Foe-Glass confusion

Harry is many times clearly opposite the Foe-Glass in the fake Moody's office in "Goblet of Fire":

"Harry...saw Albus Dumbledore, Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall looking back at him out of the Foe-Glass." (Bk 4,pg 589, UK Paperback edition)

The importance of Peeves

Peeves is extremely disruptive to everyone in the school - pupils, teachers and ghosts. Nobody likes him and he is uncontrollable and rude to everyone but Dumbledore and the Bloody Baron.

Why doesn't Dumbledore just banish him from the castle?

Possibilities:

• Is it just in Dumbledore's nature to repeatedly give Peeves second chances and to keep him at the place he would call home or is there another, deeper, reason behind it?
• Does Peeves provide some kind of protection to Hogwarts or to Harry?
• Does Dumbledore purposely keep him because he gives Filch so much trouble and always draws Filch away from any situation involving misbehaving students or mysterious situations?
• Is there some secret Dumbledore is hiding in the castle of Hogwarts that he is desperate for Filch to remain ignorant of?
• Does Dumbledore wish to use Peeves to distract Filch from Harry's many misdemeanors because he believes that Harry needs to face all these things in order to prepare him for this final battle with Voldemort?

Filch and Mrs Norris

Is Mrs Norris actually a close human relative of Filch who has been turned into a cat?

There is reference in "Chamber of Secrets" to a successful student of the "Kwikspell" course who turned his wife into a yak. On the same page (pg 98, UK paperback edition), Filch says affectionately to Mrs Norris, "We'll have Peeves out this time, my sweet."

Was Mrs Norris-the cat, once Filch's wife-the woman?

JKR states that Mrs Norris is not an unregistered animagus but "just an intelligent (and unpleasant) cat."

Some suggestions from the Leaky Lounge are:

1. Mrs Norris is half-kneazle.
2. Filch's unusual love for his cat is due to his feelings of isolation due to being a squib.
3. Mrs Norris is not an animagus but there are other ways to transfrom and be transformed into an animal.
4. Once a wizard, Filch somehow transferred some of his powers to Mrs. Norris in a freak accident.

Thestrels

These winged beasts appear only to those who have witnessed death...or so Hagrid says.

The reason given by JKR as to why they did not appear on Harry's very first coach journey to Hogwarts is that he did not directly see his parents die but only heard their voices and saw a flash of green light which was the killing curse. However, Cedric's death seems to bear certain similarities to that of his parents which render reason for the appearance of the thestrels incorrect.

Cedric's death is described thus:

""Avada Kedavra!"
A blast of green light blazed through Harry's eyelids and he heard something heavy fall to the ground beside him...terrified of what he was about to see, he opened his stinging eyes.
Cedric was...dead"
(Bk 4, pg 553)

Aberforth Dumbledore

There is a theory that the Dumbledore in book 6 is Albus's brother Aberforth using polyjuice potion. The main evidence for this is that Dumbledore keeps talking about his abilities and the great things he has done. This "boasting" is very unusual in the normally humble Albus and this leads to speculation that this character was really Aberforth trying to convince people that he was really his brother.

Aberfoth who was arrested for practicing innappropriate charms on a goat. Albus does not know whether his brother can read or write which possibly deems this theory implausible.

If, however, this theory is correct, then Albus Dumbledore would still be alive which is very far-fetched and unlikely since the dead body probably remained under the Astronomy tower for over an hour, in which case the affects of the polyjuice potion would have worn off.

Descendant of Godric Gryffindor

Harry is a descendant of Godric Gryffindor. Evidence:

• He pulled the sword out of the sorting hat.

  "Only a true Gryffindor could pull that out of the hat."
  -Dumbledore

• He and his parents were in Godric's Hollow the night Voldemorte lost power.

Legilimens

Philosopher's Stone - 5:63.

Ollivander notices, like many people, that Harry has his mother's eyes. This implies that many people look into Harry's eyes - possibly using legilimency?

Does a person's memory always flash in front of them vividly during legilimency as happened while Snape was performing it on Harry? Is it possible to "read" a person's mind without them knowing? In this case, does Snape use legilimens each time he and Harry glare at each other?

Measuring Tape

Philosopher's Stone - 5:64,65.

What was the point of measuring Harry in the wand shop? Are wizards with similar measurements chosen for similar wands? If this is the case, then it means that Harry was a similar size and shape to Voldemort at that age since their wands have the tail feathers from the same phoenix. Is this the key to overthrowing Voldemort?

"Made ter live as a muggle."

Hagrid says:

"I should be chucked out and made ter live as a muggle."
(Bk 1, pg 219)

Suggest a theory.

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