Why Couldn't LV get the prophesy for himself?

[a_reader2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 75674

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, music4masses 
<music4masses at e...> wrote:
> At 05:11 PM 8/4/2003, you wrote:

> I don't recall Voldemort's name being on the prophecy bell jar, so 
why 
> would he try to get it himself? He's only mentioned, and so is 
part, of the 
> prophecy itself. It's not his, though, it's Harry's. Only Harry 
could pick 
> up the jar, as his was the only name on it. Voldemort would have to 
lure 
> him there. It seems that if he tried himself, even possessing 
Nagani, he'd 
> go mad as well. We know he knew that by this point. Interesting 
that it was 
> Neville who didn't want Harry to pick it up. It explains why Lucius 
Malfoy 
> said something like "That's good Potter. Now give it to me" or 
whatever his 
> exact words were. It never seemed necessary for LV to be there. He 
could 
> keep low. This is how I understood it, anyway.
> Erin

Erin

Did you notice that they ONLY other person who actually touched the 
prophecy was in fact Neville ? In the fight scene (p.709, UK 
edition), it says ' Harry flung the prophecy across the floor, 
Neville span himself around on his back and scooped the ball to his 
chest'... Granted, Harry was the one to lift it off the shelf, but I 
wonder if it was significant that Neville got to hold it, (and in 
fact was the cause of it being smashed), or whether anyone can hold 
them once they have been picked up by their rightful owner ? Malfoy 
obviously did feel it could be handed to him safely, but, given the 
many possible interpretations of the prophecy, it is curious that it 
was Neville, and not Ron or anyone else involved in the destruction.
Just a thought...
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