My two cents re:the Prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 82155

My take on the Prophecy in OOP has been different than other posts I 
have seen>  the Prophecy states:pg.841 US ed.:

"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.."

Okay, if you're like me, you've probably memorized this Prophecy.  
But I wondered if there weren't some things that were overlooked in 
it?  Here's my thoughts--

First, what if the word 'approaches' was applied in the immediate 
context.  Was someone physically approaching the place where Sybill 
and DD were meeting?  A person who had the power to defeat in some 
way,shape, or form Voldy himself?  How would that affect the rest of 
the Prophecy and how it is interpreted?  (Well, that's part two...)


The word 'born' can have more than one meaning.  'born', meaning to 
be brought forth into the world, and 'borne', to be brought forth or 
carried....so, I ask, what if the correct interpretation should have 
been "borne"?  What if that person physically walking/flying/floo-
travelling towards Sybill and DD was a person who is going to be 
brought to either the Longbottoms or the Potters ( I think the latter)
Brought to them at the end of July....what if that person is Severus 
Snape?!?!

Snape's been marked by Voldy with the Dark Mark, although I think 
that 'as an equal' may be a sticking point, but he does have power 
that Voldemort doesn't know about perhaps--as a legilimens?
I couldn't tell you why one has to die so the other can live but I 
bet JKR knows.......


AND, Snape was brought to them by (who else?)  Dorcas Meadowes, the 
one that Voldemort personally offed; she and Lily were (in my sad 
little world)very close friends way-back-when at Hogwarts.  Dorcas 
was, I have reasoned, present with Lily at the Lake after exams when 
Snape was jinxed by James Potter--as viewed in the Pensieve by Harry 
when he peeked (shame on you Harry!)Which, to wrap it all up, was why 
the memory was labelled as "Snape's Worst Memory." He was humiliated 
in front of the girl he had strong feelings for--not Lily, as has 
been argued in previous posts, but Dorcas.  


p.s.  I still haven't decided if Dorcas herself brought Snape to them 
or whether her death at the hands of Voldemort brought him forth.  
Hey, how did Mad Eye know that Voley personally killed Dorcas and not 
one of his Death Eaters?


smt--interested in your feedback