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

[jekatiska]

No: HPFGUIDX 105739

> mhbobbin writes:

> Nearly Headless Nick does say that Sirius would go on etc.. But does
> he speak from true knowledge of Sirius? feelings?he hasn?t had contact
> with Sirius-- or does he speak from his own feelings of what Sirius
> would do if faced with the same dilemma as Nick? I don?t think Nick
> has any special knowledge of Sirius?s feelings here, only his own
> knowledge of death.

Jekatiska's thoughts:

Nearly Headless Nick would know something of Sirius, having been
around when he was ar Hogwarts, too. So he would know Sirius'
character well enough to assume that he would not choose a half-life
as a ghost. Most people don't choose that way, and Nick would also
know something of the characteristics of the people who do, knowing so
many of them. He's also been dead for over 400 years, which, I
imagine, would give him some time to get to know how the human mind
works. After all, he would have seen generations of people making the
same mistakes, the same assumptions, the same conclusions, each of
them thinking they are new. How much do ghosts actually know? Will
they yet have an important role?

Jekatiska