Godric's Hollow

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 55561

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "erisedstraeh2002"
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
> Faith asked:
> 
> > Where in the books did it mention the name of the home the Potters 
> > lived in? 
> 
> Now me:
> 
> In Ch. 1 of PS, Professor McGonagall says to Dumbledore:  "What 
> they're *saying*..is that last night Voldemort turned up in Godric's 
> Hollow.  He went to find the Potters."  
> 
> Katie wrote:
> 
> > I  believe that Godric's Hollow ... is just the location where 
> > the Potters were *staying* whilst hoping to escape and hide from 
> > Voldemort, thinking they were safe.  
> 
> Me again:
> 
> ... whether Godric's Hollow is the name of the Potter's house or ...
>  the town/village/hamlet .... I ... think it's the name of the 
> town/village/hamlet, ... the term "Hollow," ... suggests a general 
> location rather than a specific house.  ...edited...
> 
> I don't think this was just a temporary hide-out, however.  
> 
> ...edited..
> 
> ~Phyllis

bboy_mn:

The word 'hollow' means a small valley. I can't see anyone naming
their house after a geographic feature as in 'Godric's Valley'. 

The only way I could see this happening is if this was a very large
estate including several hundred acres of land. In that case, the
estate could be named 'Mount Godric' or 'Godric's Valley' or something
similar. Although, in that case the house, which would likely be
mansion, would still have a name of it's own. The exeption would be if
it were named 'Godric's Manor', that could then refer to both the
house and the estate, separately and/or together, but it's not.

I think the most obvious choice is that the name refers to the village. 

As far as Hide Out vs Home, someone else pointed out that Sirius
refers to it as Potter's home or at least, Potter's house.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn