Which Weasley's going to die?

quimbyquidditch qmasters at yahoo.com
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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