GH re-re-revisited

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No: HPFGUIDX 115259




Dungrollin snipped a lot:

And I've just re-read something else, again DD at the end of OotP,
that made me pause...
`He heard only the beginning, the part foretelling the birth of a
boy in July to parents who had thrice defied Voldemort.
Consequently, he could not warn his master that to attack you would
be to risk transferring power to you, and marking you as his equal.
So Voldemort never knew that there might be danger in attacking you,
that it might be wise to wait, to learn more. He did not know that
you would have *power the Dark Lord knows not* -`

Snow:

You neglected to mention that this child that was born at the end of 
July has the `power' to vanquish the Dark Lord. This puts a bit of a 
spin on things. Voldemort does `not' know that Harry possesses the 
power the Dark Lord knows not. Voldemort is aware, however, that a 
child born at the end of July holds `the" power that could vanquish 
the Dark Lord.  

Voldemort is not yet aware of the part of the prophecy that states 
that he will mark Harry as his equal but he has heard that this child 
holds a power to vanquish the Dark Lord. I will assume that Voldemort 
feels that he is the Dark Lord in question and therefore feels 
threatened and at the same time curious of a `power' that exists that 
can possibly vanquish him but lies within an infant. An infant child 
could not possibly be a threat, yet! But it may be worth a look-see 
as to what power this child has that could be of such significance 
that it could destroy the almighty Dark Lord. You can't send a 
servant on such an important errand. Without the understanding of the 
end of the prophecy, Voldemort himself is intrigued and preceded to 
investigate and possibly kill the child (if he could be of actual 
danger) of said prophecy made by an unknown seer. Big Mistake!