Peter as Judas? (was: Christians in HP - in a purely historical way)

[sophierom]

No: HPFGUIDX 128593

Hells wrote:

> I took the christian references to be Dumbledore = all-seeing,
all-knowing, all-powerful God, Harry = Christ the saviour who will
sacrifice himself or part of himself to save wizardkind (hopefully to
be reborn) and possibly Fawkes = the Holy Spirit, although I know
nothing about the Holy Spirit except the name. Satan = Voldemort, and
I hate to think who will be Judas...


Sophierom now:

I apologize if this has been suggested before (a quick search of the
past 6 months' messages didn't yield anything, but surely this has
been suggested before). Could not Peter Pettigrew act as a sort of
Judas figure? He's already betrayed his friends, a betrayal that led
to a sacrfice for the greater good (Lily's death).

For his service, Peter has received his 30 pieces of silver in the
form of a silver hand. I just wonder when he will attempt to give back
the blood money, when he'll come to terms with the depth of his
betrayal.

I'm fairly confident that Peter will 1.) die before the series ends
and 2.) have turned away from Voldemort, even if it's only just before
he dies. Not only does the possible Judas allusion make me think that
he'll regret his betrayal, but, as many before me have pointed out, he
owes Harry a life debt after Harry saved his life in the Shrieking
Shack.

All the best,
Sophie