[HPforGrownups] Re: Animagi (was A Crazy Idea)

[devika261 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20235

In a message dated 6/5/01 4:08:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
andromache815 at hotmail.com writes:


> Is it possible to choose the animal one becomes? Obviously, becoming an
> animagus is difficult, but can be learned, as opposed to parseltongue. Or
> does the animal one becomes reflect the personality of the animagus, such as
> the Patronus, which differs from wizard to wizard?
> 

I believe that JKR said in a chat somewhere (sorry I don't know which one) 
that the animal a person becomes reflects his or her personality (JKR 
mentioned something about how horrible it would be to become a cockroach).  
This could have something to do with Sirius's name as well.  It's true that 
his parents could not have known that he was going to become an animagus, so 
that was not the reason they gave him that name.  But maybe he transforms 
into a dog partly because of his name?  That and the fact that he's loyal and 
brave (IMO, anyway, for those of you out there who don't like Sirius). 
BTW, I've been trying to figure out the significance of the stag in 
mythology, but I haven't had much luck.  Could someone point me in the right 
direction or tell me what they came up with?  I read someone's post about the 
stag being an enemy of the serpent, but I would like to be able to find 
something more detailed.

Devika :)


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