Recurrences

[Barry Arrowsmith]

No: HPFGUIDX 88512

Brain in idle (a most desirable state), I began thinking about some of 
the creatures that Harry has had to deal with over the past 5 books 
when I began to discern a pattern.

In most instances where he has had to  deal with some unfriendly 
life-form that tries to rip his guts out, he has already has 
seen/met/had dealings with a very similar type of animal in a friendly 
or at least in a non-threatening situation.

So we have:

Python in zoo                - Snake at  Duelling Club,Basilisk
Norbert                           - Hungarian Horntail
Fang                               - Fluffy
Firenze  (in PS/SS)      - A rampaging mob of homicidal centaurs
Lee Jordan's spider    - Aragog
Ghosts                           - Dementors

Some may argue about the last entry, but they could both fall into the 
same category of phenomena.  In some mythologies Soul-Suckers are a 
form of Ghost.
Just about the only instances that don't fit are Blast-Ended Skrewt, 
though this was probably bred specifically for the TWT and the Troll in 
PS/SS, though since Harry had already met Crabbe and Goyle by 
then........

So  what,  you cry.

Well, there's an oddity back in PoA.  Combine that  with a couple of 
other mentions, plus a rumour (unsubstantiated) that floated across the 
site a couple of months back and my suspicion index starts creeping up.

Pavarti Patil. Not an Arabic or Egyptian name. There is no 'p' or 'v' 
in the Arabic alphabet, though equivalents  have been borrowed recently 
from Persian to cope with Western terms like Pepsi and Vitalis. The 
name sounds more likely to be Persian or Indian. So why does she fear a 
Boggart masquerading as a bandage wrapped mummy, which is strictly 
Egyptian (mummies from other cultures are wrapped in blankets or 
shrouds) and when her own mythology has some very nasty beasts of its 
own?

Add Bill as a former Curse-Breaker in Egypt.

Add Ron whittering on about the nasty sights in Pyramid tombs.

Add the rumour that a forth-coming title for the film of a 
yet-unwritten book is "HP and the Pyramids of Something-or-other" and I 
  begin to wonder.

If my guess is correct, Harry could meet his mummy after all.

Kneasy