Whose prophecy? (was Re: Why Harry?)

[sevenhundredandthirteen]

No: HPFGUIDX 54676

Dave Burgess wrote: (about why Voldemort wanted to kill Harry)
> Some people think is was a prophecy of some kind - I don't see 
anything in
> canon that supports that, with the possible exception the cleverly 
vague
> "That's two" for Trelawny.  I think it was something mundane.  No 
idea
> what yet, but it was definitively something much more like a 
response to
> an immediate threat to Voldemort's powerbase.
> 

Well, on a relevant point, Harry was born on 31st of July. Therefore 
he was conceived on the 31st of October- Hallowe'en. I wouldn't think 
it was that significant, except that there seems to be a pattern of 
significant things happening on Hallowe'en- James and Lily dying is 
the big one. I think that this would tie in perfectly with a 
prediction- as in 'a child conceived on Hallowe'en night' is a 
suitably general, yet specific way of fortelling a great leader in a 
spooky fortune-telling way. Does it hold any superstitions in pagan 
beliefs? 

It also might open up the ideas for Harry being 'bred' as a weapon to 
defeat Lord Voldemort, but I don't like that theory. I much prefer 
Trelawney making the "correct" prediction after Lily is already 
pregnant. I mean, why did Voldemort wait until that night to go after 
the Potters? Especially considering that for the time before that 
there *was* no secret-keeper and charm to hide them. So, perhaps 
Trelawney's 'prediction' only came into things later on, after 
Harry's birth...

~<(Laurasia)>~