DH: The silver doe as Lily's patronus?

[mariavaerewyck]

No: HPFGUIDX 173114

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl at ...> wrote:
> 3) As I've stated before, the moment that I saw the doe Patronus,
the very first thing I thought of was "Snape!" I was dead certain that
was Snape's Patronus, yet as near as I can tell, there was nothing in
the canon to explain this. Can anybody here think of where I might
have gotten the idea?
> 4) Be that as it may, it is clear that Snape associated the doe with
Lily.
>
> Bart

Maria here:

Like Bart, the moment I saw the doe, I thought directly that was
Snape's Patronus because of his love for Lily, but I didn't think that
was Lily's patronus, I was thinking more that that was Lily' animagus.
Are we really certain that it was Lily's patronus, because it was not
really stated in the book everybody just assumed. Of course we don't
know if Lily was an animagi when she was alive, though I'm still
thinking that the doe is her animagus. cheers.

Maria