What's in a name? - Weasleys

[nyarth_meow]

No: HPFGUIDX 36409

Ohtoresonate says:
> > Though most people in this fandom and in HP fan fiction (like 
> Malfoy 
> > in canon) conclude that the Weasleys' last name somehow connect 
> them 
> > to weasels, I find little to no evidence to support this 
> assumption.  
> > 
> > 
I say:  

On a vaguely related note, I was reading about basilisks today, and 
it's not just cockerals that are lethal to the King of Serpents, it's 
weasels too!  Apparantly, a weasel will fight and kill a basilisk 
like a mongoose would a snake, and is also immune to it's stare.
Seeing as Ginny Weasley no more luck against the basilisk than anyone 
else, I'd guess the weasel-weasley connection thing is noy a valid 
connection.

Unless JKR hasn't read the same books on folklore as I have, or Ginny 
managed to survive precisely because of her weasely name, OR JKR 
decided not to mention it because it messed with her plot OR etc etc  
lol, nothing is certain in the world of HP

-Nyarth, who thinks JKR chose the name Weasley coz she liked it, and 
no other reason!