Harrys Scar

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No: HPFGUIDX 90551

Pursuing my own study of Runology, I've been reading "The
Well and 
the Tree" by Paul Bauschatz(1982, University of Minnesota Press).
A 
footnote from his discussion of Beowulf's fight with the dragon 
jumped out at me. 

The bracketed explanations of Bauschat's terminology are mine.
>From page 214, Note 17:

"Beowulf is, at this point, faege {marked}. This contrasts with
his 
earlier comment: naes ic faege pa gyt 'I was not yet marked'
(2141), 
which he makes to Hygelac in his report of his battle with
Grendel's 
Mother. The term always refers to some special marking or 
significance of an apparently ordinary actor, which places him within 
the flow of the powers behind the normal. It regularly occurs in 
relation to actions that lead to death, especially in an important or 
meaningful death, the ultimate significance. It is thus clearly 
related to the power of wyrd itself.{Earlier in the text, Bauschatz 
describes wyrd as "the influential power of the past upon the
present 
reality", page 28.}
 Beowulf, whose greatness is touched by
the 
action is "marked", and he bears within him the full impact
of all 
the actions related to and deriving from the theft."

Harry's scar, if it indeed is a rune, may indicate he is also marked 
in another less visible, yet highly signifiacant, fashion. 
Incidentally, from Bauschat's text, it is to be expected that a woman 
had something to do with Harry's mark, particularly "a woman who 
knows much about the nature of the universe", with "a gift of 
prophesy", and "more in touch with forces beyond this life".  

Lynette