Nagini

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 84056

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Astrid Wootton <astrid at n...> wrote:
> A week or so ago, PK says
> <<<<I do think Nagini is special, ...she was about the size of the
large constrictors, maybe bigger -- most venomous snakes are smaller.
I'm inclined to think she's some variety of magical serpent. <<<<
>

 
> Pippin says 
> > Or maybe there's something special about Nagini herself? I'm
> > thinking of the Black Riders' steeds in LOTR, able to endure their
> > undead riders though all other animals panic in their presence.
> 
> 
> Astrid says
> Could Nagini turn out to be the snake that Harry released at the 
> zoo?


bboy_mn:

I'm going with Astrid and saying that Nagini is not a normal snake.
There are large venomous snake, but nothing in the size range of
Pythons or Boas.

There are however mythical serpents that are frequently classified as
a variety of dragon. These mythical serpents unlike dragon, usually
have no legs or at most, two legs.

Here is a link to the 'Here Be Dragons' sight with some examples of
serpent type mythyical creatures. (Wyvern, Amphiptere, Wyrm,
Lindworm/Lindorm, Ouroboros, etc..) Of these, the Wyrm is the most
likely. While these are dragons, and JKR has never mention this type
of dragon, they do set some precedent for the existance of mythical
serpents.

http://www.draconian.com/whatis/whatis.htm

Just a thought.

bboy_mn