Percy Weasley and the Camelot connections of the Weasleys

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"farquarson2003" wrote:
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> "Ginevra Molly Weasley. Ginevra, the Italian form of Guinevere. 
> This has probably been mentioned already, but here is Encyclopedia 
> Mythica's article on Guinevere and various interpretations of her 
> character (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/guinevere.html)"
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Very interesting summary of the meanings of Ginny and the royal 
Weasley names. I also found another interesting reference when I did 
a search for "Ginevra" on Yahoo. There's a famous Leonardo da Vinci 
portrait of a young woman named Ginevra De'Benci. That Ginevra was 
apparently also a poet. Her only surviving line of poetry is 
something like "I ask your forgiveness and I am a mountain tiger." 
Here's a link to an article about the painting:

www.csmonitor.com/2001/1024/p22s2-hfes.html

The painting doesn't look anything like Ginny, of course. The girl 
is far too solemn and sour looking. But I thought the "mountain 
tiger" reference is interesting, especially since Ginny is so often 
compared to a cat. I've seen speculation that Ginny is an animagus --
 probably a graceful, ginger tabby! Maybe Rowling did some research 
into the name and is referencing it? Ginevra also can 
mean "juniper," and that is the bush painted in the portrait.

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