Simple spell origin, Krum, Slytherins, Prefects
kewiromeo at aol.com
kewiromeo at aol.com
Fri Dec 27 08:07:58 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 48856
<A HREF="http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/spells_a.html">HPL: Encyclopedia of Spells</A> states for the "killing" curse as this for a
note :
Abracadabra is a cabbalistic charm in Judaic mythology that is supposed to
bring healing powers. One of its sources is believed to be from Aramaic avada
kedavra, another is the Phoenician alphabet (a-bra-ca-dabra).
For a little insight into magic I would like to state that one of the first
spells to come into play was "Abracadabra" which for anyone who knows hebrew
can simply be translated as "Abra" = create "cadabra" = like I speak. Just a
little insight into one of the simplest spells.
This is my first time posting, so I hope you all go easy on me. I will
appreciate any insight further into my ideas.
Second on my list is the ending of GoF. Krum had given a last, private,
farewell to Hermione. My belief is that he had either noticed that Ron was in
love with her, which I doubt as he will have noticed since Ron didn't say a
word to him the whole year, but it is always a possibility. I believe that
JKR had said that Hermione and Harry would not end up together, however I
believe that Krum that told her that Harry would need her more than he would.
He noticed that she cares about him more than anything and therefor putting
his own feelings aside. This is why I believe she kissed him at the end of
the book.
And third on my list is belief that only Slytherin witches and wizards went
bad. Everyone knows that there wasn't a witch or wizard that went bad that
wasn't from Slytherin. This would mean that Wormtail had been from Slytherin
or a turncoat against the Gryffindor friends. If not, this would mean that
Remus, James, and Sirius were friends with a Slytherin. So you can't rule out
only Slytherins as being bad.
This brings me to my next question. We are all pretty sure that Hermione will
be made prefect. Are there only one prefect per year? However, we all know
Harry is always special. Does this mean that he won't be made prefect? We
know that James and Lily were head boy and head girl, and I would assume that
they were both in Gryffindor and the lexicon says that they were in the same
year. Either they were made prefects at the same time or there is another
prefect for each year consecutively i.e. there would be a prefect for every
year past 4th for each year.
I have many more questions, but I will leave them for a later time.
Tzvi of Brooklyn
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