DD's omniscience (was how does DD know what Petunia/ Vernon said?)

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 156788

> Joe:
> Throughout the series DD displays some degree of omniscience that
> I'm not entirely comfortable with outside of deities.
> 

Tonks:
IMO that is what we are supposed to think about him. He is human, but 
he seems to have these unusual abilities. This is to make us stop and 
wonder about why. He is very wise and gives us ideas to think about 
and follow. He is the closest thing to a deity in the series, other 
than the one who is very quietly in the background. (By that I mean 
the existence, practiced or not, of the Christian religion as 
evidence by the holidays.)

DD is either an example of a martyr or a symbol of Christ. I know 
many do not agree. Whatever and whoever DD is, he is the greatest 
wizard of all times. By that fact alone he would have knowledge that 
others do not have. He has the same knowledge as LV and more.  He 
does not have to practice the dark arts to have this knowledge. 

I expect that DD in his travels into the world of magical knowledge 
may have come upon the same temptations as Tom, but did not follow 
them. I think that DD's basic personality is much different than 
Tom's so that is part of why DD is able to resist the temptations to 
use the knowledge for his own gain. (This also fits with the mirror 
and stone in book 1. "Whoever what to find it, but not use it". This 
is I suspect true of the mystical knowledge that exist in the WW. It 
can be used for good, to help others, but not for personal gain. And 
I think it is part of making the true stone, which we will see Harry 
do in book 7.)

Also I would not be surprised if Fawkes is more that he seems. In the 
series, IMO, Fawkes represents the Holy Spirit. Fawkes may be able to 
transmit information to DD, sort of like telepathy.  Remember in CoS, 
Fawkes came to Harry and Ginny's rescue.  And DD said something to 
the effect that "you must have shown real loyalty to me down there to 
bring Fawkes to you".  This shows that Fawkes was the one who knew 
what was happening in the chamber and that Harry needed help. DD did 
not send Fawkes, he went on his own.

Tonk_op