[HPforGrownups] Re: The Pop-Psychology of Peter and Animagus Thoughts

[Andrew MacIan]

No: HPFGUIDX 34470

Greetings from Andrew!

A little research, well-applied....
--- abigailnus <abigailnus at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> protector.  But I can't make any sense of Prongs.  A
> stag?  A freaking 
> stag?  What the hell is up with that?  Of all the
> animals you'd want to turn into in order to control
> a werewolf...  I 
> realise stags must be very strong (I also realise I
> know next to nothing about them, as I live in the
> Middle East), but 
> they're awfully noticeable.  Sirius can turn into a
> dog and pose, in his words, as a loveable stray
> (imagine the kid who 
> tries to adopt Snuffles, and Sirius' desperate
> attempts to get out of his brand new collar), but
> people would notice a 
> stag walking down the street, or for that matter on
> the Hogwarts ground.  Where are stags generally
> found, anyway?  
> Don't they move in groups?  More importantly, does
> anyone have any ideas on the importance of James'
> animagus 
> form from a symblism standpoint?

The stag is known in most Western European myth as the
the king of the forest, and is used as one of the
strongest symbols of Herne, the God of the Hunt. 
Herne also is the God who taught men how to hunt and
thus provide for their families/clan/kin.  Also, the
stag's horns appear in the Old Religion as the mark of
the Horned Man, the human living symbol and presumed
son of the God.  It has also been noted/speculated
upon the relationship between Herne/Horned Man and
Robin Hood.

So, for James to appear as a stag is in line with
being a *very* strong protector symbol, both for Lupin
and his other friends, as well as for his son.

Does this make better sense now?

Cheers,

Drieux

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