[HPforGrownups] LOTR Parallels in HBP

[Katherine Coble]

No: HPFGUIDX 133280


WARNING! SPOILERS FOR BOTH LOTR AND HBP

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We have:

1.  Pieces of soul stored in a ring
2.  Evil giant spiders
3.  The bodies of the dead guarding a path through water (Inferi in HP; 
Dead Marshes in LOTR)
4.  Evil servants bent and twisted to the nefarious purposes of the 
leader (Death Eaters in HP; Nazgul in LOTR)
5.  Young, purehearted heros (Frodo & Sam; Harry & Ron)
6.  Great Wizards (Dumbledore; Gandalf)
7.  Reflective basins which reveal hidden thoughts of the past 
(Pensieve in HP) and future (Galadriel's Mirror in LOTR).
8.  Wise forest creatures who speak in riddles (Ents in LOTR; 
C'ent'aurs in HP)

Any others I've missed?

Not that I think JKR is copying (she's most definitely not....)  but 
what are the odds we'll see Dumbledore resurrected in some form?


Katherine