Harry is Not A Horcrux, But the Sword Is

[Kathy]

No: HPFGUIDX 161169

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Harry Potter <hpmyth at ...> wrote:
By The Way: Harry Is Not A Horcrux Because The Dark Lord Wants To Kill 
Harry, Why Does He Put Apiece Of His Soul In Harry's Body ?... And 
When ? I think that the sword appeared in the hat in the second book 
will be a Horcrux.hpmyth

I agree Harry isn't a Horcrux, however I believe that his scar either 
is or contains a Horcrux.  I don't think it happened by accident 
either. If Dumbledore knew about the Horcruxes - perhaps because Snape 
told him in order to be trusted by him - then he would have worked 
with the Potters to protect their son.  Knowing that Voldemort would 
be bringing a magical object with him to perform the spell, Dumbledore 
could have set things up so that - unfortunatley with Lily's 
willingness to sacrifice herself - the magical object would be 
transformed into Harry's scar.  

Dumbledore said that Voldemort had transferred some of his powers to 
Harry, such as being a parselmouth.  Look at POA - Harry stands at the 
lake trying to protect Sirius from the dementors.  He succeeds for a 
bit, and then is overtaken.  Yet from across the lake he not only 
succeeds in taking care of a few dementors, but actually gets rid of 
all of them.

Dumbledore said that the Horcruxes are weapons, they protect 
themselves (HBP).  That part of Harry saw that the soul piece would be 
taken by the dementors, and along with Harry's own ability, pushed to 
protect itself from being taken.

THAT makes sense.  It is the one thing that does make sense throughout 
the books, starting with Dumbledore saying scars can come in handy, 
and remembering that the last word in the last book is 'scar'.
KathyO