Harry's scar (Was: Lilly)

[Phyllis]

No: HPFGUIDX 121697


Carol wrote:

<<What we don't know, of course, is exactly what *caused* the scar, 
but we *do* know that AKs don't normally leave any mark (Cedric and 
the Riddles are unscarred), which again allows the possibility that 
the scar resulted from a protective charm performed by Lily in 
combination with the deflected AK. But there seems to have
been a wound as well, one that allowed some of Voldemort's powers to
enter Harry's head.>> 

Phyllis responds:

According to Hagrid, the scar was the result of a "cut" Harry 
received by being touched by a "powerful, evil curse" (PS, Ch. 4).  
Hagrid also references pulling Harry out of the wreckage of his 
house with a "great slash across his forehead" (PoA, Ch. 10). It's 
also referred to as a "curiously shaped cut" in PS, Ch. 1.  From 
these references, I conclude that there was a wound, and that the 
scar was formed from the healing of the wound.

While AKs normally don't leave marks on their victims, they also 
normally don't backfire on their originators.  So it could be that 
the cut was made by the backfired AK because it backfired and not 
due to Lily's sacrifice or some other reason.

Carol:

<<It's on his forehead where its highly visible (though we're never 
told its size or color, which therefore can't be important).>>

Phyllis:

We're just told that it's "very thin" (PS, Ch. 2).  However, I'm not 
so sure that, just because we haven't been told something, that 
renders such information unimportant.  I happen to think there's 
quite a lot of information we haven't been told yet that is going to 
turn out to be extremely important (such as who the HBP is, for 
example ;-).

~Phyllis