Over the course of seven books and eight films, audiences met many interesting characters from the harry potter universe, among those sybill trelawney, a very eccentric and theatrical. Snape was eavesdropping and listening by the door of a room where albus accommodated trelawney s interview for a divination teaching post and inadvertently heard the first part of trelawney s prophecy. By rushing out to find this child he helped the prophecy come to be, well see what happens in book. The writer created a magical, wizarding world which will inevitably give you homey and warm feelings all over. According to harry, she went into a trance and a deep voice boomed out of her giving the following prophecy. Rowling created a world of wizards and witches and unwittingly exposed the fastest growing religion in america to hundreds of millions of people. The harry potter books gathering dust on your shelf might have more than just sentimental value they could make you rich. The lost prophecy wikibooks, open books for an open world. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix albus dumbledore recalling the night the prophecy was made.
These statistics are unbelievable, especially when you consider the story that j. Trelawney s prediction leaves harry stunned and confused, unsure whether what he has just heard was mere melodrama or a true prophecy. Witchcraft and wicca, the heart of the harry potter controversy harry potter has become a record breaking phenomena and is the 21st centurys opening fairytale. The first is that harry was a halfblood, like voldemort, while neville was a pure blood. Harry could do it, so could voldemort and dumbledore, but no one else that harry had ever met could.
Muggles guide to harry pottermagicprophecy wikibooks. Sybill trelawneys prophecy about harry potter explained. Multilanguage harry potter and prisoner of azkaban. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix wikipedia. When relating the horcruxes to the prophecy, harry is the most important horcrux. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the fifth book in the harry potter series. The prophecy was given by lady cassandra trelawney to lord natheniel potter in the 1780, during a hookup between the two at an international party at potter manor.
Cassandra trelawneys prophecy prince of slytherin wiki. All the horcruxes had to be killed before voldy could be killed. The prophecy is revealed to us in chapter 37 of book 5, harry potter and the order of the phoenix. Trelawney s first known prophecy was witnessed by albus dumbledore in 1980, foretelling the birth of a boy who would be capable though not assured of defeating lord voldemort, that voldemort would mark him as his equal, and that either the boy or voldemort would ultimately kill the other. Rowling presented her very own world of magic in 1997 with harry potter and the philosophers stone, the first entry in what would become a series of seven. Because if we know the full prophecy we might be able to understand why dumbledore didnt tell the order about voldemort having horcruxes kingsley said. It was inevitable that she would use this power to fire either trelawny or hagrid, two relatively weak professors who wer. Sybill trelawneys second prophecy harry potter wiki. As the most powerful 17 year old wizard in the world, will harry succumb to voldemorts manipulations and become the balance of power. Apr 28, 2015 the hardest of the books to read is the fourth.
Events would have been very different if snape and voldemort had not been cognisant of the prophecy. What is sybill trelawneys prophecy in harry potter. On the night that sirius d, after the battle at the ministry of magic at the end of harry potter and the order of the phoenix, dumbledore showed harry, with the aid of his pensieve, the complete lost prophecy. There are two reasons why harry potter was chosen to be the boy of the prophecy over neville longbottom. According to dumbledore, many true prophecies are never fulfilled. Neville longbottom is the most important person in harry. When dumbledore met at the hogs head with sybill trelawney as a courtesy to interview her for the post of divination professor, she suddenly launched into a real prophecy about a child with the ability to vanquish the dark lord. Harry potter and a few friends are just investigating a mysterious figurine. Harry was the only person who knew of trelawney s second prophecy before wormtail escaped. Cassandras gift has been much diluted over ensuing generations, although sybill has inherited more than she knows. The prophecy was wrong, some small expression by the portrait caught harrys eye and for some reason harry instantly knew what had happened. Sybill trelawney s predictions refer to the two prophecies and the many predictions sybill made over the course of her life. Oct 24, 2012 sybill trelawneys first prophecy, also known as the lost prophecy or simply the prophecy, refers to the prophecy made by sybill trelawney to albus dumbledore at the hogs head pub early in 1980.
Prophecy smophecy chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic fanfiction. Dumbledores army fights the death eaters until the order of the phoenix arrives. No more harry potter, jk rowling promises daniel radcliffe. In a time of uncertainty, the muggle world has found a source of. Snape overhears part of the prophecy and rushes to tell voldemort.
This prophecy was partly overheard by snape, who relayed what he heard to voldemort. According to the prophecy, the one with the power to vanquish the dark lord would be born to parents who had escaped voldemort 3 times. Why there was a different defense against the dark arts professor every year. Nov 19, 20 neville longbottom has quite a following in the harry potter fandom, and for good reasonhe is humble and noble, brave and kind, hes a wonderful friend and a fierce supporter. Trelawney s first prophecy was fulfilled because voldemort acted on it. We all had a bit of a laugh at professor trelawney s soggy tea leaves when harry, ron and hermione took on divination, so imagine harry s consternation when it turned out she actually made the prophecy that defined his entire life. Prophecy 20 of dodonus book was cited as evidence for this belief, though it was eventually proven by leta lestrange that this prophecy could not refer to her half. Why did dolores umbridge try to fire sybill trelawney. A harry potter question whats professor trelawney s house. Harry is literally marked by voldemort when he tries to kill him. A quick loot at macbeths influence over harry the hat. Hadrian knew voldemort was no longer insane, all but one horcruxe having returned to him after little harry potter vanquished the dark lord.
Concentrate your hardest and try to guess what news itemannouncement the vision is referring to. Voldemort was a halfblood, and harry was considered one too, thats why he chose him. Severus snape is hired by dumbledore to teach potions at hogwarts. Sybill trelawneys predictions harry potter wiki fandom. He is surrounded by good and the bad but he faces it all with courage in his heart and love by his side. Chapter 37 of harry potter and the order of the phoenix. Book sales of all harry potter books have set new records and have made j. Halfbelieving in her own fibs about her talent for she is at least ninety per cent fraud, sybill has cultivated a dramatic manner and enjoys impressing her more gullible students with predictions. The fate of the wizarding world depends on one single choice. Jun 21, 2003 the dark lord is looking for a prophecy in a glass sphere that only harry can retrieve. Rowling, the author, was nearly bankrupt with a little girl to raise just a few short years ago. Rowling, you know that her favorite play, arguably, is shakespeares macbeth. Who overheard trelawneys prophecy in harry potter by j. Sybill trelawney has shown signs of brilliance and signs of utter ridiculousness throughout her time as professor of divination at hogwarts.
The harry potter books were the reason i fell in love with reading and makebelieve worlds and i have jk rowling to thank for that. Trelawney s overzealous doomladen reactions to everyday occurrences cause her to be underestimated. Who cares, i never have believed in prophecy and i am not about to start now, sirius grumbled. It was rumored that the avatar warriors that voldemort had created were able to as well, which made sense since they possessed most of their masters powers, but so far no one had actually survived a close encounter with one. Sybill trelawneys first prophecy harry potter characters. Her most famous prophecy was the one she made about the defeat of lord voldemort by harry potter s hand. Hadrian potter and the daughters of chronos chapter 2. Shes either in tune with some wavelength we dont fully comprehend or has a secret, excellent sense of humour. Dec 28, 2007 54 videos play all harry potter and the order of the phoenix jen c youtube corner top 3 surprise shocked britains got talent duration. It was trelawney herself who made the prophecy concerning lord voldemort and the one with the power to vanquish him voldemort took this to. Dumbledore interviews trelawney for teaching divination 1980. In the epilouge rowling also mentions that harry s scar had not bothered him in 19 years, thus he was truly living after the horcrux part of him is killed. Thats whats so entertaining about sybill trelawney.
Harry potter, the chosen one, prophecy, harry or neville. Biography edit earlier life edit employment edit teaching edit 1993 1994 edit. Trelawny made this prophecy to dumbledore about harry, voldemort heard it once, but not the whole thing, just that someone, born at that certain time, could destroy him. Before bill could ask everyone in the great hall who wanted to read next, he was interrupted by seamus asking harry, can you tell us what the prophecy said. But again, its not a stretch to say harry potter will eventually be attacked. Percy jackson and the team were having an okay day at camp. The fifth book, harry potter andthe order of the phoenix, takes. Snape overhears part of the prophecy and rushes to tell voldemort july 30th, 1980. Sybill trelawney in harry potter and the halfblood prince. Sybill trelawney was a seer who taught divination at hogwarts school of. Muggles guide to harry pottermagicprophecy wikibooks, open. Although the prophecy was very much selffulfilling in that voldemort. Its only fitting that neville longbottom, the other boy in this prophecy, destroyed nagini, the last horcrux, so that harry potter could kill voldemort.
Abebooks, an online marketplace that specializes in rare and outof. Harryharry, hermione was trying to get his attention. This pain is also seen in harry potter and the halfblood prince, when dumbledore drinks the potion in voldemorts secret sea cave, though the reasons behind it are unknown until aberforths explanation in harry potter and the deathly hallows. Snape overhears part of the prophecy and rushes to tell. A harry potter question whats professor trelawneys. It referred to a boy who would be born at the end of july in 1980, who had the power to defeat lord voldemort which voldemort took to mean harry potter. Her prophecy shaped the entire harry potter wizarding world, its characters, and storylines.
Sybill is the greatgreat granddaughter of a genuine seer, cassandra trelawney. Sep 01, 2002 harry potter is full of bravery and is one of the best characters i have ever had the pleasure of running into. She is in multiple blogs, such as in it to win it, james potter and the elder wand, albus potter and the resurection stone, albus potter and the warrior legacy ravenclaw, and lily potter and the invisibility cloak. Of all the harry potter franchises wide cast of eccentric, bizarre characters, sybill trelawney is one of the more difficult to pin down. Harry learns that snape was the one who told voldemort about the prophecy 1980. Rowling about what may happen to harry and his friends have been major news stories. It was her second prophecy after another she had made previously concerning lord. Harry potter books have turned millions of children into readers and never fail to be exciting, sad, and funny. Prophecy and predestination in harry potter by james k. And the last potter rises as the prince of slytherin. Sybill trelawney s first prophecy, also known as the lost prophecy or simply the prophecy, refers to the prophecy made by sybill trelawney to albus dumbledore at the hogs head pub early in 1980. If you werent dead, id kill you a dozen times over for what youve done. Dumbledore interviews trelawney for teaching divination. Op37 lurking outside the door and listening at the keyhole was a spy of lord.
James and i nodded before i started to explain what dumbledore had told me two years previous when professor trelawney made the prophecy to dumbledore neither of them realized that snape who was in league with voldemort at the time was stood behind the door listening in but he only heard the. Prior to the events of the harry potter books, professor trelawney falls into a prophetic trance while in an interview with dumbledore at the hogs head, making a prophecy about the birth of a wizard with the power to vanquish the dark lord, voldemort. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. As harry potter fans crack open the halfblood prince, one of the things were eager to learn relates to a prophecy revealed in the closing pages of the previous book, the order of the phoenix. Laura trelawney harry potter fanfiction wiki fandom. Sybill trelawneys prophecy about harry potter explained, leaves fans stunned november 20, 2018 by vladimir afonski in the later books of the series, we realized that everything that happened before was prophesized by the divination professor, sybill trelawney, during her job interview with albus dumbledore, and that was the only reason she. She is the greatgreatgranddaughter of the celebrated cassandra trelawney, who was also a seer. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Both of these prophecies and many of her predictions came true, however big and small. Harry and company made the jump to the big screen between 2001 and 2011, with the final book, harry potter and the deathly hallows, being split into two films. The harry potter movies did their best to include as many details and characters from the books as possible, but they completely failed the chosen one prophecy, and with it the importance of neville longbottom in the story. She was also an alcoholic, a fact she kept hidden from most of the school by depositing her sherry bottles in the room of requirement. Professor trelawneys prediction wikibooks, open books.
Sybill trelawney s second prophecy predicted peter pettigrews escape and his return to his master, lord voldemort. Harry potter 329 hermione granger 291 albus dumbledore 289 ron weasley 250 draco malfoy 234 remus lupin 192 neville longbottom 183 exclude relationships draco malfoy harry potter 67 hermione grangerron weasley 58 sirius blackremus lupin 44 james potter lily evans potter 36 harry potter ginny weasley 35. As far as we know, sybill trelawney made two prophecies though im guessing she made a few more and people probably thought it was just her crazy babbling that are both in the harry potter books and films. After this, the prophecy record was held by the house of potter as a. It was too soon for allout war, so hadrian did nothing as long as both the dark and light lords didnt interfere with what was his. This prophecy was made on 6 june 1994 during harry potter s divination final exam. Aug 05, 2005 this saying, repeated in the teaser for the fourth harry potter movie, is the strongest and most refreshing condemnation of relativism ive come across in childrens literature today.
The books tone and plot darken with rowlings fifth installment, harry potter and the order of the phoenix 2003. This is the part of the prophecy that snape heard and told voldemort. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, harry potter, and his friends hermione granger and ron weasley, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter and the trelawney prophecy chapter 21. I dont know anything about a prophecy, but technically harry was the one who got him killed because sirius was acting to protect the kid, fabian pointed out.
Sybill would rarely leave her tower and join the crowds at school because she found it clouded her inner eye in september 1993, she announced in her introduction to new thirdyear divination students that it was nice to finally see everybody in the physical world. Multilanguage harry potter and prisoner of azkaban professor trelawney s prophecy 42 languages. A clear distinction must be drawn between divination, which is taught as an academic subject but which is clearly little better than muggle. It referred to a boy who would be born at the end of july in 1980, who had the power to defeat lord voldemort which voldemo. Dumbledore says voldemort wanted the orb because he never heard the entire prophecy. She pretty much helped harry potter defeat voldemort with the prophecy. Sybill patricia trelawney was born to a wizard, trelawney, and his muggle wife. Sybill trelawneys first prophecy harry potter wiki fandom. They never thought theyd end up in another country. May 12, 2010 a quick loot at macbeths influence over harry for those of you who know a thing or three about j. On the one hand, shes clearly intended as a comic relief sort of character to a certain extent. Harry still refuses to hand over the prophecy, so lucius then begins to tease him that the prophecy holds the answer to his scar, why voldemort wishes to kill him, and the cause of the second.