[HPforGrownups] Newbie/ Karkaroff's name

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 11183

Anne (AB) said:

"Cabbage seems to be associated with the magic world.
The Polyjuice Potion tastes of over-cooked cabbage, and
IIRC, Snape's dungeon smells like cabbage, too. Is this more
evidence that Mrs. Figg is no ordinary Muggle. Forgive
me if this has been brought up before."

"When I read GoF Karkaroff's name struck me as being
very similar to Carcharoth (the "ch" is a gutteral
sound as in German, not the English sound), an evil
wolf in the Silmarillion. For those unfamiliar with
Silm., Carcharoth is sent by the original Dark Lord to
guard his gates from a great hound, he bites off the
hand of one of the heroes and eventually causes this
heros' death. Does anyone think there could be
possible parallels drawn with Igor Karkaroff?"

**

Welcome Anne!

We have had some discussions about the significance of Mrs Figg, but I don't
recall other cabbage references being noted, specifically.  Maybe it's a bit
like socks - a recurring theme that may or may not be hinting at something -
or perhaps it's just JKR's pet hate translating itself into print.

Your point about Karkaroff's name is really interesting!  That *has* to be
more than a coincidence.

Talking of Karkaroff and dogs, when Harry, under his invisibility cloak,
bumps into Karkaroff by the edge of the forest, K is confused, but.. "After
a minute or so, Karkaroff seemed to decide that he had hit some sort of
animal; he was looking around at waist height, as though expecting to see a
dog."  Did he think it was Sirius?  Hmmm, I think I need to re-read GoF.

Neil
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