Questions tagged [prophecy]
A prophecy can be either an inspired utterance of a prophet, viewed as a revelation of divine will, or a prediction of the future. For example, the prophecy for Professor Trelawney: 'Neither can live while the other survives'
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Would Neville Longbottom Have Survived If Voldemort Had Marked Neville For Death Rather Than Harry?
If Voldemort had marked Neville Longbottom as his equal, instead of Harry Potter, would Neville have survived the Killing Curse as Harry did? Neville and Harry are both inherently brave; however, ...
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Why must "either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives"?
The full prophecy by Trelawney, the part my question is about in bold:
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the ...
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Second prophecy of Mandos
Does anybody know anything about the mysterious "Second Prophecy of Mandos"? It seems to be about the end of the world.
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Why do only Harry and Neville fit the prophecy out of all wizards?
Here is Sybill Trelawney's first prophecy:
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... and the Dark ...
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Is Sybill Trelawney taken lightly more often than necessary?
In the book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Professor Trelawney says this:
“If Dumbledore chooses to ignore
the warnings the cards show —” Her bony hand closed suddenly
around Harry’s ...
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How do you listen to a prophecy without smashing it in Harry Potter?
That is, if it wasn't revealed to you in the first place. We see only a few instances of prophesying throughout the books, notably, when Trelawney prophesied to Dumbledore about Harry and Voldemort, ...
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Why did the Order bother to guard the Prophecy?
(And please, nobody say "Cause Dumbedore asked them to")
We know one of the tasks of the Order after its re-creation was to keep safe a weapon Voldemort was after.
“What’s he after apart from ...
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Why couldn't Voldemort view the prophecy without Harry's help?
Voldemort filled Harry's mind with visions of Sirius dying in the Department of Mysteries, to lure Harry there.
This was because the prophecies were enchanted so that only the people referred to ...
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Did Voldemort mark Harry as his equal?
The prophecy doesn't merely say "he will mark him", it says
and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal
When talking about the prophecy, Dumbledore says
"Voldemort himself would mark him as ...
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Why does the Department of Mysteries keep prophecies?
What's the main reason why the Department of Mysteries keep prophecies?
The Keeper of the Hall is a Bureaucratic witch or wizard who orders
and maintains the Records placed on the numerous ...
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How did Trelawney know Snape interrupted her interview with Dumbledore (and her prophecy)?
Sybill Trelawney does not know when she does actual prophecies.
"She does not know — and I think it would be unwise to enlighten her — that she made the prophecy about you and Voldemort, you see....
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Is the supposedly fake prophecy of Mahdi that the Bene Gesserit implanted on Arrakis actually a real prophecy?
I've been re-reading through Dune recently, and I've been considering the prophecy of the coming of Mahdi that the Bene Gesserit supposedly implanted on Arrakis as part of the Missionaria Protectiva.
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Why didn't the Order of the Phoenix destroy the prophecy?
Why didn't the Order of the Phoenix destroy the prophecy?
After all:
Dumbledore had already heard and memorised the prophecy.
Though prophecies cannot be taken off the shelf by anyone other than the ...
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Missing text of "The Prophecy of The Chosen One"
Is there some canon source including completely the exact text of "The Prophecy of The Chosen One"? I am reading The Jedi Path, but the pages containing the text are defaced, supposedly by Palpatine.
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How did the Unspeakables know to change the records in the Hall of Prophecy?
Related: How do you listen to a prophecy without smashing it in Harry Potter?; How do the spheres with recorded prophecies appear in the Department of Mysteries?
We know that the contents of the ...
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Did the Keeper of Prophecies hear the entirety of Trelawney's prophecy?
In the beginning of Half-Blood Prince Dumbledore assures Harry that no one besides the two of them is aware of the entirety of the prophecy:
"There are only two people in the whole world who know ...
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