Hey, Yew/Harry's Scar

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 90170

Carol wrote:
> Thanks for the information. I happen to think that you're right that
> the Eihwaz rune, meaning protection and so on, appeared on Harry's
> forehead when LV's curse hit Harry as the result of the "ancient
> magic" involved with her sacrifice. 
> What I want to say here is a new point, at least for me: Normally 
the Avada Kedavra leaves the victim unmarked; Tom Riddle's family 
look as if they died of fright, poor Cedric looks slightly surprised, 
but the curse doesn't blast a hole through them or mark them in any 
way. Harry alone is marked. The curse ricohets off his forehead onto 
Voldemort, who also suffers in a unique way, losing his body when the 
normal reaction is to lose the spirit (die) with the body completely 
intact. 

> Voldemort survived because of pre-existing magic, transformative
> spells he had performed on himself. Harry also survived through
> pre-existing magic (either his mother's self-sacrifice alone or a
> protective charm she placed on him). Which of them caused the scar 
to appear?  Is it merely the accidental marking of Harry as 
Voldemort's equal, Eihwaz-shaped because of the association of yew 
with the rune, or did it appear the second the curse struck Harry as 
a result of protective magic (also associated with the rune), 
shielding him and deflecting the curse onto Voldemort? Or both?


Mandy here:
Thank you for putting so clearly what I have been trying to say all 
along.  And sorry I wasn't around to back you up last week, I was out 
of town and am just now catching up. 

This thread doesn't seem to want to die just yet. ;-) Perhaps because 
it's a good one.  But I think at this point, we are not going to get 
any closer to solving the main 2 questions: How did the scar get 
there? And by who?, until book 6 comes out gives us more some more 
meat to chew on.

So, those of you who are convinced LV if the sole reason for the 
scar, and those of us who think there's more to Lily's involvement, 
are just going to have to agree to disagree...for now.  Roll on book 6

Cheers Mandy.