God in the WW?

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 132285

logic alley wrote:
> I think the basic structure of the books is just so tied to the 
> British school structure, and Christmas and Easter are major 
> elements in the school calendar, that she put them in.
> 
> It's interesting that there aren't any non-Christian/Muggle 
> holidays in the books.  <snip> 
> I think personally that it's just an area JKR left out.  They ought 
> to have special Wizard holidays because almost every population 
> develops it's own holidays, and they probably shouldn't celebrate 
> Christmas and Easter.  


zgirnius wonders:

I'm pretty new to this list, so maybe this has been discussed 
previously? But do we have any idea what proportion of people in the 
WW are pureblood? Mixed blood? Muggleborn? It seems to me this would 
definitely affect religious practice...while purebloods have 
themselves been separated from the Muggle world for long enough to 
abandon whatever religion their ancestors may have practiced way back 
then, Muggleborns, raised by their Muggle parents, would presumably 
often retain some connection to the rituals and/or beliefs of their 
childhood. Particularly if their relationships with their Muggle 
families were strong. Similarly for mixed-blood wizards/witches. This 
might have been part of JKR's thinking in including major holidays 
like Christmas and Easter (and the other religion-connected elements 
referred to elsewhere in this thread-monks, St. Mungo, etc.)