Hey, Yew/Harry's Scar

[maneelyfh]

No: HPFGUIDX 90066

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" 
<entropymail at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> 
wrote:
> > I have been re-reading PS/SS and came across something that 
peaked my 
> > interest. When McGonagal, DD and Hagrid are looking at baby Harry 
one 
> > last time, McGonagal asks DD if he can fix Harry's scar. He 
replies 
> > that even if he could, he would not as scars can be very useful. 
> > 
> > We know the scar causes extreme pain when LV is up to something, 
so I 
> > guess you could say the pain is a bit of a tip off to Harry, but 
it 
> > hasn't really been helpful in thwarting or avoiding LV.  So will 
the 
> > scar be helpful in some other way to Harry in the future?  I am 
not 
> > sure if this has been discussed before. If so, I apologize, and 
would 
> > like to hear others comments.
> > 
> > Fran
> 
> 
> 
> I've been thinking about this a lot lately.  I'm beginning to think
> that the scar was not produced by Voldemort's curse at all, as
> everyone in the WW believes.  
> 
> The more I think about it, the more I believe that the scar is 
really
> an eihwaz rune, which often resembles a lightning bolt. The rune is
> said to protect one from dangerous magic (by reflecting it back). It
> represents protection as well as death, reincarnation, and long 
life.
> It also signifies the necessity for one to go through great, 
sometimes
> painful, change in life in order to grow and succeed.  Since Lily
> seems to have had some knowledge of ancient magic, she may have 
given
> Harry the scar immediately before (or even quite a while before)
> Voldemort's visit to Godric's Hollow.
> 
> snip> 
> :: Entropy :: who is wondering if Neville has a rune on his arse.

I think you may be on to something. If Lily had protected Harry with 
ancient magic using the eihwaz rune, maybe that is why the scar is in 
that shape and not a hole as I would expect. Also Harry has gone 
through a great powerful change in OOP: he lost Sirius and was told 
the prophecy. Another thing, the books never say that the AK curse 
produces such a scar or any scarring at all. This may all tie in with 
Hermione studying Runes..... DD may have recognized the scar as being 
a sign of eihwaz and did not elaborate the detail to McGonagal.

Fran