Prophecy Involvement- There are only two?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 172190

Carol:
> As for others not knowing about the Prophecy, clearly the Death
> Eaters, while not knowing the content of the Prophecy, knew what it
> was and whom it concerned. So, almost certainly, did Snape. As for 
the
> other Order members, I'm not at all convinced, as other list members
> appear to be, that their reference to the Prophecy as a "weapon"
> indicates that they didn't know what they were protecting. I think
> it's a cover story, invented by Sirius Black on the spot when Lupin
> and Mrs. Weasley thought that Harry was hearing more than he ought 
>to hear.


Jen:  That's my take, that the Order members knew they were guarding 
a prophecy found in the Dept. of Mysteries, one re: Harry.  No more 
than that, none of the specific wording.  After finishing OOTP, my 
interpretation was Sirius used the word 'weapon' as a cover (and JKR 
used it to divert the reader; I fell for it completely!).  
Technically the prophecy *is* a weapon in Voldemort's hands, or at 
least he thinks he can glean something from it that will help him 
kill Harry.  

Whether he could have learned something valuable is open to 
intepretation, because even if he learned Harry had a power that he, 
LV, 'knew not,' I suspect Voldemort would believe that meant Harry 
had a magical power that LV had overlooked rather than realizing the 
words meant a power the Dark Lord 'knew not' - as in didn't 
understand.  At least that's my interpretation of 'knew not' after 
reading HBP and hearing JKR's comments about LV never knowing love. 
 
Jen, most likely sending her last post before closing time and hoping 
everyone enjoys DH!