Doe Patronus (was Re: CHAPDISC: Harry Potter and the Deathly silver doe

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No: HPFGUIDX 182793

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:


> It isn't canon, but I think James's Patronus is a stag. When DD saw 
> Harry's Patronus in PoA, he said something about Prongs being back. 
> Since he didn't know about James being an Amimagus, he must have 
> recognized it as a version of James's Patronus.


I am quite ready to believe that James's Patronus was  also a stag,
but unfortunately, we don't have any proof :-). DD did say the words
you cite ("Prongs rode again last night"), but this happened only at
the end of the book, *after* Sirius told DD about them being Animagi
(p.428), so it doesn't prove anything. Even if DD knew that James's
Patronus was a stag, he didn't make a connection at the Quidditch
match, and he didn't even talk to Harry after the game.