[HPforGrownups] Re: Etymology of "Death Eater" (was Re: With enemies like these.....)

[Christopher Nehren]

No: HPFGUIDX 117030

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 07:28:48 EST, Clever Witch scribbled these
curious markings:
> Pardon me if this point has been raised before, but I'm new to the 
> list. 

Well, in that case, greetings and salutations, and welcome!

> Isn't one of the gods in Egyptian mythology known as the "eater of
> death"? Rowling makes numerous references to Egyptian wizards.

I can't find any topical reference to that phrase or any web site
containing permutations of that phrase. The closest that I can find
is Ammut: "Eater of Hearts", "Great of Death" (none of my
dictionaries present a sensible interpretation of the word "Great" in
this phrase; anyone know what it could mean?) as cited at
http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/ammut.html .
Can you perhaps elaborate with any details about this Egyptian deity?

Christopher

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