[HPforGrownups] phoenix + empress

digger altered.earth at ntlworld.com
Fri Jun 13 08:44:37 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 60263

Petra Pan wrote:
> 
> In Chinese mythology, dragon and the
> phoenix often exist as a pair.  The dragon
> symbolizes all things yang (the energy
> usually associated with the male) while
> the phoenix symbolizes all thing yin
> (the energy usually associated with the
> female) when used to represent any
> metaphors involving two contrasting
> and/or complementary entities.
> 

So would that mean that Harry, being a toss-up between a slytherin 
(dragon/snake) and a griffindor (phoenix), according to the Sorting Hat, 
is a perfect blend of Yin and Yang? Sounds like thats good news for our 
Teenage Eternal Hero.

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