Snape's Patronus

[Susan Miller]

No: HPFGUIDX 90877

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Berit Jakobsen" 
<belijako at o...> wrote:
> What do y'all think Snape's Patronus will look like, if he can make 
> one?
> 
> Kneasy wrote (#90794): 
> A wolverine.
> Vicious, effective, a loner, but not a coward.
> And very definitely not something to mess with.
> 
> Berit replies:
> 
> I'm not sure. I just can't imagine Snape's patronus being anything 
> that remotely resembles anything dog-like, <snip>

Actually, wolverines are not related to wolves or dogs. They are the 
largest members of the weasel family. Here is what it says on the 
home page of the Wolverine Foundation:

"Picture a weasel -- and most of us can do that, for we have met that 
little demon of destruction, that small atom of insensate courage, 
that symbol of slaughter, sleeplessness, and tireless, incredible 
activity -- picture that scrap of demoniac fury, multiply that mite 
some fifty times, and you have the likeness of a Wolverine." 
Ernest Thompson Seton, 1953 

Now, having said that, is a "little demon of destruction" a good 
symbol for Snape? Sleepless, tireless, insensate courage, incredible 
activity .... I can see it. "Scrap of demoniac fury?" Absolutely! 
Wolverine!Snape. I can handle that!

Constance Vigilance

Visit the Wolverine Foundation at www.wolverinefoundation.org