DH sign question

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

Tonks_OP wrote in <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/39909>:

<< the names of the three brothers!! I didn't pay that much attention when reading it <snip> The first brother (who gets the wand) is Antioch. How did we miss this? The people of the "Way", were first called by the name that they are know today, at Antioch. >>

Apparently you don't pay adequate attention to my posts on main list. Carol and I got into the names of the three brothers. I'm pretty sure that the brother who got the Wand was Cadmus, because 'he was a combative man' and the original Cadmus sowed the dragon's teeth, which instantly grew into armed men, who immediately fought each other (some say, because Cadmus tossed stone at them and each blamed his neighbor for throwing it at him) until only five were left alive. Very combative.

Meanwhile, Carol has often mentioned that Ignotus (which means a person who is unknown, as in not noticed) is a very appropriate name for the brother hiding under the Invisibility Cloak.

So I was not particularly able to come up with a good reason for the name 'Antioch' to go with the Resurrection Stone. I don't recall anyone being raised from the dead at Antioch...

My own particular obsession is my observation that Herself chose names where the shapes of the initial letters would add up to the shape of the Symbol. Ignotus - I - the line indicating the wand. Antioch - A - the triangle indicating the cloak. Cadmus - C - the circle indicating the stone.

That annoyed me because the name/initial/shape doesn't go with the object of that brother. I often invite the rest of the list to help me think up better names. Orpheus, O, for the circle indicating the stone and for the brother who wanted to bring back his dead beloved.

I for the wand. All I could think of was Invictus. It means 'unconquered', which is what the combative brother requested, and it is the title of a bragging poem. I love you listies so much that I took a break right here to look up baby name lists for names that start with I, and <http://www.behindthename.com/name/ildefonso> says Ildefenso means 'battle ready'.

The cloak can be A or V. Aidoneus, a title of Hades, means invisible or unseen. It is past my bedtime and I'm too tired to read lists of names that start with A and V.