Arthur and Lucius--What's in a name?

[gideoner4]

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I admire J.K. Rowling's style of using names to convey meaning. 

Examples include: 
Alastor (Moody)- means 'the avenger'
Voldemort - means 'death stealing' or 'flying death'
Lupin - a form of Lupin means 'werewolf'
Sirius Black - means 'Black Dog' and Sirius is the Dog Star.
Argus (Filch)- Argus is a Greek god who had a hundred eyes, therefore 
was always on the lookout.
Ludo - means 'I play' in Latin (No suprise that Ludo Bagman was into 
sports)
Sibyl - means a 'prophetess'


All these brought me to think about Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley.

In legends and facts concerning King Arthur, we can see that King 
Lucius is involved. The war against Rome ended with King Arthur 
killing King Lucius according to Thomas Malory's and Vulgate's 
version. That brought me to the idea that Lucius Malfoy and Arthur 
Weasley will come face to face each other in battle (which is very 
very likely to happen), and Arthur might be the one to kill Lucius. 

It's just a theory of mine. Does anyone know more about the legends 
of King Arthur and how King Lucius was involved in King Arthur' 
businesses? 

And I was also thinking about Percy (which is an English nickname for 
old French Perceval or Percival). In King Arthur's legends/storeis, 
Perceval was the frail and unexpected kingiht who sought the much 
sought-after Holy Grail. Now, I think Percy could be candidate for an 
unexpected hero (because a lot of people think he might even turn to 
the Dark Side, and Percy is a rigid character, but I don't know what 
could be the Holy Grail's equivalent in the books. I was just struck 
by how Perceval was part of King Arthur's (stress on Arthur)legends. 
WHy did J.K. Rowling cjoose to name Percy as that? Fred, George, 
Bill, Ron, and Ginny (or any form of their names) aren't part of King 
Arthur's legends.


I'll really appreciate your opinion over the whole matter over 
Lucius, Arthur, and Percy's names. My friends and I can't help but 
think that J.K. Rowling could have used the names for a reason. Or 
maybe I am just reading too mucn into everything? Should I even think 
of these things? Do you think it's worth analyzing, or does it sound 
ludicrous? Please tell us what you think.

I may be mistaken, but I have never encountered a discussion over 
Lucius and Arthur's names and their significance. 

Have a nice day, everyone! :D



[Mod Note: I love this thread: Arthurian legend+HP=heaven :) For more info on HP names and their significance, you could try Priscilla Spencer's *excellent*, comprehensive "What's in a Name" site. It can be found at http://www.theninemuses.net/hp/ --JW]