Shoemaker'sElves/ RegulusAtSchool/ VeelaReproduction/hating child of beloved

[annemehr]

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Paula Gaon Griff wrote:
 
> << But does anyone have a theory who/what the Veelas are? They 
> remind me of the Sirens of Greek Mythology, who lured sailors to 
> crash on the rocks. >>
>

Catlady replied in part: 
 
> They appear as groups of beautiful young women, who dance in the 
> woods and try to lure any man who walks alone in the woods to dance
> with them, and then dance him to death or something. They take the
> form of swans in order to fly, and upon arrival at their dancing-
> place, they return to human form by taking off their swan skins.

Annemehr:

Would it be reaching too far to try to apply this symbolism to Cho? 
She attracted Harry as the canon Veelas didn't, and her patronus is a
swan.  I had never subscribed to Evil!Cho, but the juxtaposition of
the images Catlady mentions above is hard to ignore.  Is the swan
image a universal vila trait that JKR would be expected to know about
and therefore use in the books, or does it appear as only one of
several variations in folklore?

Though it seems Harry has got beyond his crush on Cho, it's difficult
to tell what is the state of her feelings.  When their eyes met on the
train at the end, she blushed and kept on walking, but did she blush
for shame in what her friend had done or because she still has some
sort of feelings for Harry?

I still shy away from Evil!Cho, but I am quite willing to believe that
their involvement with each other may bring bad consequences, even if
neither of them intend it to.  I have nothing speicific in mind, just
the feeling that they may well interact in the future to their
detriment, another dose of pain caused by the actions of Voldemort.

Annemehr