V/GoF

[brooksindy]

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From: brooksindy
Subject: Re: V/GoF
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Date: 7/31/00 10:10 pm  (ET)

>Through using Nagini's venom to restore himself I
> believe Voldemort became a sort of human/
> reptilian hybrid, which
 > took a foetal form until he could be restored .
>to a more human appearance.


I was trying to place some other book where through
magic/technology/altered biology a snake's venom was altered to be a
cure instead of a poison, or to a magical food instead of a poison,
and I finally recollected - Vonda MacIntyre, novel _Dreamsnake_ based
on her short story "Of Mist, Grass, and Sand".

And note a couple of references in Rowling - Nagini in GOF made me
think of Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" where the two cobras were named
Nag and Nagaina, where those were derived from a Hindu mythological
snake/god/monster with "Nag" as part of its name.... IMHO, further proof
that Rowling does her research.

There is also the point that "Abra Cadabra", which Avada Kedavra calls
to mind, as used by stage magicians, is based on what was supposed to be
a real Black magic Word of Power, "Abraxas" (note the 'x' might have a
'kh' sound if from a Greek root) - i.e. the album title of the early
Carlos Santana album with the song "Black Magic Woman". :-)

> BTW Brooks, your theories are like a blow by
>blow autopsies!

Is that a good thing, a bad thing, or merely a stylistic comment? :-)

-Brooks