The only one he ever feared?

[khinterberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 117251



> 
> Kim replies:
> 
> I think we may be on to something!  From the prophecy about "the
> coming of the Dark Lord" or "Slytherin's heir" maybe DD wouldn't have
> known exactly who that Dark Lord would be, but he might have put two
> and two together when he saw what kind of student Tom Riddle really
> was.  And the Dark Lord prophecy might have mentioned certain
> specifics, like a time when the Dark Lord would appear, etc., that
> would have pointed to Tom Riddle being the one.  Kind of like the way
> Harry's prophecy didn't mention Harry's name, but did mention the
> circumstances of his birth.  And doesn't OotP show that only the ones
> about whom the prophecy is written can open the prophecy sphere?  So
> maybe TR went to the Ministry years before, found the "Dark Lord"
> sphere and opened it?
> 
> Kim


khinterberg here:

If there was a prophecy about the coming of Voldemort and he himself
found out about it, how would Dumbledore find out about it? Did he
witness it?  Did someone tell him?  Or was his name involved as well,
so he could pick it up and touch it?

khinterberg