Victor Krum

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 98920

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, MadameSSnape at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 5/19/2004 1:12:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> justcarol67 at y... writes:
> Fleur's mother is mentioned, but she doesn't seem to have a father,
> which again raises the question of whether there are male Veelas and
> if not, how a girl could be only part (presumably a quarter) Veela.
> ==========================
> Sherrie here:
> 
> According to the myth on which they're based, veela are strictly
female.  
> They mate with mortal men, but the female offspring they produce
will have veela 
> characteristics.  It's a Slavic mythos thing.
> 
> Sherrie

Carol:
But JKR appears to have changed the myth since Fleur speaks of her
grandmother but not her mother as a Veela and she herself is referred
to as "part Veela." I doubt she'd be allowed to participate in the
tournament if she were a full-blooded Veela able to turn herself into
a bird when she's angry. She might not even be eligible to enter
Beauxbatons, which appears to be a rather exclusive school. (Or maybe
it's only Fleur's attitude toward the food and the decor that makes it
seem that way.) Karkaroff, who doesn't allow Muggle-borns at his
school, would certainly have raised a fuss about a non-wizard part
human participating in the tournament. So would Fudge, for that matter.

So my point is that JKR's Veelas apparently don't have pure Veela
daughters when they "mate" with human men. Apparently Fleur's mother
is half Veela and she herself is one quarter Veela--presumably they
both had human fathers. But what would a true Veela's father be? A
male Veela? Or, heaven forefend, a bird? Maybe it's a question we
shouldn't ask.

Carol