What's in a name . . . Luna/Lupin

[Renee Daniels]

No: HPFGUIDX 64084


Em wrote:
Luna means moon.  We all know what happens to Lupin when the moon is 
full.  Could it be that Lupin meets his demise when he can't get to 
his potion, transforms, attacks someone (luna?) and has to be 
killed?  


Cindy wrote:
> I have been thinking about Luna's name a lot. This is what I came up
> with...
> Luna is a bit crazy/mad, and so is her father (just think - the
> Quibbler). The students do call her "loony Luna" - and 'lunatic' is
> another word for crazy. This has a bit of history behind it as well,
> but I'll skip that and get to what I think... Perhaps Luna is called
> Luna because she is a bit of a Lunatic? Not because she is a 
werewolf.

Me:

Here's anouther moon connection in classical mythology the moon, aka 
Luna, is associated with both nuturing/protector godesses; Rhiannon, 
Selene, etc.

~Calimora (Exhausted)