Lily and unicorns

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 109065

> Jen
> <<<<<I'll repeat myself here (don't we all) that JKR uses Unicorn 
imagery around Lily--pure, innocent, strong--and we know from Book 1 
what slaying a Unicorn does! Dumbledore said in OOTP that Voldemort 
*shed 
> Lily's blood* which he may have been using metaphorically, but it 
reminds me of Quirrellmort slaying the defenseless unicorn to drink 
its blood--Voldemort slayed the innocent at Godric's Hollow in hopes 
> of finally drinking from the cup of immortality, and it cursed 
him. >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> 
> Aggie:
> Whilst I understand the similarities that you have pointed out, 
may I just ask, *how* is there unicorn blood in Lily's blood line?
> 
> Unless we are getting into issues which *really* are not mentioned 
in polite society (and which *surely* would be more heinous than 
killing one) then HOW is it possible?  
> 
> I'm not trying to be obtuse, just curious.

Jen: Sorry--didn't intend that Lily has unicorn blood, just that 
symbolically she's like a unicorn and thus to slay her, especially 
when she was wandless, would be a similar offense to slaying a 
unicorn--a cursed life. I meant the cup of immortality symbolically 
too-if LV had killed Harry that night, he would have removed the 
last block to immortality. He's willing to slay a defenseless woman 
and baby to gain that immortality, and I think that will be his 
downfall in the end somehow.

I do think there may be something revealed about Lily, a power she 
has or something about her origin, that might be important for the 
night at Godric's Hollow, to explain why Voldemort didn't *want* to 
kill her initially.

Jen