Ancient Runes and the scar

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 126889


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone" 
<greatelderone at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "B.G." <hambtty at t...> wrote:
> > 
> > Interesting idea about Herminone discovering that Harry's scar 
looks 
> > like an ancient symbol.  From the website "The Meanings of Runes" I 
> > found this about Ancient Rune "yew" and it looks very much like a 
> > lightning bolt.
> 
> GEO: Yes, but sowulo not eihwaz I believe is the actual thunderbolt 
> rune. As for Harry's scar supposedly in the shape of a rune, didn't 
> Rowling herself say that the shape of the scar really didn't matter?

Hannah:  Yes, she has, can't remember which interview, but in one of 
them she said something like 'the shape isn't the most important thing 
about the scar.'  That interested me because it implies something else 
about the scar is important.  But what?

The size?  Seems unlikely.

The colour?  Also unlikely.

The properties? Maybe she means its 'alarm bell' behaviour.

The placement?  This is what I think she's referring to.  The scar is 
on Harry's forehead.  Why?  AK's seem to work effectively whatever body 
part they hit.  But Harry's is slap bang in the middle of his forehead 
(in the medium that must not be named it even seems to move about ;-) !)
I think that's a hint that it wasn't an AK that LV used, but 
a 'transfer of power spell,' as has been discussed before.  That may 
well have needed to be aimed at Harry's head rather than anywhere else. 
Thus the important thing about the scar is that it is the remnant of a 
power transfer curse gone wrong, and the placement gives that away.

My crazy new theory (about the placement, not the curse used - I can't 
claim credit for that!)

Hannah