Slytherin origins

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 7285

Amanda's post about Ravenclaw started me thinking about the derivation of the other founders' names and I unearthed this interesting possibility for Slytherin (again, it may have been mentioned before):

The word therianthropic means the worship of beings in combined human and animal form.  The first part of the word is derived from the Greek therion, meaning 'wild beast', which could lead us to Sly-theri(o)n - cunning wild beast.  Add to this the obvious connection with slithering and JKR's brilliance with names becomes even more astounding.  I'm sure even she doesn't know how clever she's being...

Neil 
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Flying-Ford-Anglia

"Ron, full of turkey and cake and with nothing 
mysterious to bother him, fell asleep almost 
as soon as he'd drawn the curtains of his
four-poster."

[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]



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