[HPforGrownups] Names

[Ronale Stevens]

No: HPFGUIDX 39216

Mercia wrote:

>> So anyone ever thought if 'Potter' could have some
> importance? Potters shape things don't they. (Shape
> shifter anyone
> They mould and create from clay. The potter at work
> is even a 
> biblical image of God creating humanity, though that
> is probably 
> OTT. I'm not sure that I can really come up with any
> earth 
> shattering significance for Harry's surname but
> given JKR's previous 
> form it does strike me as possible that there is
> some importance in 
> Harry being a Potter; indeed the last of the Potters
> apparantly. At 
> any rate it seems more than a name picked at random
> from the phone 
> book.
> 
> Any thoughts?

Our minds are on the same track: I think I answered
your question before you wrote it.  In part of message
39007 you'll find:

The theme of the books is the conflict between good
and evil.  That conflict is present in Harry's name. 
Harry is also a name for the devil (Old Harry.)  And
Potter is often a title given to the Creator.  Thus
the name of the protagonist alludes to good and evil
coexisting in one person.  


--Ronale7



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