Mentions of vampires (WAS: It's possible there ISN'T an Heir of Gryffindor)

[maria_kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 58261

Elisabeth wrote:
> It strikes me as odd that we have heard no mention yet of vampires 
> in Rowling's books, which (to me) seems as good a support as any 
> for Snape's being of the Vampire persuasion.  

Actually, they're all over the place. In PS, in connection to 
Quirrell, for one thing. Lots of talk about garlic et al. In CoS 
there's mention of the twins selling amulets and IIRC, garlic (don't 
quote me on that). The biggest, IMO, mention of vampires is in PoA, 
where Lupin assigned an *essay* on vampires. Dean or Seamus says at 
the end of the book, when everybody finds out that Lupin is a 
werewolf, "I wonder who the next teacher is going to be. Maybe a 
vampire" (rough paraphrase).

These vampire references are like Memory Charms...

> Am I mistaken in 
> saying that the Vampire is also(conspicuously) left out of her book 
> of Magical Creatures?

Well, I take that to mean that vampires are beings, and not beasts.

Maria Alena