[HPforGrownups] Re: Ravenclaw Mascot-Challenging Lexicon

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 85840

Mark wrote:
> 
> Arya mentioned:
> > I see on the Lexicon that Ravenclaw's house mascot is listed
> > as the Eagle and not a Raven.
> 
> I think you got confused by the name.   Note that the mascot of
> Griffindor is the Lion, and not a Griffin (which has the head of an
> eagle and the body of a lion).
> 
> But it still makes sense:  Griffindor is known for bravery, as the
> lion.  While a Raven is a bird like an Eagle and usually "soars"
> (reference to intellectual persuits).  Though both are also
> scavengers, so I don't know how that'd fit.

Rowling may have wanted to avoid the negative connotations of the
raven, but IMHO it would be a better mascot than the eagle for
the "intellectual" house; the raven is one of the most
intelligent birds out there.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>