Mysterious Prophesies (was genealogy of HP)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 88642

> Arya wrote:
> I keep coming back to the question of *how* those recordings get
into the Hall 
> of Prophesy.  I'm convinced it is some magical, automatically
generated thing 
> that when an authentic prophesy is made, a recording then appears
int he 
> hall because it would be impossible to rely on people to report eh
occurence 
> of a prophesy. <snip>  
> And now, this whole thing has me contemplating the nature of the DoM
and 
> all the prophesies kept there.  <snip>  Or--why was there not a
recording of 
> the second prophesy at the end of PoA that foretold the return of
the Dark 
> Lord?  In fact, in PoA, Dumbledore seems only but mildly concerned that 
> Trewlawney made a prediction that night to Harry.  <snip>

Carol:
Very interesting speculations. I don't have any real answers, just
some comments relating to the second prophecy. It's possible that it
did end up in the DoM and we just don't know about it because, unlike
the first prophecy, it wasn't important to the battle sequence.
Neither Voldemort nor the DEs knew about it, and in any case, it had
already come to pass. Now if a Ministry of Magic employee had heard it
when it "automatically" arrived and bottled itself, it might well have
had some interest to Fudge, but apparently that didn't happen. So
maybe it's still sitting there unheard and unlabeled in the DoM? Its
significance to us as readers (and to Harry and Dumbledore) is chiefly
to indicate that Trelawney, in her moments of possession (or
whatever), is a genuine Seer. I think we can expect a third, more
significant, prophecy, from her in Book 6 or 7. We can also examine
the second prophecy and compare it with what actually happened to
determine how prophecies work in the WW. The first prophecy, like the
second one, will come true--but how?

Carol