Greek myth, Stubby Boardman (was: Are we sure about Siriu)

[Leandra]

No: HPFGUIDX 69719

The spell he got hit with was a stunning blow or something (red 
light), not a killing spell.

I like the idea of Sirius being trapped behind the veil, like 
Eurydike in the Greek myth. The myth says she trod upon a snake, fell 
down and was bitten. Isn't it intersting that Belatrix, whose spell 
hit Sirius is a Slytherin (a snake?)

maybe we see a rescue in Book 6, where somebody has to enter the 
world behind the veil to bring Sirius (Eurydike) back from the 
underworld. 

There is actually a story called "Beyond the veil" being written 
(over at SRBL, mild slash warning, and really excellent) that plays 
with the greek myth. Remus, like Orpheus has to enter the world 
behind the veil (Hades) to rescue Sirius. 

What Roxy and Dave said about the "alternative universe" might also 
be a possible option:

I wonder if it might have something to do with "Stubby Boardman". 
There were lots of discussion on other lists about that seemingly 
uninteresting little tidbit. 

I agree with Dave (and his dad), as long as there is no body, the 
person isn't officially dead.

Any thoughts on this?

Lea
New to the list, so this is my introduction post :-)





--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> 
wrote:
> 
> Friday, July 11, 2003, 10:08:16 PM, Danger Mouse wrote:
> 
> DM> Are we sure Sirius is dead? All we saw was him get hit by
> DM> *some sort of spell* and fall through that curtain. Sure, it's
> DM> called the Death Room, but couldn't Sirius just as well be
> DM> floating around in some alternate universe? There are things
> DM> "worth than death" - - could that be one of them? Could
> DM> Sirius return after all?
> 
> My dad, who has an education in Paralegal studies and is also
> a Mystery buff, says, "No _corpus delicti_, no proven death",
> by which he means that if there's no dead body of Sirius, then
> we cannot from a legal standpoint assume he *is* dead.
> 
> But if JKR *has* in fact decreed in interviews that he is
> "not only merely dead, but really most sincerely dead", then that's
> something else again...
> 
> -- 
> Dave (As much in denial as everyone else)