GG/Weasleys'

[caspenzoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 109478

> > SSSusan asked:
> > > Caspen, can you tell me where I missed the description of GG 
as a 
> > > redhead?
> > 
> > 
> > Yb thinks:
> > I think the relationship of Godric Gryffindor and red is being 
> > established by all the reds mentioned with Gryffindor. <snip> 
> > Granted there is no canon to 
> > support GG having red hair, but maybe red wasn't just his 
favorite 
> > color?
> 
> 
> Martha thinks,
> 
> I don't know if the red headed Weasleys are actually related to 
GG, 
> but it's a very good thought :)
> 
> I've always thought that deep purple represented royalty at least 
in 
> some Christian traditions. Now I think that red represents 
emotion, 
> boldness, bravery and shivelry. It also represents love... red 
> represents everything that is expressed with great pation and 
> truth.  Maybe I just love the color. :)
> 
> Martha

Thanks for the comments on my red-head speculation. In response to 
Susan, no, I don't know of any cannon that specifies that GG was a 
red-head (in fact, I don't know of any cannon giving physical 
descriptions of any of the founders, although we know that GG owns a 
ruby encrusted sword). I was going purely on color association; in 
the HP series, red is the color of Gryffindor (together with gold - 
associated with royalty). In addition, however, the lion, it's 
totem/symbol, is traditionally associated with royalty. I think that 
all of the Weaseley's whose Hogwarts houses we know are in 
Gryffindor, but please correct me if I'm wrong there. The Weaseleys 
do have a name association with a legendary King, and Ron's name can 
be interpreted to have such an association. In addition, we have 
the "Weasely is our King" anthem that I interpret as foreshaodowing 
on JK's part.

I agree with Martha that red also represents "emotion, 
boldness, bravery and chivalry...love, and passion...." I don't know 
about "truth." Although the color purple is associated with royalty 
in Roman history, I believe red is more closely so associated in 
Britsh history - but I could be wrong. I believe that purple is also 
associated with nobility of a more spiritual sort in some Christian 
traditions. In American higher education, purple represents law.

Another interesting fact I noted while re-reading COS is that DD's 
original hair-color is auburn - a variation of red - for whatever 
it's worth.

Just a pet theory about the Weaseley's really. Fun, 'til it's shot 
down by JKR or otherwise.

Caspen