[HPforGrownups] Re: Percy Ignatius Weasley

[Iggy McSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 83563


> The Sergeant Majorette says
>
> Anyway, there probably *is* religion in the WW: not in the sense of
> deep abiding faith or the relationship of the individual to his
> community or his God, but in the sense of where a baby makes its
> white-lace debut, or where your wedding is held, or when the stores
> are closed, or what you call the winter holiday.
>

Iggy here:

My personal sense of what "faith" seems to be in the WW is that, despite
many of the clothing choices that seem rather ecumenical (if I use the term
properly), the holidays and other parts of that aspect of their life would
be a heavy combination of both the Druidic and Christian religions.  Most of
this comes from the feeling that the WW doesn't really see the two as being
mutually exclusive and live their daily lives with both absorbed together.

For one thing, if it were strictly Christian-based in their faith, the WW
wouldn't really exist, now would it?  For another, since they celebrate
Christmas and such, they have obviously incorporated this set of beliefs as
well... possibly as a natural extension of having so many Muggle-Borns (so
many of whom would be some form of Christian) added to their ranks after the
spread of Christianity.  Ancient magics and other things that predate the
common era, such as the curses laid out on the pyramids of Egypt and the
power of Stonehenge, would indicate that the WW existed long before
Christianity.

As a matter of fact, I can see many members of the WW celebrating Beltane,
the solstices, and the equinoxes and such just as faithfully as observances
of Christmas.


Just my two centaurs worth

Iggy McSnurd