Goderic's Hollow

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 130576

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, heather the buzzard 
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> >Friday, June 10, 2005, 2:53:25 PM, Mira wrote:
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> >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:
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> >If you're right, then I think Jo has engaged in a very clever bit 
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> >punstering (is that a word?) -- By the numerous references of the
> >Potters living in Goderic's "Hollow", she has put into our minds 
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> >kind of hollow that is a cozy rural town or hamlet situated in a
> >valley, e.g. "Sleepy Hollow".  
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> Heather now:
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> Except for the fact that JKR has said outright that Godric's Hollow 
is a 
> village.
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> http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/faq_view.cfm?id=86
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> So unless she's lying in her own FAQ, she's not using that sort of 
wordplay.
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> 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) 
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> Cute idea, but it doesn't stand up to canon.
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> I just think it's a hitherto-undiscovered part of the Chamber of 
> Secrets.  :)
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> heather the buzzard

Angie here:
If I remember correctly, first years are taken by boat via through an 
underground cave -- wonder where else it goes?