Harry using AK curse?? (was: Snape as the Other)

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 136672

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Vera" <selkie1964 at y...> wrote:
> Directly from OOP...
> 
> "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born
> to those who thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... and
> the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the
> Dark Lord knows not ... and either must die at the hand of the other
> for neither can live while the other survives ... the one with the
> power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies
> ..."
> 

I definitely agree that Harry will pave the way for Voldemort's 
death/destruction, however, I can't *imagine* Harry actually committing 
murder.  (Even if Voldemort is a homicidal genocidal sociopath, it's 
still murder unless a court convicts him, right?)  Does anyone think 
that Harry will be able to use an Avada Kedavra?  I don't!!  So my 
question (one of many...) is how exactly to read "either must die at 
the hand of the other."

I know it's going to be Voldemort who dies.  It can't be Harry, that 
would be heinous beyond comprehension.  What does this "hand of the 
other" business mean?  I've heard talk about Wormtail's new hand, but 
that makes Wormtail the Other and that doesn't fit with the rest of the 
prophecy.  I also don't think "at the hand of" means "next to" or "by 
the side of."  Maybe it's figuarative?  Harry destroys the Horcruxes 
and then somebody else (my bet = Snape) actually performs the AK on 
Voldemort?  And the death is still by Harry's hand because he destroyed 
the Horcruxes?  Anyone, anyone??  I know the answers are in the books 
SOMEWHERE!!

Allie