Scar as Ancient Rune

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 82176

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457 at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "urghiggi" <urghiggi at y...> 
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> By the way, we know Lily's "sacrifice" didn't leave a physical mark 
on Harry. (SS 299) I suggest to you that the scar on Harry's head is 
indeed the defensive rune "eihwaz," (OoP 715) and a consequence of 
Dumbledore's charm. This, of course, implies pre-meditation and 
orchestration. (Wouldn't do to have LV come knocking when Lily was 
upstairs taking a nap and Harry was bouncing on his Daddy's knee in 
the living room.) 

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But you see, Harry had the scar/cut on his head already when Hagrid 
brought him to the Dursleys and Dumbledore.  Yes, we do have the 
missing 24 hours of time between Halloween when Lily and James were 
killed and Nov 2 in the morning when Harry os found on the doorstep, 
but still, it having been a "cut" on his head, are you really 
suggesting that Dumbledore *carved* it into his head?  And Dumbledore 
clearly calls it a scar when he compares it to the one he has on his 
knee of the London underground.  

I do see merit and links to the scar being the actual shape and with 
some conducting ability of the properties inheirent in the rune, 
however.  I see it more likely that it the scar, was a marl from the 
curse that failed still, and may just have manifested itself in the 
form of a rune.  


Eihwaz (linked to Yew--voldemort's wand) and immortality and power 
may be a good choice as could be the Sowulo (lightening bolt shape) 
rune that is linked to the Sun (Harry's astrological sign is Leo, the 
sign of the sun), honor (a gryffindor trait), the life-force ( 
particularly coincidental for "The Boy Who Lived"), and it also 
linked to a mythological "sword of flame" or "cleansing fire" (Goes 
with Gryffindors being the House of the element Fire and his scar 
always seems to burn).

SO anyway, that's my addition to this interesting debate/discussion.

Arya