Significant Lily?

[snapesmate]

No: HPFGUIDX 92879

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "thephoenixrisingteam" 
<thephoenixrisingteam at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > In a thread this sunmmer, Richelle noted that in the Pensieve 
scene 
> > we find out Lily's eyes are almond-shaped. Since we already know 
> her 
> > eyes are important, this was some additional information. The 
only 
> > other character that has almond-shaped eyes is the sphinx in GOF. 
> > Coincidence, red herring? I don't think so, because the BIG thing 
> > we're going to find out about in Book 7 is the Harry/Lily eye 
> > connection, so the shape is another clue. 
> > 
> > It just seems like the significance of the eyes has to be a power 
> > Lily and Harry possess that is beyond the normal witch/wizard's 
> > powers. 
> > 
> > Here's the thread if anyone is interested:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/75287
> > 
> > Jen Reese
> 
> Mlle: This is an out-of-book example, but it seemed to me food for 
> thought anyway. I read this and immediately thought of Harry 
Potter. 
> This is a passage from the Neverending Story, by Michael Ende:
> 
> "[Engywook says]...the Great Riddle gate. And the two sphinxes. 
That 
> gate is always open, obviously. There's nothing to close. But even 
> so, no one can get through unless the sphinxes close their eyes. 
And 
> do you know why? The gaze of a sphinx is different from the gaze of 
> any other creature. You and I and everybody else, our eyes take 
> something in. We see the world. The sphinx sees nothing. In a 
sense, 
> she is blind.  But her eyes send something out. And what do her 
eyes 
> send out? All the riddles of the universe. That's why these 
sphinxes 
> are always looking at each other. Because only another sphinx can 
> stand a sphinx's gaze..." - Neverending Story - Michael Ende pg 81 
> Penguin edition. 
> 
> Now, my question is, is there a common mythological story that 
> relates sphinxes with significant eyes?
> 
> As a sidenote, another interesting thing about sphinxes is that 
they 
> tell RIDDLEs...and we've already got a major character with that 
> name..... hmmmmm...... I don't know what it means, but it certainly 
> is interesting....


Eyes were important at the end of CoS too, as Fawkes blinded the 
basilisk to help Harry.  JKR has already alluded that Harry's eye 
colour, the need for glasses, (and shape?) are a clue to Harry's 
ability to defeat Voldemort.  Curious...
Lynnette, who thinks Snape IS a good guy, even if he is NOT a nice 
guy!