[HPforGrownups] Goderic's Hollow

[heather the buzzard]

No: HPFGUIDX 130518

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>Friday, June 10, 2005, 2:53:25 PM, Mira wrote:
>
>M> Come to think of it, it is more than obvious: the
>M> cover describes an underground bay which is... The
>M> Godric Hollow! Hollow, because it is cave-like.
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Dave Hardenbrook wrote:

>If you're right, then I think Jo has engaged in a very clever bit of
>punstering (is that a word?) -- By the numerous references of the
>Potters living in Goderic's "Hollow", she has put into our minds the
>kind of hollow that is a cozy rural town or hamlet situated in a
>valley, e.g. "Sleepy Hollow".  
>

Heather now:

Except for the fact that JKR has said outright that Godric's Hollow is a 
village.

http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/faq_view.cfm?id=86

So unless she's lying in her own FAQ, she's not using that sort of wordplay.

Besides which again, where would Lily and James' house have been?  Voldy 
went up to the 'front door', not the 'mouth of the cave'.  Also, JKR 
apparently had direct input into the film scene of GH, and it looked 
like a pretty straight-forward normal house in normal (ie, not cave) 
surroundings.

Cute idea, but it doesn't stand up to canon.

I just think it's a hitherto-undiscovered part of the Chamber of 
Secrets.  :)

heather the buzzard