[HPforGrownups] Names/Ginny & Molly

[Jake Storm]

No: HPFGUIDX 37314

There's been suggestion that Ginny is short for Guinivere as well, which 
tallies nicely with Arthurian legend...as for Molly, to bring in a 
completely different tale, the Unsinkable Molly Brown was known as the 
heroine of the Titanic...and in fact her name was Margaret and she was known 
as Maggie, but never Molly, in her life. And she was an Irish gal, much as I 
picture Molly Weasley to be.

J

>From: Katze <jdumas at kingwoodcable.com>
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Names/Ginny
>Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 10:48:54 -0600
>
>Alina wrote:
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Jennifer Boggess Ramon
> >   Hmm . . . Arthur, William, Charles, Frederick, George . . . no wonder
> >   poor Ron feels like he's got too much to live up to; his father and
> >   all his brothers except Percy are named after kings!
> >
> > That's it! Ginny isn't short for Virginia, it's short for Regina, which 
>means Queen in latin! Even Percival can fit the system, being a knight of 
>the round table, he's not too far off from a throne. Now, is there any 
>royalty called Ronald?<<<
>
>This doesn't quite fit the names for people, but King Arthur's broad
>sword's/lance's was named Ron, with its full name being Rhongomyant.
>
>"...he graces his right hand with the lance named Ron. This was a long
>and broad spear, well contrived for slaughter."
>  -Bulfinch's Mythology, page 400
>
>How does Molly fit into this? Or does she not count because she is not
>blood relation to Arthur?
>
>-Katze


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