Names/Ginny & Molly

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No: HPFGUIDX 37324

The Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore gives the name "Ginny" as 
an alternative spelling of "Jenny". It's in an entry for a water 
sporit called Jenny (or Ginny) Greenteeth, who however seems to have 
no connection with Ginny Weasley.


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Jake Storm" <that1guy_hp at h...> wrote:
> 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 k...>
> >Reply-To: HPforGrownups at y...
> >To: HPforGrownups at y...
> >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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