Harry (technically) dying?

[jmgarciaiii]

No: HPFGUIDX 127639


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:

> I am not sure about Filch, but I have a theory about Hagrid and 
the 
> first years. Only the first year students come to Hogwarts by 
boat. 
> Why? Because that is a symbol of baptism. They can not come to 
> Hogwarts, the spiritual (magical) world, until they are baptised.

Ooh! Good call!

Another tidbit on Argus Filch is that "Argus" is the name of 
Odysseus' dog (the only one to recognize hime when he had returned 
from the Trojan War after 20 years) and also a 100-eyed giant who 
guarded stuff for the various gods.

Further along the greco-roman mythology vein, it turnes out that 
Hermione is the Anglicized/feminine of "Hermes" a god who did teh 
following, verrrrrrry interesting things:

* Gave Odysseus "moly," the magic plant which offered protection 
against enchantment by a witch.(!)

* Gave Hades' helmet of invisibility (!) to the hero Perseus in 
order to help him slay Medusa. 

* During the Giants' revolt (!), Hermes, wearing Hades' helmet of 
invisibility (!), killed the giant Hippolytus 

* Rescued Io, one of Zeus' lovers, who had been transformed into a 
cow and was guarded by Argus, the 100-eyed giant. Hermes slew Argus 
and set Io free. Hermes is sometimes called Argiphontes, for having 
killed the All-seeing Argus 

Curiouser and curiouser...

Discuss.

-Joe in SoFla