[HPFGU-Movie] animagi - choice or chosen?

[Sherry Garfio]

--- Valerie Flowe <valerie.flowe at verizon.net> wrote:

<SNIP>
> Sirius/dog: hmmm...that demands a little more inspection. (but then again, I
> love deliberating about Sirius! :-)

Me too!  Here are a few tidbits I found when I Googled on "symbolism dog"
(which returned 213,000 hits).  Certainly some of these apply to Sirius.

>From http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp/keyword.dog/qx/symbolism_details.htm -
The dog is the emblem of faithfulness and guardianship... Dogs are symbols of
courage, vigilancy and loyal fidelity.

>From http://www.pagansunite.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=80 -
Historically, dogs have been portrayed as the guardians of ancient secrets,
hidden treasures, and infants.

>From http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-tl/Photos/MtHope/Sym0154.html -
Dog - Signifying the loyalty and that the master was worth loving.

Of course there are many, many more.  That guardianship thing comes up
frequently, which is a bit disconcerting - Harry is already beginning to lose
his guardians.  Hopefully he can still figure out that he is "worth loving"
without Sirius.

Or it could just be that he was named after the Dog Star.

Sherry


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"Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."
    -- Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire





		
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