A thought about the prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 97973

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Snyder" <jasnyder at i...> 
wrote:
> I was thinking about the prophecy earlier today (actually staring 
at part of
> it because it's my screensaver)...the part that says "...and either 
must die
> at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other 
survives...".
> That's always bothered me, because it seems to imply that Harry 
must kill
> Voldemort, or Voldemort must kill Harry, because neither of them 
can live if
> the other one is living...but they are, in fact, both living now 
(since
> Voldemort was returned to human form in GoF).  And then it occurred 
to me...
> 
> What if "the other" is another person?
> 
> Then the phrase could be interpreted as either Harry or Voldemort 
must die
> at the the hand of The Other (another person/being/force), because 
neither
> one of them can live if this other person/being/force is alive.  
And then
> maybe the final battle isn't Harry vs Voldemort, it will mean that 
Harry and
> Voldemort both do battle against some other person, and that one of 
them
> must sacrifice himself, or both of them will die.  I know that 
Dumbledore
> says that the prophecy means that Harry must vanquish Voldemort, or 
vice
> versa, but he's been wrong before...and the growing connection 
between Harry
> and Voldemort might presage their need to (gulp!) join forces?
> 
> Or have I just been staring at these words too long?...
> 
> Jen

Mo:

Sorry I am responding to these posts so late - it has been a few days 
since I have checked my messages.

Wow!  Really interesting thoughts about the prophecy!  I used to 
always wonder about the "two surviving at the same time" too....  
That would really be an interesting twist if there was a third party, 
the "Other."

I really like your thoughts on this.  (It has given me something to 
ponder for a while ;o)  Thanks!  Now, who could that "Other" 
being/force be, I wonder?

:o)

~Mo