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

[demetra1225]

No: HPFGUIDX 105817

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theadimail" <theadimail at y...> 
wrote:
>   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.
[snip]

Demetra:
I'm a little lost here.  I understand the play on the name Sibyll but 
I don't get the Luna part.  Are you saying that both names, Luna and 
Deiphobe, refer to the moon?  I agree that Luna does, but the Greek 
breakdown of the name Deiphobe would be fear of deity (God).  
Is there something I'm missing as far as links between Luna/Deiphobe?