Godric Gryffindor as Half Blood Prince?

[sophierom]

No: HPFGUIDX 103295

Hi -

Not sure if this has been posted, though I tried to look back through
the archives.  But maybe the Half Blood Prince is a historical figure,
namely Godric Gryffindor?

As someone else pointed out in a previous post (sorry, I can't
remember who), it's odd that JKR's introducing royalty into the
stories.  Though blood and family status have played large roles so
far, actual royalty has not.  
 
So, I started to wonder if the title didn't refer to a prince of the
past.  ALso, when it was mentioned that HBP was almost the title of
CoS, I began to wonder about Gryffindor's sword and how it helped
Harry save the day. Indeed, CoS seems to be a face off between
Slytherin (basilisk, Riddle) and Gryffindor (Fawkes, HP).  

Also, everything about Gryffindor (the colors, the sword, even Fawkes)
seems majestic (though admittedly, majestic does not equal princely).
Dumbledore also seems to me to be a majestic sort of figure, and
although it's never explicitly been stated (I don't think) that he's
the heir of Gryffindor, he certainly seems to be the steward of
Gryffindor, as he has possession of both the sword and Fawkes
(possibly Godric Gryffindor's bird? See essay by Phyllis Morris on HP
Lexicon http://www.hp-lexicon.org/essays/essay-fawkes.html).

There are plenty of holes in this theory. Number one would be, why
"half blood"? I don't know if there's any canon evidence to support
the idea that Gryffindor was pure blood or half blood.  We do know
that Slytherin and Gryffindor came to disagree about something ...
perhaps it was blood related? 

Another big problem: so what if Gryffindor is the HBP? What happens in
Book 6 to make a dead founder become a major (or at least title)
character? Ah, JKR, why won't you finish!!! :-)

A related theory: the HBP is Gryffindor's heir, whoever he is
(Dumbledore? Neville?).

Okay, enough silly ramblings from me. I'm headed back to lurkdom.  

Sophierom