Det var redan märkt som om Harry.
Profetian var redan märkt som den Mörka Herren och Harry, även om det var ett frågetecken av Harrys namn, eftersom profetian inte var specifik när den gjordes.“He stepped forwards. Not as tall as Ron, he had to crane his neck to read the yellowish label affixed to the shelf right beneath the dusty glass ball. In spidery writing was written a date of some sixteen years previously, and below that:
S.P.T. to A.P.W.B.D.
Dark Lord
and (?)Harry PotterHarry stared at it.
‘What is it?’ Ron asked, sounding unnerved. ‘What’s your name doing down here?”
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 34 (The Department of Mysteries)
Även om profetian inte specifikt nämnde Harry, tycks etiketten ha förändrats för att inkludera Harry vid något tillfälle, vilket berodde på att den mörka Herren hade försökt att döda Harry.
Profetior är bara återhämtningsbara av dem de handlar om, vilket sannolikt är bestämt för den magiska kontrollen av den som står på deras etiketter, och den profetian märktes som om Harry.“The odd thing, Harry,’ he said softly, ‘is that it may not have meant you at all. Sybill’s prophecy could have applied to two wizard boys, both born at the end of July that year, both of whom had parents in the Order of the Phoenix, both sets of parents having narrowly escaped Voldemort three times. One, of course, was you. The other was Neville Longbottom.’
‘But then … but then, why was it my name on the prophecy and not Neville’s?’
‘The official record was re-labelled after Voldemort’s attack on you as a child,’ said Dumbledore. ‘It seemed plain to the keeper of the Hall of Prophecy that Voldemort could only have tried to kill you because he knew you to be the one to whom Sybill was referring.”
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 37 (The Lost Prophecy)
Profetian var märkt som om Harry vid den tiden, så därför hade Neville inte kunnat hämta det. När den mörka herren utpekade Harry som den större risken, blev profetian om Harry och märktes som sådan.“Why?’ Malfoy sounded incredulously delighted. ‘Because the only people who are permitted to retrieve a prophecy from the Department of Mysteries, Potter, are those about whom it was made, as the Dark Lord discovered when he attempted to use others to steal it for him.”
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35 (The Department of Mysteries)
Profetian slutade eventuellt vara om Neville när den mörka herren bestämde att det handlade om Harry.book: Why did Voldemort pick Harry and not Neville?
JK Rowling replies -> Dumbledore explains this in 'Order of the Phoenix'. Voldemort identified more with the half-blood boy and therefore decided he must be the greater risk.
- World Book Day Chat (March 4, 2004)