Prophecy - Thrice Defied?

[Susana da Cunha]

No: HPFGUIDX 113557

Angie wrote:
"Does anyone else wonder what "thrice defied" means in the prophecy in
OOP? Does that mean Lily & James and the Longbottoms refused to join
LV three times each?  Or does "defy" mean something else? Regardless
of what it means,why would LV give them a second or third chance to
defy him?  Unlike DD, I would imagine LV doesn't believe in second or
third chances."
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Dumbledore's intrepretation from OotP:
"He saw himself in you before he had ever seen you, and in marking you with
that scar, he did not kill you, as he intended, but gave you powers, and a
future, which have fitted you to escape him not once, but four times so
far - something that neither your parents, nor Neville's parents, ever
achieved."



Susana