Animagi theories

[caspenzoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 109512

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "romulusmmcdougal" 
<romulus at h...> wrote:
> Here are some Animagi theories.  Perhaps these have already been 
> discussed here.
> 
> 1.  As Dumbledore once taught Transfiguration, he is most likely 
an 
> animagus.  What would be his form?  I speculate that he is a 
phoenix.
> And as the head of the Order of Good Guys....er...I mean the 
Phoenix, 
> that would make sense.
> 
> 2.  Snape, being the powerful wizard he is, is most likely a 
Rabbit 
> or Hare.  > RMM

Interesting theories RMM! Don't entirely agree, and some seem more 
than a bit speculative: DD as a phoenix? He's already got Fawkes; 
Harry has Hedwig, but his patronus is not an owl. My personal 
speculation for DD is that his patronus is a bee; at the risk of 
becomming terribly and undisputably boring, I'll bet Ron eventually 
produces a lion patronus. 

Never mind all that however; your comment that really interests me 
is this: "Snape, being the powerful wizard he is, is most likely a 
Rabbit or Hare." Say what? Why is that? I'm aware that certain 
shaman traditions, namely native American, but perhaps some Asian, 
regard the rabbit, and/or hare, as powerful - or at least clever - 
but these hardly seem likely to crop up in Snape's background (to me 
at least). There's been a lot of discussion here about whether Snape 
might be able to transform himself into a bat or bird of some kind, 
but this is the first pitch for a rabbit/hare I've seen (not that 
I've been here that long, so I hope you'll forgive me if I've missed 
something). In any case, please expand!

Very curious,

Caspen