Dumbledore and the Prophecy that was

[shaw_steven]

No: HPFGUIDX 74282

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "adamjmarcantel"
> <adamjmarcantel at y...> wrote:
<snip>
> As a concession, I will add that it is entirely possible that
> Dumbleodre has misinterpreted what he heard.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> bboy_mn
Me (Steven Shaw)
>From the end of Chapter 37 OotP Dumbledore says:
`The thing that smashed was merely the record of the prophecy kept by 
the Department of Mysteries.  But the prophecy was made to somebody, 
and that person has the means of recalling it perfectly'

Dumbledore may have been referring to a magical property of prophecy 
that ensures the recipient recalls the prophecy perfectly or he used 
the pensieve or some other device to do the recalling.  If the 
pensieve shows the memory record accurately without the person's bias, 
the prophecy is quoted properly for Harry.

Now what concerns me are the ellipses.  As my English teacher taught 
me, the ellipsis can indicate a pause or omitted information.  Could 
the prophecy have been delivered after some mystical editor removed 
vital information?  I don't want to sound maudlin and bring out some 
higher power that delivers hints to mortals through prophecy, but that 
is the traditional way prophecy works.  Prophecy is also delivered so 
obscurely that mortals can rarely interpret them properly until the 
event has passed.  Then everyone says 'Of course it meant that.  I 
knew it all the time.'  This ticks off the rest of the people and they 
go lynch the know-it-all. (grin!)

So here is my theory.  There is omitted information hidden in those 
ellipses which will be revealed in book 6 as Patil sisters go into a 
trance and recite the complete prophecy during DA practice.  This will 
be disbelieved by most as true prophecy, etc. etc.

Steven
who agrees with Zeddicus that prophecy is dangerous.