Harry, Lily, DD & Draqons

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 108896

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "saraquel_omphale" 
<omphale at o...> wrote:
> 1 JK has said that Harry's eyes are important and that they are 
his 
> vulnerability.  Dragon's eyes are their vulnerability.
> 
> 2 On the back of the Chocolate Frog DD card, he is listed as 
having 
> descovered the 12 uses of dragon blood.  I think this is one of 
those 
> points which JK will further elucidate at some point. It's listed 
as 
> one of DD major achievements.  Interestingly hermione is "reciting 
> the 12 uses of dragon's blood" at the start of ch14 in PS. Did DD 
> have anything to do with devising the charm Lily used to protect 
> Harry?
> 
> 3 Ch20 GoF (p295 British pb) "Dragons are extremely difficult to 
slay 
> owing to the ANCIENT MAGIC that imbues their thick hides, which 
none 
> but the most powerful spells can penetrate..."  (my 
capitalisation)  
> they have/are imbued with the same type of magic which protects 
> Harry. Also, if we assume that Voldemort did give Harry his scar, 
> then maybe it is the result of the charm being penetrated.
> 
> 4 Evans is a Welsh name and of course there is the Common Welsh 
Green 
> dragon.  
> 
> I can't say that I've come to any conclusions yet, but has anyone 
> else mused along these lines?


Jen: There was a thread last October that culminated in a TBAY 
called DRIBBLE: Dragon's Resistance In Blood Bestows Life-Saving 
Effects. In it the author theorizes that Snape and even Hagrid may 
have been involved with Dumbledore in providing Harry's protection.

Here are the links to the thread and the TBAY (by grannybat):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/83166

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/83354