Ron as seventh son

[lupinesque]

No: HPFGUIDX 37820

Cassandra Claire wrote:

>The Seventh Son mythology is well 
> established although I don't know where it originates -- I know 
> Achilles was the seventh son of Thetis, I know Orson Scott Card 
drew 
> on the seventh son myths in his Alvin Maker series, but I'm unsure 
> where it began.

In The Dark is Rising, the key is that Will is the seventh son of a 
seventh son, and I believe that mythology is also well-established, 
though I can't put my finger on where I have come across it before.

JKR would surely not be so patriarchal.  If seven is a magic number, 
isn't it enough to be the seventh child?  In which case we have two 
other possibilities:  (a) Ginny is a Seer or (b) Ron is a Seer 
because he is his parents' seventh child, but the missing Weasley 
could have been a girl.  Unless the nature of magic really is that 
boys are more special <snort>.

;-)
Amy Z