[HPforGrownups] Ron Weasley's Name

[Barb P]

No: HPFGUIDX 42653


 petenkalpaka wrote: Those who say its derived from the family bealing weasle-e, they're wrong.

Its derived from the Running Weasle tale.  The Running Weasle was this person who was very good at chess.  He was almost defeated by a yellow rat. Do you see the connection?

Has JKR ever verified this?  I've seen numerous things about the Running Weasel story, but I've never seen JKR establish this as the reason for the family name.  We do, however, know that she is a Terry Pratchett fan, and she has in fact used numerous things from Discworld novels in the HP books. (One of his books is, for instance, "The Wyrd Sisters."  A musical group called "The Weird Sisters" provided the entertainment at the Yule Ball.  This is just one Pratchett-esque moment in the HP books.)
In the very first Discworld novel, "The Color of Magic," one of the main characters is named Weasel.  Just as certain similarties between the HP books and Roald Dahl novels are no coincidence, I believe it is also no coincidence when similar things are found in HP and Terry Pratchett's writing.  Call it an homage.
 
--Barb
 
 



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