Heir of Gryffindor

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No: HPFGUIDX 78528

>snip< 
> This would not be the first Arthurian referent in Potterworld 
(Arthur was reared in obscurity, tutored by a great wizard mentor, 
and revealed his lineage by pulling a sword from an unlikely place.) 
On the other hand there's the entirely plausible theory that the 
Potters were so flush with galleons because it's an inherited 
Gryffindor fortune, making Harry the actual heir, not just the 
titular one.

 Is there any group consensus (fanon) on the relationship between HP 
&  GGryffindor? 

 urghiggi, Chgo
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The fact that the Potters were living in a place called Godric's 
Hollow makes me wonder.  Dumbledore reference to Harry's pulling 
Gryffindor's sword out of Gryffindor's hat seems relevant.  The 
conflict between Gryffindor and Slytherin makes me think that if 
Slytherin's heir can only be defeated by "the babe with the power", 
that one would be the heir of Gryffindor.

I also wonder if Harry is the heir of both Gryffindor and 
Slytherin.  He did open the CoS.  And there's that whole 
ancestor/descendant thingy.  

In the end I think that Dumbledore's repeated references to choices 
rather than blood make sense in the light of the Pendragon 
comparison.  Harry, as a Pendragon will be the titular heir of 
Dumbledore.