[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumledore's victory

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 4634

Jim Flanagan wrote:

> Grendel was mentioned in this connection a few days ago.  Do a search
> on "Grendel" in the search box on the message screen. There's a photo
> of the cover of the novel "Grendel" by John Gardner in the club's
> Files section.  Grindelwald is also the name of a ski town in the
> Swiss Alps.

I think JKR's said someplace (O Interview Deities? didn't she?) that she
often uses place names for name sources, so it's a fair bet that it came
from the town, but I'm also betting she picked that town name because it was
reminiscent of Grendel.

--Amanda