Perseus Evans theory

[Regina]

No: HPFGUIDX 88315

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Julie Stevenson" 
> 3) Why hasn't anyone made reference to the fact that Snape hasn't 
always 
> been known as Snape, before now? It's not like he's a stranger in 
these 
> parts -- there are still a number of Snape's yearmates and former 
teachers 
> around who would know what his original name was. Or are they 
somehow part 
> of a conspiracy to not call him by that old name?

Perhaps Perseus Evans was his birth name but for most of his life, 
including his school years, he has been Snape. Remember, the 
mythological Perseus was sent away as a baby to try to thwart the 
prophecy that he'd kill his grandfather (it didn't work; he killed 
him accidentally years later). If Perseus Evans was sent away as a 
baby, it's possible that his new, anagram-ed name was given at that 
time. Maybe he's the only one who knows he's Lily's brother or half-
brother or whatever. Except for Dumbledore, he knows everything.

--Regina S.