Return from the Underworld in Greek Mythology (Re: Sirius Black Poll)

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No: HPFGUIDX 104537

> Griffin782002 says:
> 
> Well, as I have said I can't deny that he really might be dead. 
Nothing is clear yet. In her webchat J.K.R. didn't answer if Sirius 
will be back in other form. It is one of the reasons why I believe 
he might be back. And to the member that mentioned an example from 
other Mythologies.

Katie:

I have a wrenching feeling that JKR won't allow Sirius to come back, 
because it would show kids that death *isn't* permanent (not a 
lesson she'd want them to learn), but then again:

 WHERE'S SIRIUS'S BODY? In my experience (in JKR's books and others) 
when you don't have a body or conclusive proof that someone is dead 
(conclusive proof might be, say, the person went up in flames) it's 
a tip-off that she/he is going to come back. If Sirius was killed by 
Bellatrix, he *should* have left a body behind. If he simply tripped 
over the threshold, then we may well be due for an Orpheus/Eurydice 
adventure. (As someone --forget who, sorry-- pointed out, we haven't 
seen Fluffy for some time.) I'm clinging to this shred of hope!

Katie
who loves Griffin's Gandalf analogy, by the way