Perseus Evans

Ma-Dee madlysarcastic at hotmail.com
Sun Apr 11 21:33:35 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 95684

Potioncat wrote:

> But it's mind 
> boggling to think JKR could have come up with Severus Snape which 
> just fits the man perfectly and Perseus Evans which ties in with 
> other aspects of JKR's mythology so well. Yet it would be too 
> far fetched to think it is a coincidence. Certainly, she could have 
> gone for the Evans and worked to find any name that would fit.

Maddy writes:

It's true that it would be very odd if it was the anagram was a pure 
coincidence. And to me, the name "Severus Snape" has always sound very made-up, 
so it wouldn't surprise me too much if JKR came up with "Perseus Evans" first 
and then changed them around to be "Severus Snape".

I seem to recall that another anagram like this was pointed out a long time 
ago..."Persues Evans" intending to mean that Snape pursued Evans, but 
considering that involves a spelling mistake, that can't be seen as any sort of 
clue.

This is the definition for "Perseus" that I found at 
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r==2&q==perseus

"1.  Greek Mythology. The son of Danaƫ and Zeus and husband of Andromeda who 
killed the Gorgon Medusa.

2.  A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Auriga. .
... A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It 
contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula."

Potioncat wrote:

> This one fits the Black family's tradition of chosing names from 
> stars or mythology depending on your point of view, and Perseus is 
> both.

Maddy writes:

It is interesting that Perseus is a constellation, which the Black family h=as a habbit of naming their children after.

Maybe this means that Snape is somehow connected to BOTH the Black family and 
the Evans family? Now that would be interesting...especially considering that 
it might mean that Harry is related to Snape AND the Black family!

Potioncat wrote:

> 2. They arrive at a distant kingdom and are taken in.  When Perseus 
> is a young man, another king tries to kill him by sending him after 
> a monster.
> 
> Serius and the prank?

Maddy writes:

If Snape is related to the Blacks it might perhaps explain Sirius' reasons =for wanting to get Snape killed.  It's possible that Snape and Black knew each 
other before Hogwarts.  I doubt that it has to do with Andromeda, mother of 
Tonks, though.

I'm still a little reluctant to take the anagram literally, though. It could 
just be a prod in the right direction, telling us to look closer at Snape and 
the Evans and Black families. But I think it's still definitely worth pondering.

==)
Maddy






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