Name Meanings (Hagrid)

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Mon Sep 17 16:06:04 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 26205

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., y_no_m at y... wrote:

> It's definitely Orpheus' playing. Cerberus is much harder to get by 
> than Fluffy. I wonder if Mrs. Rowling was thinking of that myth 
when 
> she thought of the way to get by Fluffy. Or maybe she was just 
> thinking of the saying that songs soothe the savage beast. In any 
> case, I'm definitely thinking too much into it. Orpheus just came 
> into mind when I read the post about Cerberus.

The saying is actually "...savage breast." rather than "...savage 
beast.".  Common mistake.





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