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No: HPFGUIDX 138403

> Valky said:
 Snape does not *know* Harry is *the* "One" full stop. 
He
> only knows "Harry is the one with the power" because he has only
heard
> half the prophecy. He could still conclude that the power is the
> answer, and not the boy. Snape is into "power" like that, being a
> Slytherin and all.
> 


I would like to know of the canon that supports this statement.
Because, in OoTP I remember the prophecy as being

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...
born to those who have 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 then Dumbledore says very clearly (canon here)

"...that Voldemort's information of the prophecy was incomplete..
...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 naver 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*-"

Now,
That clearly shows that Snape *could not* have heard the part about 
Harry having a power the Dark Lord does not.Because

1 - It came after the bit about "marking him as his equal* 
which DD says Voldy did not know of, and
 2- Snape could not warn Voldemort that 
he might risk transferring certain power to Harry
since he Did Not Know himself!!!!!!!!!!

So all this speculation of Snape *studying* Harry could
only take place if and only if, Dumbledore had told him the whole 
prophecy.

And we know for sure that he did not know because
DD told Harry that the only people who knew the full contents of the 
prophecy were standing in the broomshed.

Of course, DD could have told Snape later on,
but I highly doubt this. It was too late in the game 
to let Snape in on it. Why would DD tell Snape the full prophecy
sixteen years after it was made?
Especially when Voldy could have Legilimensed it out of him
if Snape got caught?

Elyse