Gryffin - Four Elements - Sports - Slytherin - Lily - Snape

[Dai Evans]

No: HPFGUIDX 14039

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Catlady <catlady at w...> wrote:

> Btw, I am for no canonical reason convinced that Godric Gryffindor's
> name had nothing to do with any golden griffin (maybe a red griffin:
> Dai?), but actually he was a Welshman named Gryffydd Glyndwr and the
> Sais couldn't pronounce his name right so they called him Godric
> Gryffindor and he put up with it. Long time members of the group 
will
> wearily recognize the beginning of my oft-repeated rant about the
> ethnicity of the Founders.

Sorry Rita but I don't see it. In my post #10681 I analysed the 
sorting hat song from GoF which fairly clearly placed Griffindors 
origins outside of Wales. Also, the golden dragon and red dragon have 
both been symbols of Wales going back years (to Roman times), and 
these are often mistaken for Griffons.


Dai