Lily and unicorns

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 109076

Jen wrote:
> <<<<<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* ...at Godric's Hollow in hopes of finally 
drinking from the cup of immortality, and it cursed him. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

And Aggie commented:
> Whilst I understand the similarities that you have pointed out, may 
> I just ask, *how* is there unicorn blood in Lily's blood line?

Yb's turn:
I think what Jen is implying is that perhaps a unicorn (or it's 
blood) was used in a charm on Lily and Harry so that if someone tried 
to kill them both, killing the second would backfire horrendously.

Since Unicorn blood is hard to come by without getting cursed, I 
would say this is a bit farfetched, using the blood of something 
innocent for pretty much any purposes at all, even if the unicorn 
would sacrifice it willingly. I personally am much more inclined to 
go with the same theory but using Dragon's blood instead.

~Yb