[HPforGrownups]Draco's Name WAS: Lupine / Muggle Parents / BIG Castle

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Claire wrote: 
>> Draco, as well as refering to dragons, can refer to snakes: the 
> constallation Draco is the Snake (like Aries, the Ram), which 
would 
> make more sense for an old Slytherin family like the Malfoys. But 
> dragons in HP are also powerfully magical creatures with various 
body 
> parts being used in many potions, so maybe that has something to 
do 
> with it? In CoS, Hermione said something about dragons being 
> magically useful, but "you wouldn't want one as a pet". Might this 
> description apply to Draco in  the future as well?

Me: Also, in Greek myth Draco, specifically, was the name of the 
dragon that guarded the Golden Apples that Hercules was to steal as 
one of his 12 labors. 

In another Greek myth, the goddess Eris became jealous at a dinner 
party and tossed one of the golden apples onto the table 
declaring "Only the fairest shall have it!". Since Hera, Athena, and 
Aphrodite all thought they were the fairest, a good catfight ensued. 
Eris is also referred to as discord, strife, and quarrel and the 
apple, "The Apple of Discord".  Sound like anybody else we know that 
has a great talent for spreading discord and enmity? 

-Tanya (just a fun fact I've come across recently)