Wands and Runes (was Re: Fawkes (was : Neville's Wand))

[Erica]

No: HPFGUIDX 74642

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doriane" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:
> "greatelderone" wrote:
> 
> > We don't if he regenerates regularly. If Rowling is using the 
> > traditional legend then Fawkes is suppose to burn up every 100 
> > years with certain exceptions like getting hit by Avada Kedavra 
in 
> > the Ministry of Magic.
> 
> Sorry for the sarcasm, but Fawkes would burn only every 100 years, 
> and he would happen to do it *precisely* when Harry is there to see 
> him do it ? Please, give me a break ! Moreover, the very casual way 
> DD says that it was about time he burned because he had been 
looking 
> awful lately made me feel like he was doing it every few months, 
> every few years at maximum.
> 
> Del

But Harry already has seen Fawkes regenerate, hasn't he.
I remember a scene where Harry is in Dumbledores office and Fawks 
bursts into flame and when they subside, a scrawny, ugly(?) 
featherless, 'new' Fawkes appears.  I did read this, right?

I wonder what the significance of Runes is going to be, if at all, to 
the plot.  I looked up the runes that Hermione flubbed in her Owl.  
Eiwaz, the rune of defense, is apparently associated with the Yew 
tree (Voldies wand wood) and is also used for 'protection'.  The rune 
itself can pass for a 'lightening' shape (those there is another rune 
that looks more like it).   Serendipity or planning of JKR's part?

It's also interesting to note that on the cover of OotP (Canadian 
version) there is a spattering of the Runic alphabet on the back 
cover (at the top).

Erica