[HPforGrownups] Re: American Schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 26984


--- Amy Z <aiz24 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> So the SWI is probably not a school for 
> Hogwarts-aged students, though Salem would certainly
> be a good place for one.

   Maybe the Institute is an organization for old
girls?
 
> Not only on the west coast, but anywhere else the
> Spanish explored.

    Naturally there would be schools in Latin America,
possibly with Aztec, Maya and Inca influences.
  
> And perhaps the French, Italians and Dutch got their
> magical hand in 
> too?  The possibilities of a wizarding world as
> culturally varied as 
> Muggle America are exciting!

    Yes they are. Don't forget African and Asian
traditions too. New Orleans would be a natural center
for the former and San Francisco Chinatown for the
latter. Two more schools. A Durmstrang influenced
school might also exist somewhere, founded by
immigrants for eastern Europe in the early 1900s. 
 
> Also, I imagine wizardry is well-known to Native
> Americans, so that 
> the "Hogwarts of the West" could in fact have been
> established long  before Hogwarts.

   Undoubtedly there are Native American Wizards and
Witches but since almost all tribes were at least
semi-nomadic a settled center for training is unlikely
in precolumbian times. 
   If Wizarding Americans are anywhere near as mobile
as Muggle Americans I would guess there's been a lot
of cross cultural magical contact. Young American
Witches and Wizards are probably trained in multiple
magical traditions. Which might give them a distinct
edge against the likes of Voldemort who can't even
remember all the ins and outs of his *own* magical
culture! 


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