Harry and Draco

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No: HPFGUIDX 18570

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., browneyes1420 at a... wrote:
> I think Malfoy will havve to make a great choise between light and
> dark, good and evil. I also think that he will choose light. Could
> Snape be his  (malfoy's) godfather??? If Draco betrays the dark
> side I believe there a conflict between him and Luicius (Lucifer??,
> the devil...I thought there were no religious references), in which
> Harry will stand by him (bk 7) 

This is the kind of inference that makes Alexander Pope's comment
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, [....]" relevant.

browneyes, the word "lux" in Latin means "light".

"Lucius" is derived from "lux" as is "Lucifer", but naming the
character "Lucius" does not mean that we should think "Lucifer",
or infer religious overtones.

For what it's worth, in the New Testament, Lucius was a Christian 
teacher at Antioch (Acts 13:1) and Paul's kinsman (Rom. 16:21).

As for the name "Lucifer", it means "bearer of light" and referred
to the planet Venus as the morning star.  It was used by Isaiah to
refer to a Babylonian king, and was later interpreted by Tertullian
to have been used metaphorically to refer to Satan.

....Craig (citing dictionary.com on "Lucius" and "Lucifer")