Albus Percival Brian Wulfric Dumbldore

[Richard]

No: HPFGUIDX 83687

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> Mary Jo <maryjo at n...> wrote:
<snip>
>> Percival makes me think of Percival Blakeney, the hero of Baroness 
>> Orczy's "Scarlet Pimpernel" series.  Sir Percy was the leader of a 
>> league of Englishmen who ran daring missions into revolutionary 
>> France to save innocent aristocrats from the guillotine.  Dunno if 
>> JKR had that in mind at all, but in any case it's a name that 
>> suggests both heroic bravery and pure goodness.
> 
> It's only just made me realise that we have Percy Mk.1 and Percy 
> Mk.2 in the books but somewhat different models?
> Geoff


Richard here:

I'm more reminded of Percival, the Knight of the Round Table who 
completed the quest for the Grail.  Considering the importance of the 
Legend of Arthur, the Quest for the Grail, etc., I find it hard to 
believe that this is NOT in some sense part of the reason behind the 
use of this name for Dumbledore, and the diminutive for Percy 
Weasley.  To me, this seems likely to be a hint of something that 
Percy will do 'ere the end of the series, and perhaps that he will 
survive the tale, as did Percival.


Richard