Dumbledore Does Lie (Re: What turned Snape)

[hpfan_mom]

No: HPFGUIDX 159120

 
> Finwitch wrote:
> 
> [DD] said that those who know the full contents are standing *in 
this spidery shed*... Granted, this is interpreted as 
Harry&Dumbledore - question is, was there someone else there as well --
 disguised as a spider/invisible -- to Dumbledore's knowledge, but not 
Harry's -- one more to know the entire prophecy. And if, then who? 
Aberforth? Snape?

hpfan_mom now:

The actual quotation is, "There are only two people in the whole world 
who know the full contents of the prophecy made about you and Lord 
Voldemort, and they are both standing in this smelly, spidery broom 
shed." (HBP, p. 78)  If DD had said, "the only people who know . . ." 
then I'd be right there with you, assuming that someone who could take 
the form of a spider was in the shed too.  But because JKR chose the 
phrasing she did, I think there are really only *two* people who know 
the full prophecy, Harry and DD.

Which leads me to another question.  Doesn't the Keeper of the Hall of 
Prophecies know it too?  So was DD, in addition to all his other 
titles, the Keeper?  If so, who will be the Keeper now?  Will the new 
person be able to hear the full prophecy if they choose?

hpfan_mom