Why Albania?

[katie_wible]

No: HPFGUIDX 56640

Hi everyone. I was reading some of the first posts, and the one about 
nagini and the basilisk being the same creature, and they definately 
are not! It reminded me about when I was bored with regular hp 
websites and fanfics, so I wanted to do some reseach. I asked myself 
something obsure, but I found some interesting answers. I asked Why 
Albania?

1.) Albania has some very dark and remote forests where it would be 
very easy to hide. Think of dark and tall pine trees, with all of the 
needles falling off occasionally.

2.) I did some research on the country, and apparently, Albanians, at 
least very old and local Albanians, are part of The Cult of the 
Snake. They believe that snakes are protectors, and that if you hang a 
dead one above your door, evil will not come into your house. There 
are even some festivals honoring them. Maybe JKR knows a little more 
about this than I do, but maybe Nagini is a leader type thing of 
these people. Maybe they also picked Albania to hide out, because if 
people there worshiped the snakes, if they saw Nagini slithering 
around, the might think it was a miracle rather than a curse.

3.) Also, tying in that WWII theme, the Cult of the Snake might 
symbolize the false ideas of communism after the fall of Hitler. After 
all, Albania was part of Eastern Europe, and under the iron curtain. 
And, according to the HP Lexicon's timeline, the death eaters, and 
other wizards, in Albania were still being dragged down by thier 
false sense of security in communism/cult of the snakes. Hopefully 
they will start waking up some time soon, and Voldemort will have to 
find a new lair.

p.s. Hi my name is Katie and I just joined. I know I wasn't supposed 
to because I'm just 16, but I figured I'm smarter than a lot of grownups 
that I know, so I might as well join. Also, as I said before, I was 
bored with all the other HP stuff you find on the web.