Question: Crookshanks and Mundungus

[mtwelovett]

No: HPFGUIDX 72112

kytakyta wrote:
> > 
> > Hi! New member here, been a HP fan since CoS though... :) 
> > 
> > Question: Both Crookshanks and Mundungus are described as 
> > having "bandy" legs and having "ginger" and "scraggly" hair. 
> > 
> > As we know there are no such things as coincidences in HP... 
> > thoughts? We all know that there IS something with Crookshanks... 
> any 
> > ideas?

 James Redmont wrote:
> I don't remember Mundungus being described that way (though I'm sure 
> you're probably right, I just don't remember), but the thing with 
> Crookshanks is that he's part Kneazle.  You can read about Kneazles 
> in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them".  Kneazles are "small 
> catlike creatures with flecked, speckled, or spotted fur, outsize 
> ears, and a tail like a lion's..." (remember Crookshanks' bottle 
> brush tail?) and they are "intelligent, independent, and 
> occasionally aggressive...have the ability to detect unsavoury or 
> suspicious characters...", and they can breed with cats.  I think 
> it's pretty much accepted that Crookshanks is a Kneazle, or part 
> Kneazle.
> 

Now me (mtwelovett): 
Mundungus was discribed as such, in one of the #12 Grimmauld scenes,
but I don't have the book here with me at present (maybe the one at
Christmas time when he brings the stuff to Fred and George and refuses
to give up his coat--Mrs Weasley's vision chaper I think.). I thought
about this discription some too, and wondered if maybe Mundungus is an
animangus as a cat/kneazle that maybe lives with Mrs Figg since they
seem to have a closer relationship. I don't think Mundungus is
Crookshanks, but could have similar markings as a "cat". I'm still
puzzled about the Squib/cat relationship overall, and think there is
more there, at least for ones that remain involved with the wizarding
world...  As to what this has to do with the plot, I'm not sure, and
don't have any elaborate theories about it yet. 

mtwelovett