revelations from the Edinburgh Festival

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 110305

entrop wrote:
1)Lily used Ancient Magic to protect Harry (I believe the scar on
> > Harry's head is actually a protective rune, rather than a
lightning bolt) <snipped by Josh>
> 
Josh noted:
> JKR has specifically said that the shape of the scar is not what is 
> significant. Elsewhere, she remarked that she chose a lightening
bolt because it is easily recognizable (i.e. to make Harry stand out
in a crowd).
> 
> 


Carol responds:
IIRC she said (it may have been in the World Book Day chat) that the
shape of the scar was not the *most* significant thing about it, not
that the shape was wholly insignificant. So it's still possible that
the lightning-like shape of the scar resembles eihwaz (or some other
rune symbolizing defense or protection), but that this shape is less
important than the scar's other properties, both those Lily did not
intend (communication with Voldemort) and those she did intend
(protection against AK and/or Voldemort in general).

Carol, who agrees with entropy that the scar is an eihwaz rune
resulting from the collision of Voldemort's AK with a protective charm
that Lily placed on him and activated by her self-sacrifice