Did the Potters know the prophecy?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 117281



> Dungrollin:
> Why is it so important that Voldy doesn't know about the power
> that Harry's got in such quantities and that he has none of?  And 
> most intriguingly: how could the prophecy mean something *more* to 
> Voldy than it means to us?  

Finwitch:

The prophecy says 'power the Dark Lord knows not'. It doesn't say he 
doesn't HAVE it. He just doesn't know it. After all, since Voldemort 
took Harry's blood, he has all powers Harry does, but some of those 
he knows not. (A bit like Harry didn't know about being Parseltongue, 
until Hermione&Ron told him?)

And um - Voldemort *doesn't* know. All he knows is that either Harry 
or Neville is the one with the power to defeat him. Now, as OOP&MOM 
take great deal of trouble he doesn't find out the whole prophecy- 
Voldemort *believes* it holds information about this 'power to 
defeat' him. If he's able to learn it, well... Of course, WE know it 
doesn't, but Voldy doesn't know that. (And that means you can *bluff* 
and say you have a power he doesn't know about - and Harry can 
*honestly* say so, because that's what the prophecy *says*.)

I mean, Voldemort CAN tell if people lie (he IS a legilemens). Harry 
CAN tell him he knows the whole prophecy AND that he has a power DL 
knows not - BUT he can't tell him what that power is...

Finwitch