name meanings - Lucius, mundungus/Neville
vheggie
vheggie at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 31 14:14:11 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 34388
Only a quickie, because I've barely been able to keep up over the
past few weeks, let alone contribute:
1)Both Lucius and Severus were Roman leaders of one sort or another
(IIRC Severus lead troops in Britain, and Lucius was Caesar,
briefly) - any classical scholars out there able to drag up any
information on them?
2) Mundungus Fletcher...YAY! I remember posting some thoughts about
him a few months ago; firstly - a fletcher makes arrows - any
connection? A Maker of magical weapons? A craftsman of some sort?
Secondly - Fletcher Christian was a mutineer form the Bounty - is
Mundungus' betrayal or rebellion foreshadowed? Or is this just
another way of confirming the 'rumbustuous non-conformist' image
we've had of him already? I've seen 'Mundungus' described both as
rubbish, and as a particularly acrid smoking tobbacco, so this
picture of a grumpy old man who knows a lot more than he's letting
on, fits my bill perfectly.
3)Neville - a really short thought; when I think of toads or frogs in
childrens' literature (and no, I'm not going into *that* childrens
lit vs. adults lit debate) the first thing that uccurs to me is that
when they're kissed they turn into princes. Any chance this is a
reflection of Neville's future, or potential?
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