FAQ Poll question finally answered

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

> On 7/15/05, Barry Arrowsmith <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
<< If you take into consideration the nature of the Patroni from James
and Harry, so similar that DD considered "Prongs rode again tonight,"
then either there's an important clue there or Jo is not being
entirely accurate that each individual Patronus is distinctive and
unique. Or maybe DD was lying again. >>

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, JoAnna Wahlund <jrwahlund at g...>
wrote:
<< We know that James' Animagi form was a stag, but do we know that
his Patronus is one as well? Has JKR ever said that a wizard's
Patronus is also their Animagi form (or vice versa)? >>

I have no idea what James's Patronus was, but in general no two stags
are identical, just as no two unicorns, dragons, or phoenixes are.

By the way, SSSusan, I think I guessed Snape's Patronus is a Snake.