Which Weasley's going to die?
quimbyquidditch
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Fri Aug 15 09:33:22 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 77304
According to (I believe) the Harry Potter Lexicon website, the myth
of Running Weasel is a complete and total fabrication. No such
legend exists.
quimbyquidditch, who will go into a deep mourning if anything happens
to any of the Weasleys
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jedi_hermione"
<acpurplekitty at j...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "occam6363" <pisola6363 at n...>
> wrote:
> > "Richard" wrote:
> >
> > JKR has said that a Weasley will die.
>
> A brief introduction before I launch into my own theory- I'm Aeryn,
> from the U.S., and one of those "mature teenagers who may benefit
> from the group".
>
> I also doubt the validity of this claim, since no one has yet
> produced a source. Even if Rowling has not stated it herself,
> however, it's likely that a Weasley will die because of her
attention
> to nomenclature.
>
> In one of the ancient mythologies (I can't recall which one; they
all
> tend to run together in my mind), a man named Weasley (Weasly in
some
> variants) was killed by a rat. I've always assumed this was one of
> Rowling's cruel namings and indicated that a Weasley would be
> murdered by Peter Pettigrew.
>
> If no one can find a direct Rowling quote contributing to this
> theory, it could have originated from mythology instead, and, given
> Rowling's record with the matter, is likely accurate.
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