Questions on Nagini

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 74971

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo 
<owlery2003 at y...> wrote:
> > 
> Did you read somewhere that JKR got the Nagini thing from Hinduism? 
I thought she might have been influenced by Rudyard Kipling's Rikki 
Tikki Tavi story, where the family mongoose kills a family of 
cobras . . . "just under him whizzed by the head of Nagaina, Nag's 
wicked wife." Still the Hindu influence, certainly. Beyond the name, 
I don't think Nagini is anything other than a big snake that's 
obedient to Voldy.
> 
> owlery2003
> 
 India (where Rikki Tikki Tavi takes place),Hinduism and its effects 
are quite inseparable. Snakes in Hinduism have magical power so I am 
sure she wanted that referenced. Read Basham's "The Wonder That Was 
India" for the full story.
Jennifer