JKR's FAQ Poll- Ambiguity in the Prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 129393

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> wrote:

> <snip>
JKR seems to apply a straightforward 
> analysis of the prophesy to the facts ... (i.e., LV marked Harry by
trying to kill him, etc.); yet, she 
> admitted the prophecy remains ambiguous to her fans and to her 
> characters.

Whiz:  I'm not sure ambiguous is the word.  First of all, the prophesy
reads: 

Prophesy:  "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord
approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him ... "

Yet according to the FAQ, when the prophesy was delivered, no had this
power at all.  

FAQ: "In choosing which boy to murder, he was also (without realising
it) choosing which boy to anoint as the Chosen One – to give him tools
no other wizard possessed – the scar and the ability it conferred, a
magical window into Voldemort's mind."

So, in fact, no one had this power until about two years later when
the DL marked Harry.  ???

This also apparently answers the question, what is the power to
vanquish Vodle?  It's the connection in the scar, itself, the Magic
Window.

Angie:
> Her characters, hmmm.  The only characters that we know for certain 
> know about the prophecy are DD and Harry and the prophecy-keeper 
> (Wonder who that is and why LV didn't go after him?)

Whiz:  Maybe the prophesy keeper isn't a person.  Maybe it's something
magical, like the quill at Hogwarts that writes down the names of all
the magical children born.