[HPforGrownups] Hey! Yew!

[Helen R. Granberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 90000



Frost:

Ok, sorry for the bad pun, but they are my specialty.

  So all the talk about EIHWAZ made me curiouse. I looked it up. SOme
places it looked more like a bit of lightning than others, so... meh... 
But then you read that it is the symbol for the "Yew tree."  

  I was just reading Voldimort's rebirth sceen when I noticed, this:

  "They were standing instead in a sark and overgrown graveyard; the
black outline of a small church was visible beuond a large yew tree to
their right." (OoP, US HB, p.636)
    
  This seemingly innocent detail is mentioned several times, down to
it's leaves, in the telling of Voldimort's rebirth. 

  It made me wonder what Harry's wand was.  I checked. Holly. Ok, not
impressive, but then you go on and read on page 85, OoP, US softback:
  "It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for thie wand
when its brother-- why, its brother gave you that scar... Yes,
thirteen-and-a-half inches. Yew. Cuirious indeed how these things
happen."

  I am as of yet, uncertain what these things could mean. The first
thing that come to mind is that this is confirmation that IF the symbol
on Harry's head is eiwhaz, then it is very likely that the mark is from
the wand that Voldemort held, and not from Lily.  In addition, I think
we should keep an eye out for eiwhaz and yew, since they seem to hold an
importance, and possibly beyond the scar.  

  Any ideas?

Frost


>From Helen (LizardLaugh):

Yew is a symbol for death (hence it being planted in churchyards). I
believe holly is a symbol for rebirth, but not quite as sure on that
one.