OOP: Trelawney's relations

gabnai1 gabnai1 at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 26 00:54:08 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 64008

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dudemom_2000" 
<dudemom_2000 at y...> wrote:
> Very,very,very,very minor spoiler.....
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> Anyone notice that Trelawney's great-great-great grandmother's name 
> is Cassandra - Webster Dictionary definition of Cassandra is:  "In 
> Greek legend, the daughter of Priam, King of Troy, and Hecuba. She 
> was given the power of prophecy by Apollo, who loved her, but 
> becoming angry with her, he made the gift worthless by causing 
> people to disbelieve her prophecies. The name is hence applied to 
> any person whose prophecies of evil are not believed."  Something 
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> think about! Like great-great-great grandmom, like great-great-
great 
> grandaughter!!!

Her name is Sybill though which is just another name of old greek 
female seers.  They were believed, though.

Marta






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