His mother's eyes (was: Ahha!! I've got it... Harry's eyes/TT/ LV mortality)

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 122009


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brenda" <luckdragon64 at y...> 
wrote:
> Luckdragon:
>      Are you talking about the sowilo rune symbol. If this is 
correct why wouldn't someone recognize the symbol and remark on it's 
> significance. Especially Sirius or Lupin. If we are to accept that 
it cannot be counteracted then it would be safe to assume it will 
ensure Harry's victory. If it can be counteracted, why has Voldemort 
not dealt with that above anything else. When next we see LV will he 
be sporting his own symbol.

Tonks here:

As JKR says the shape is not the most important thing about the 
scar. First I think the ancient magic is know by only a few very 
skilled wizards like DD, so even if the symbol were always the same 
when the ancient magic was applied most people whould not know what 
it ment. And the important thing is the magic not the symbol. 
Perhaps other symbols could have been used with the same protection. 
For example one could follow this thought by saying that the ancient 
magic can also be transmitted with the sign of the cross as well. By 
the way a lightening bolt is a symbol for protection in Tibet.

Tonks_op