Harry's Wand - not a coincidence?

[taykimson]

No: HPFGUIDX 78822

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "orourkeg" <gene_orourke at y...> 
wrote:

> Knowing the prophesy, might Dumbledore have commissioned the second 
> wand using Fawkes' tail feather?  It wouldn't be that much of a 
> stretch to expect that the wand would eventually choose Harry, 
given 
> the other links between Harry and Voldemort.  This would be simply 
> once more protection that Dumbledore was able to convey to Harry.  
I 
> don't think it has been said anywhere that the two wands were 
created 
> at the same time.

Tay:
I would speculate (no canon to support) that both wands were made at 
the same time.  The reason I believe this is based on the wood used 
to make both wands.

Below is a cut and past from a great post from another message board 
(www.hpgalleries.co.uk) by a user named Diricrawl.  He did some 
research on historical connections to different types of wood.  I 
hope he doesn't mind my reference.

Anyway this is what he found:

"Harry's wand is made of holly. Evergreen holly is seen as the
symbol 
of life and birth. It is one of the few signs of life in the snow of 
winter. It is the symbol of Christmas. 

Voldemort's wand is made of yew. A mirror image of Harry's wand, yew 
is a symbol of death and immortality. Yew berries are toxic and yew 
wood has been long used to make deadly longbows. They are among the 
oldest trees in existence; one yew in Ireland is believed to be nine 
thousand years old. This link between death and immortality means 
they have long been planted in graveyards, where their roots are said 
to enter the mouths of corpses."

Given that these wands seem to be exact opposites, it would seem they 
were made at the same time as a balance of power (or something like 
that).

It would seem strange that the first wand from Fawkes would be one 
that is destined for an evil wizard and then later (almost as an 
afterthought) a wand destined for a good wizard was made.

Tay