Puddin' Head Wilson was Re: Celtic Mythology/Cernunnos - prophecy implications?

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No: HPFGUIDX 99972

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "A.J." <ajhuflpuf at y...> wrote:
> >Eustace_Scrubb wrote:
> > 
> > Another tidbit from this link:
> > "The Celtic year begins on 1 November,
> > 
> > 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?
> 
> Oh my, why does this remind me back to the threads wondering if 
> Dudley was the referenced one and that was part of the deal 
Petunia 
> is holding secret, as perhaps in Mark Twain's _Tragedy of 
Puddin'head 
> Wilson_ or so?  I recall some theorizing on this board last summer.
> 
> aj

Potioncat:
Not sure how to snip the above, so I didn't.
Yep, Dudders came to my mind.  Didn't we work out he's a couple of 
months older than Harry?

Now, having read Puddin Head myself...long before anyone tied it to 
Harry Potter...and having had an ironic connection to Harry Potter 
made at the dentist....I have to say, I don't quite get the 
connection.

Here is what I recall of the plot:
A slave mother switches her son (most likely her owner's son) for 
the owner's legitimate son and raises them together. Her son now the 
young master and the other now a slave.  The switch is discovered 
and her son, having become a real jerk and a murderer is sent back 
to slavery and the legitimate son, who became very nice, is elevated 
back to owner.

Other than a possible mistaken identity, how would this compare?  I 
would think for the Potter stories, a Shakespeare mistaken identity 
connection would be more likely.
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