Lily Potter

A lily is a flower symbolizing purity and innocence. It is the flower commonly used during the Easter holiday and symbolizes immortality. The bulb decays in the ground, and from it, new life is released. It is Lily who gives her life so that Harry can keep on living.

From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium. This is the name of the main character, Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton. A famous bearer is the American actress Lily Tomlin (1939-).

• Lily Evans, married to James Potter.
• Sister to Petunia Dursley
• Mother to Harry Potter
• Muggle-born
• Killed by Voldemort, October 31, 1981
• First name not given when first introduced.
  • First named by Minerva McGonagall
    • "The rumor is that Lily and James Potter are--are--that they're--dead."