Scar as Ancient Rune

[corinthum]

No: HPFGUIDX 82177

Arya asked:

> 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.

No, I don't think anyone is suggesting Dumbledore or Lily or whoever 
the eihwaz-related-spell-caster was actually gave Harry the physical 
scar.  Rather, they used a spell of some sort that involved the shape 
of the rune (perhaps tracing it on his forhead with a finger, or 
wand, or special potion?).  This was done some time before the 
Godric's Hollow incident, probably before the Fidelius Charm was 
enacted.  Then, when Voldemort cast AK at Harry, the force of the 
curse was concentrated at the place where the eihwaz had been, 
creating a scar.

  
> 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).


In actual real world runes, yes, the two symbols have many possible 
interpretations.  However, we don't know whether these other meanings 
hold true in Potterverse.  By canon, eihwaz = protection (and ehwaz = 
something, though I don't have my books to look up what exactly), and 
that's it.

-Corinth