What was James Potter's Patronus

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 167729

"Debi" wrote:
> >
> > A Stag, the same animal that Harry's is. This is where James got
the nickname "Prongs"
> > 
> 
> Ryan:
> 
> No, James got the nickname "Prongs" because his animagus form is a 
stag.  The form of James's patronus has never been mentioned.
>

Carol adds:

Ryan is correct. For the record, there's no witch or wizard for whom
we know both the Patronus and the Animagus form. We don't know the
Patronuses for *any* of the Marauders or McGonagall (or Rita Skeeter,
if she has one). We've seen Patronus forms that reflect someone other
than the witch or wizard casting them (Harry's reflects James; Tonks's
new Patronus reflects Lupin), but we've never seen a Patronus form
that clearly reflects its caster's character and personality as the
Animagus form does (Wormtail as rat, to state an obvious example). As
I've noted elsewhere, a Patronus is a "spirit guardian" (JKR's
website) and the etymology of "Patronus" suggests a protector.

In short, Harry's Patronus is James's Animagus form because James (or
his essence or spirit) is Harry's "spirit guardian" (as Fawkes, it
seems, is Dumbledore's).

Carol, thinking that knowing McGonagall's Patronus would clear up some
of the confusion