[HPforGrownups] Re: How do owls get their names?

[Lady Macbeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 100910

JKR is fond of using historically real names for certain characters.
I'm wondering if the person in Harry's textbook after whom Hedwig is
named is a real life witch (like Grindelwald...) There is a St
Hedwig and a Hedwig village. I couldn't find any occult
associations, though...

"celare_ulace"

Lady Macbeth:

HEDWIG   f
Usage: German (Teutonic)
Derived from the Germanic elements hadu "contention" and wig "war".

The most famous reference for Hedwig, and possibly the one Jo was thinking
of when she named the owl, was St. Hedwig.

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainth03.htm

An interesting quote from the biography section of that page caught my
attention: "She allowed no one who came to her for help to go away
uncomforted." How many times has Hedwig comforted Harry in the books?

It may also be relevant to note that she married  Prince Henry I of
Silesia - and, as anyone who knows the royal family of today (or is good
with English names) knows, "Harry" is a medieval English form of "Henry".
(Prince Harry's full name is actually Prince Henry Charles Albert David.)

-Lady Macbeth


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