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

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> > mhbobbin wrote:
> > There have been many excellent comments on this ancient myth-
related
> > theory.  My personal take on it is that in each case of returning 
from
> > the Underworld in Classic Mythology, there is some negotiation and
> > then some condition put upon the event. <examples snipped.> So 
even
> in Ancient
> > Mythology there?s more to it than knowing where the entrance is 
and
> > knowing how to get past the giant three headed dog.(Just where is
> > Fluffy these days?) No doubt JKR will devise her own twists on the
> > rules should she pursue a story line like this. <snip>
> 
> Carol responds:
> As one who is quite happy to leave Sirius as he is and get on with 
the
> story, I may be a bit prejudiced here. But I think it's quite 
possible
> that we've already had our symbolic journey into the "underworld,"
> complete with a three-headed dog bought from a "Greek chappie"
> (significance, anyone?) in Book 1. (BTW, that's another place where
> the filmmakers messed up, changing the nationality of 
the "chappie.")

adi:
  Well, that track is already used in OOTP. In every epic, the hero 
is taken  midway to the underworld by a prophetess where he gets to 
meet his lost parent and gets to know rest of his destiny. The entire 
plot of OOTP was based on this element. Harry went to the underworld, 
here, the department of mysteries which is underground and that veil 
thing and  finds the prophecy. The prophetess element was played by 
Luna and Sybill combined. Notice the trick on their names. A sybil is 
a prophetess and the particular sybil who took Aeneas to underground 
was Deiphobe or in other words Luna as both are related to the moon.
  The lost parent part was played a bit before when Harry gets to see 
how his parents were like in thier infancy and  a bit when Sirius 
lost his life. I think the senior Potter's track will be played a bit 
longer but Sirius's chapter is closed.
  Maybe we should read the epics again, Odyssey and Aeneid, to guess 
what happens after the undeground travel. Although I liked the 
suggestion that the original blood prince was Dracula.

adi