"I am Lord Voldemort"

[mrslestrange]

No: HPFGUIDX 96712

David Witley wrote:

<<Certainly at present anagrams of names such as Snape seem to lack 
motivation. If Snape were really related to another character, why 
would he choose an anagram to disguise his name?>>


mrslestrange adds:

Interestingly, the mythical Perseus was set adrift in a
chest as an infant (because of a tragic oracle, of course), then 
rescued and raised by a different family. If Rowling's Snape was also 
rescued at birth, another person could easily have concocted the 
anagram that would be his new name. This assumes that they knew his 
original name, of course, which isn't impossible.

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, I love you!

(Gilderoy also appears in Brewer's, by the way. He was a 17th century 
robber "noted for his handsome person" and "credited with having 
picked the pocket of Cardinal Richelieu...)........