Did the Potters know the prophecy?

[Kim McGibony]

No: HPFGUIDX 117322


> Kate wrote:
> 
> In the middle of reading PoA (again), I began to
> wonder, did Lily and James know about the prophecy? 
> <snip>
> So, a spy for the Order tipped off DD telling him
> Lily and James were in danger, but didn't he already 
> know they were in danger (either them or the Longbottoms, 
> or both) because he heard the prophecy about a baby born 
> to parents who defied Voldemore thrice. 
> <snip>
> To me, a cold, wet night indicates winter, or early
> spring. This would had to have been before Harry was born, 
> Lily already pregnant. But the Potters don't go into hiding 
> until Harry is around 1 year old.


Remember the bit about having defied Voldy three times
perhaps at the time of Harry's birth that had not yet
occured. And I would think that the Longbottoms also
had gone into hiding as well. I would think that both
sets of parents had been told about the prophecy. Come
to think of, I wonder how Voldy's followers knew where
to find the Longbottoms so soon after the attack.
While the canon does not give a specific time, it does
seem to indicate that it occured shortly after the
attack on the Potters, as the followers where tring to
find out where Voldy was, so that appears to me that
they did not know what had happened at Godic's Hollow.

Empooress