Celtic Mythology/Cernunnos - prophecy implications?

nkafkafi nkafkafi at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 1 01:14:32 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 99844

Eustace_Scrubb wrote:

Another tidbit from this link:
"The Celtic year begins on 1 November, after the long night of
Samhain, which is often spent in adventuring between the worlds....

The Ninth Full Moon in this Lunar Calendar is called Cernobogmas and
is dedicated to the "Hunt for the Black Stag." "

So in other words, the Celtic New Year's Eve is October 31 (Samhain),
a date of great significance in Harry Potter's world. And the moon
associated with Cernunnos would normally occur during the month of
July, the month of Harry's and Neville's births. (if I'm counting
right)


Neri now:

If the Celtic year starts on November 1st, then the end of the 
seventh month would be the end of May, not of July. This might have 
implications on the interpretation of the prophecy. Do we know 
anybody in HP whom his birthday is by the end of May?

And what about other ancient calanders? 

Neri, who is awful with dates and can't remember the birthdays of his 
own family






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