[HPforGrownups] Elements of Houses

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 144886

 
In a message dated 12/16/2005 11:33:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
bawilson at citynet.net writes:

Hufflepuff's totem animal is a BADGER, a burrowing animal; Slytherin's  is a
snake, and their common room is under a lake, and in the Hat's Song he  is
associated with a SWAMP. Don't those indicate that Hufflepuff is Earth  and
Slytherin is Water?  Also, Slytherin is consistantly opposed to  
Griffyndor--are
not Fire and Water the most strongly opposed  elements?



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Sherrie here:
 
JKR has assigned Slytherin to Water & Hufflepuff to Earth - the latter  makes 
perfect sense, as Earth signs (Taurus, especially!) are known for our  
"dogged determination".  
 
Slytherin is Water, the element most associated with emotion.  Anyone  think 
of an unemotional Slytherin offhand?  Not me...
 
Sherrie
(typing from chilly Gettysburg, Pennsylvania!)


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