The Dursleys at Risk

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 104528

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Jocelyn Grunow <aandj at l...> wrote:
> on 2/7/2004 3:56 PM, justcarol67 at justcarol67 at y... wrote:
> 
> > I think that's one reason Dumbledore placed Harry with them
> > (the charm that protects him as long as he's with his mother's blood
> > kindred is of course the other reason, but DD placed that charm
> > himself). 
> 
> I don't think that Dumbledore PLACED the charm - I think it is a
side-effect
> of the original magic that protected Harry.  (Rather like the 'deep
magic'
> of the Narnia series, but let's not go there.  I have just deleted
several
> paragraphs and you should all be grateful!)
> 
> Jocelyn


Actually, if you go back several thousand posts (I don't really expect
you to), you'll find that I think there were two charms: One, the
"ancient magic" charm that could only be activated by Lily's
self-sacrifice, placed by Lily herself before Godric's Hollow to
protect Harry from Avada Kedavra; the other placed by Dumbledore using
that "blood" sacrifice to grant Harry additional protection as long as
he stays with Petunia. Dumbledore says near the end of OoP that he
placed such a charm; sorry I don't have the exact quote handy, but
it's in the chapter that discusses the Prophecy. (The primary
arguments for the first charm being placed by Lily are that 1) other
mothers, notably Barty Crouch's, have sacrificed themselves for their
children but failed to save them and 2) Lily's skill with charms is
alluded to in several places, notably by Ollivander in SS/PS. But
since your post was about DD's charm, I won't go into that here.) The
second charm is definitely placed by Dumbledore. He says so himself.

Carol