Questions on Nagini

[scooting2win]

No: HPFGUIDX 74979

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rdas at f...> 
wrote:
> --- 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
my reply: according to canon, she word played this one, Naga is 
Sanskrit for "snake". not sure of Sanskrit is Hindu but thought I 
would add it. Lori