The Prophecy and Its Reference to LV

[exodusts]

No: HPFGUIDX 147965

> hpfan_mom:
> 
> Just looking at the prophecy again (oh yeah, another exciting Friday
> night), and wondered if there'd been posts on this before.
> 
> Trelawney (or the prophecy for which she's the mouthpiece) does not
> name LV as You Know Who, or He Who Must Not Be Named, or Voldemort, or
> Tom Riddle. The prophecy refers to him four times as the Dark Lord. 
> (Page 841, OOTP, US edition)
> 
> IIRC, that's what the DEs call him.  What could be the significance of
> that?  And that's how the prophecy is labeled, Dark Lord and (?) Harry
> Potter.  (Page 780)  Who is the keeper of the Hall of Prophecy, the
> wizard who labeled the official record?  (Page 842)


Snape also refers to Voldemort as the Dark Lord, in front of the 
Hogwarts students. Admittedly, he used to be a Death Eater, but he is 
supposed to be reformed. It seems likely that calling him that is not a 
complete no-no amongst non-Death-Eaters. Alternatively, the mysterious 
powers that grant prophecies ultimately align themselves with evil. Or 
JKR thought it would be awkward for Trelawney to use "He-Who-Must-Not-
Be-Named" in that speech.

exodusts.