Did James and Lily know about the prophecy?

[mad_maxime]

No: HPFGUIDX 86743

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...>
wrote:
> Without actually taking a stand in favor of this intriguing theory, I
> want to mention that there's at least one bit of canonical support for
> it. When Harry visits Ollivander's in SS/PS (p. 82 Am. ed.),
> Ollivander tells him that he remembers every wand he ever sold,
> including James's ("excellent for transfiguration") and Lily's ("nice
> wand for charm work"). We've already learned at least part of the
> reason why James's skill in transfiguration is important (he was an
> animagus). We haven't yet learned much about Lily, but we can be sure
> that her skill with charms will play a role later. 


Madmaxime:

I too believe that Lily's 'skill with charms' will play an important
role in the series.

If Lily knew about the prophecy (which I believe she did - at least in
part), she would have correctly intuited that Voldemort would want to
complete his mission as quickly as possible, going for the kill with
Harry first. Killing (or not killing) Lily would be an after thought
since he apparently did not see her as a threat.

It would therefore be imperative for Lily to get Voldemort to kill her
before he could get to Harry.  Otherwise, all would be lost. Her
"Please no.... take me.... kill me instead....", and her refusal to
"step away" (which any mother would do, of course) would then take on
added significance.

Max