overlooked Gryffindor relic?

[ellecain]

No: HPFGUIDX 143012

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> wrote:
>
>  Jane Penhaligon :
> >
> > We are told over and over that Gryffindor's sword is the only known 
> object
> > that can be tied to Godric Gryffindor. But I think we may have 
> overlooked
> > the obvious--the Sorting Hat. We know that Godric whipped the hat 
> off of his
> > head to be the Sorting Hat--this from the hat itself.
> > 
> > That said, is it possible that the hat could be a horcrux?
> 

Elyse:
While I dislike the idea that Voldemort has the power over such an 
important tool to manipulate children such as the Sorting hat,
I agree that it might be a horcrux simply because of the following 
quote by JKR I found in another post made before GoF:

>"The character you might be most surprised to see evolve is none
> other than the Sorting Hat. "There is more to the Sorting Hat than
> what you have read about in the first three books," Rowling
> says. "Readers will find out what the Sorting Hat becomes as they get
> into future books."
>
> see: http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/sorting_hat.html