Godric'sHollow

[bboy_mn]

No: HPFGUIDX 42883

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., FalconKenobi at a... wrote:

> In a message dated 18/08/02 12:02:34 GMT Daylight Time, 
> catlady at w... writes:
> 
> 
> > << Godric's Hollow, which I imagine to be a wizarding village 
> > west of Bristol in South Wales >>
> > 
> > So do I, but canon unfortunately says that Hogsmeade is the only 
> > wizarding village in Britain.

LPS replied:
> 
> so could Godric's Hollow be a wizarding settlement larger than a
> village, be a town or something? Cos muggles/wizarding world are 
> SO seperate that it strikes me as strange that there's only *one* 
> separate settlement. So while hogsmeade is the only village, there 
> could be whole towns full of wizards out there, right?
> 
> LPS
> Cassie
> 
> ~So get on your knees boy and do what you should
> If ya wanna be bad ya gotta be good ~
> 

bboy_mn adds:

Diagon Alley is a pretty substantial wizarding area that exist inside
London; VERY substantial in fact. But, of course, London is not an all
wizarding village/town/city.

I suggest that in many muggle communities there are lots of wizards
living either in (somewhat) selcusion like the Burrow, or are hidden
with in a given community in a wizarding sub-dimension/parallel
universe like Diagon Alley.

We know that many wizards live outside of Hogsmead and Diagon Alley.
There are many references in the book to these people (the Diggory's
for example and the most obvious, the Weasley's). So, in my book, the
only logical conclusions are that they are integrated with the muggle
in some cases, they are amoung them but isolated from muggles in
others, or they exist in an unseen part of the community similar to
Diagon Alley.

Godric's Hollow by no means has to be either/or. No reason why it
can't be a combined Wizard/Muggle community and still allow wizards to
live very independant of the muggles. 

Also, Godric's Hollow could be the name of the wizarding village that
is contained inside a muggle village with a different name. Godric's
Hollow could be the equivalent of Diagon Alley, except it's in the
city of Cardiff, Wales. (just west of Bristol)

Additional Question: on a similar subject-
Is the Weasley's Burrow, in the wizard's parallel universe similar to
Diagon Alley, or is it just muggle space that the Weasley's have
enchanted so the muggles will ignore it?

bboy_mn