magical.

I think Lily's saving Harry has much more than just her love going for it.  Voldemort supposedly killed a *lot* of people when he was in power, and I'm sure he killed some kids/babies of the parents he killed.  No doubt some of those parents tried to protect their kids, but Voldemort managed to kill them; only Harry stopped him.  In my opinion, the whole purpose of the series is to find out why Harry didn't die.  It is directly connected to Lil's love, of course, but there must be something else we'll find out at the end of the series.  
Okay, does anyone understand what I just said?  I tried to word it so it makes some sense.  =)
~Katey