Weasel Legend - Colours (was: At Flourish & Blotts)

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 23455

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Elizabeth C" <nizbet_noni at h...> wrote:
> I read on a message board about name symbolism that "Ron Weasley" 
may have 
> been derived from the legend of the Running Weasel, who was very 
good at 
> chess, and killed by a yellow rat. That fits really well with Ron's 
surname, 
> his chess skills and the possibility that he may be killed by 
Wormtail - 
> remember when he tried to turn 'Scabbers' yellow on train in PS/SS?
> There's just one small thing - a search of the web has failed to 
come up 
> with any type of 'Running Weasel' legend. Anyone else heard of it?
> 

I've never heard of the "Running Weasel" legend until I read it on a 
Harry Potter website. If you do a search of "Running Weasel", most of 
them go to Potter sites quoting "in another language" or "according to 
an old legend", however, a cultural source is never cited. There's 
also a reference to Running Weasel being a 6th century warlord 
(again, no cultural reference included). I have found a "Running 
Weasel" on some other sites. However, this Running Weasel belonged to 
a Native American tribe and lived in the 19th century.

Until I can find more legitimate references to support the 
existence of a Running Weasel legend, I remain very skeptical.

Milz