[HPforGrownups] Re: Durmstrang (one correction)

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 48437

Greetings!

> raunistar wrote:

>> I think Durmstrang may be connected to the sea, because
>> they arrive to Hogwarts by ship. Now, the only part of
>> Finland that is north enough and has high mountains, is
>> Lapland, and especially northern Lapland. That part of
>> Finland is, however, not connected to sea. So, in my
>> opinion, Durmstrang could be better situated in
>> north-eastern Russia, particularly Murmansk area (as some
>> other person has already pointed out), because that area
>> meets all the criteria you describe AND has an access to
>> sea AND has a culture (at least Muggle culture) closely
>> connected to the Eastern Europe (Bulgaria etc.). Even the
>> name Karkaroff sounds like a Russian name to me. Like
>> Finland (especially Lapland), north-eastern Russia has
>> some old folk tradition of witchcraft, shamans and such.

rryc> One correction: when I said north-eastern Russia, I
rryc> meant of course north-western Russia. I need a compass
rryc> myself :)

  1. North-eastern Russia has shamans traditions as well. ;)

  2. But of course it has far weaker relation to the
European culture. :)

  3. Actually, Durmstrang can be anywhere from Lapland to
Murmansk. Though if Durmstrang is indeed in Russia and if it
was founded around the Xth - XIIth centuries, then
Durmstrang should be not a German name, but a Scandinavian
one.

  4. Karkaroff sounds perfectly like a Russian name.

  5. I will not give my alethiometer to you. ;-p

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed,
always happy to throw weird ideas into community.

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