Hey, Yew / Harry's Scar

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No: HPFGUIDX 90113

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ghinghapuss" <rredordead at a...>
wrote:
> If you look back over the past 2 weeks posts, you'll see that I have 
> been debating this idea with Whizbang and Carol. 

Okay, I've looked back on all of the recent threads and posts I could
find about Harry's scar. In the interest of clarity, I'll try to sum
up the various theories for the scar and what it represents. I won't
go into the canon for each of the theories (you'll have to read back a
few posts for that!) but they seem to boil down to these:

1. Harry's scar was caused by Voldemort's AK curse. It is in the shape
of a lightning bolt, which is what happens when curses fail. The
reason for this failure is unknown.

2. Harry's scar is an Eihwaz rune, given to him by Lily some time
before Voldemort's visit to Godric Hollow, as protection against
attack from Voldemort and the Death Eaters.

3. Harry's Eihwaz scar is a *result* of Lily's protection charm. She
gave Harry a protection charm, which was only sealed when she gave her
life for Harry. Voldemort then AK'd Harry, but the curse was reflected
and the scar resulted from the AK meeting with the protection charm.


Have I missed anything?  


In my opinion, Theory #3 makes the most sense, because it incorporates
 
A. All of the hints JKR seems to be giving us (Lily's charm-friendly
wand, Hermione/Luna's rune studies, references to eihwaz runes and yew
trees and what they mean), and 

B. Does not contradict Dumbledore's explanations of what happened that
night (he said it was her love that saved him, and we do know from the
graveyard scene that this ancient magic probably requires great
sacrifice to work -- Peter had to sacrifice his hand!). 

C. It also helps to explain much of the unexplained of Godric's Hollow
(why the AK didn't work, why Harry has this unusual scar, why the
house was destroyed).

I hope I've summed it all up well.  Let me know what I've forgotten
and, as they say, fire away!

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