Marauder's Map, the Marauders, and Voldemort

[Josh Warren]

No: HPFGUIDX 108933

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> Alla:
> 
> I have no doubt in my mind that Snape knew where the map came from 

If Snape knew so much, then why didn't he know the big black dog in 
the hospital wing with Harry at the end of GoF was Sirius until he 
transformed? The MWPP monikers on the map only make sense if you know 
multiple animagi forms. It's quite reasonable to assume that Snape 
(as a fake spy for Voldemort within the Order, evil or good) would 
not know about Wormtail also acting the spy, as compartmentalization 
is good security. Moony makes sense as Lupin, but only if you can put 
it in context with another Marauder so as to narrow the field to 1 
werewolf amongst the world's population throughout recent-enough 
history.

No, I seriously doubt Snape put the nicknames into play until he had 
the pleasure of dealing with Padfoot and Moony calling each other 
such in his presence in between Order business.

Josh