Blades and snakes

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 134456

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "snipsnapsnurr" 
<snipsnapsnurr at y...> wrote:
> One thing i haven't seen mentioned at all is the fact that 
Voldemort's 
> grandfather and uncle both carry a wand AND a knife. Goderic 
Griffindor 
> owned a sword (which Harry used), but other than that the only weapon 
> we've seen other wizards use is a wand..snip...but in both cases you 
have blades and snakes together. 
snip
> Maybe wands just don't work on serpents for some reason. Maybe 
Goderic 
> Griffindor was a dragon slayer.
> 
> snipsnapsnurr

AmanitaMuscaria now - Well, Harry doesn't have his wand in his showdown 
with the Basilisk, Tom has it. But the whole scene is of Harry being 
given the tools he needs when he asks for them - he shows faith in DD, 
and Fawkes brings the sorting hat. He asks the sorting hat for help, 
and it gives him the sword. Faced with Tom holding Harry's wand, Fawkes 
gives Harry the diary. So perhaps Gryffindor knew very well what would 
slay a Basilisk, and a wand wasn't it. Maybe the point is, as has been 
shown in every book, that Harry has to ASK. 
Well spotted. Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria