LOTR Parallels in HBP

[Barb Wright]

No: HPFGUIDX 133401

<tankgirl73 at s...> wrote:

>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?


The magical door, in a rock wall, requiring a simple password that's tricky to determine.


Barb Wright