[HPforGrownups]The Prophecy, the end, and the trinity

[nicholas at adelanta.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 71212

Firstly, from  "linlou43" <linlou43 at y...>

(snip)
> Summary of prophecy interpretation:
>
> Harry has the power to defeat(vanquish)the Dark Lord.
>
> Neither has Lived for years.
>
> Through Harry's power both Harry and Tom will Survive but
> the Dark Lord will be defeated.


Then bboy_mn:
>Excellent analysis, and very convincing.

Hear, hear.

I had started down this thought track myself, but haven't had time to
reason it out as you have, nor would I have done it so well.

Part of my reasoning was that I also recalled that very odd statement from
Dobby in CoS, when he was explaining things to Harry at the end; something
about how he had previously told Harry that the problems at Hogwarts were
nothing to do with HWMNBN, but that that was a clue, because before he
became the Dark Lord, he could freely be named. My copy is out on loan, and
it wasn't in the movie, so I can't quote exactly, but when I read it I
thought that it was a very strange thing to say. In the light of the OoP
prophecy, I thought that this was an early seed of the idea that the Dark
Lord and Tom Riddle are indeed two separate entities.

Cheers,
Nicholas