Ginevra - why is H/G obvious

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Antosha wrote:
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I'll admit the white foam/Aphrodite connection was a bit of a stretch-
-I was just having fun--but don't you think that an author who has 
created a werewolf named Remus Lupin, a prickly (if girly-voiced) 
sadist named Dolores Umbridge and a vicious, peculiar woman
named Bellatrix LeStrange might *mean* something when, after 
withholding a character's full name for five books, she tells us that 
it is a form of Guinevere?

What that meaning might be, I certainly can't say. But there has to 
be a reason that she bothered to choose that name, and then bothered 
to tell us on her site.

Neri:
This reminds me that when I read PoA the first time, I immediately 
realized that both of Remus Lupin's names have a connection with 
wolves, but I still didn't suspect he was a werewolf, not even after 
Snape's assignment. Pretty dense of me, isn't it? So I agree with 
Kitten (up-thread) - these name clues are good mainly in hindsight. 
If Ginny will end up with Harry (something I'm maybe 85% sure of 
today, certainly not 100%) then we'll all say: sure, a girl going by 
the name Guinevere, disguised as simple-Ginny-best-friend's-little-
sister, how could she end up as anything but the hero's girl? We'd 
probably say similar things if it is Hermione (this name also has 
respected mythological origins) or Luna or Susan Bones. And is 
Dumbledore really a bumblebee animagus? Could be, but I doubt it.

Neri