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Sybill Trelawney's Prophecy

The prophecy of a boy with the power to defeat Lord Voldemort.

Sybill Trelawney's first prophecy, also known as the Lost Prophecy or simply The Prophecy, referred to the prophecy made by Sybill Trelawney to Albus Dumbledore at the Hog's Head Pub early in 1980.

Quick Facts

Seer
Sybill Trelawney
Made to
Albus Dumbledore
Place
Hog's Head
Date
Early 1980

Facts from the source article.

Background

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). It is referenced at the end of the Second Wizarding War as public knowledge and named "The Big One", in respect of the prophecy and the sequenced events from it.

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