The eavesdropper: round up the usual suspects...Plus more Prophecy

meriaugust meriaugust at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 31 23:07:06 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 87882

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jotwo2003" <jsummerill at s...> 
wrote:
> Although I bet we won't find out until book 7, I thought it might 
be 
> useful to list all the characters who may be the eavesdropper who 
> overheard the prophecy, and why.

snipping the majority of the post 

> Dumbledore says that the eavesdropper could not inform his master 
> about the second half of the prophecy

more snipping 

This line caught my attention while reading this post. I just 
finnished OotP last night and was struck by how the results of the 
prophecy were described by Dumbledore. He is specific that only part 
of the prophecy was heard by the spy, and that this small part was 
enough to convince LV that a baby boy would be born at the end of 
July (seemingly Harry or Neville) that would have the power to 
destroy the Dark Lord. Can anyone guess as to which part of the 
prophecy specifically the spy heard? Here is the full text of Prof. 
Trelawny's prophecy:
"The One with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...Born 
to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month 
dies....and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will 
have power the Dark Lord knows not...and either must die at the hand 
of the other for neither can live while the other survives...The one 
with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh 
month dies..." 
Any speculations about how the birth of (specifically) a baby boy is 
prophecized here? Or what parts they heard? Or who threw them out 
after they had overheard? 
Meri





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