A New Way of Looking at the Prophecy

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 99618

> Entropy wrote:
> <big huge snip>

> > ...and either (good-Harry-spirit or bad-Voldemort-spirit) must 
die at
> > the hand of the other...for neither can live while the other 
survives.
 
> Annemehr:
> Not bad... hmmm... I'd like to play with this some more.
> I looked up the rest of the prophecy again to see if your new angle
> can apply to any of the rest of it.  See what you think:
> 
> "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches....Born
> to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month 
dies...."
> This can mean pretty much what it looks like -- foreseeing Harry's
> birth in July -- but the vanquishment in this phrase could mean the
> one in Godric's Hollow.  Which leads to:
> 
> "And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have 
power
> the Dark Lord knows not..."
> That can mean LV marked Harry as his equal at Godric's Hollow, but
> Harry has power -- *Voldemort's powers* transferred that night -- 
and
> LV doesn't know about it.
> 
> Next there's the phrase Entropy did, where either good- or
> bad-Harry-spirit will have to prevail, and then:
> 
> "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as 
the
> seventh month dies...."
> *This* could mean, that the battle between good-Harry-spirit and
> bad-Harry-spirit might *also* happen at the end of July, and 
whichever
> one wins will have the power to vanquish LV (for good or ill).  So 
the
> phrase could have been repeated because it referred to two different
> vanquishments?

Marianne:

Or is this a reference to Neville, who was born the same time as 
Harry?  Perhaps, under this interpretation, Neville has the power to 
vanquish or subdue the bad-Harry-spirit, and thus allow the good-
Harry-spirit to prevail in the ultimate battle.  It seems that 
Neville is starting to come into his own and become more confident in 
his abilities.  I can't help but think that means he will have some 
crucial part to play in the next two books.

Marianne