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

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 116607


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Christopher Nehren 
<apeiron at c...> wrote:
> There's symbolism in certain cultures which states that if you take
> something into your body -- e.g., eat it -- you gain its powers,
> abilities, or you gain resistance to it. 

snip.

Alla:

Thanks for the link and yes, Graveyeard scene did strike me as being 
symbolic. So, does it mean that if Voldie and his followers eat some 
part of "death" (which part I wonder?), did they expect to become 
immortal?


Hmmmm, could it be that Snape managed to make a potion out of 
some "part of death" and that is what Voldie and Co are having for 
dinner?