another foolish question

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 98288

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:

bboy_mn: 
> The House founder's name was Giffindor, and he founded the House of
> Gryffindor, not the house of Griffin. The cornerstone of Gryffindor 
is
> courage, and as others have pointed out, lions are associated with
> courage. As a side note, a Gryphon (Griffin) has the body of a lion.
> Also, while Gryphons do occur in heraldry, the lion is more common.

Geoff:
Remember that Gryffindor is a form of the French "Griffon d'or" 
(golden griffin).

Interestingly, I live nowadays in the county of Somerset in the West 
of England. The coat of arms of the county is a white Griffin on a 
dark red background - not far removed from that of Gryffindor. 

Welcome to Harry Potter country :-)