Ancient Magic / The Trio

[sonjaartemisia]

No: HPFGUIDX 140397

> Pat:
> Isn't there something from one of the interviews where JKR says
> something about after Ron got his new wand that "all the elements
> were there between the three of them" (no, that's not an exact
> quote, just my memory of the interview) for something magical,
> power-wise? 
> 
> Bookworm:
> snip> 
> Here is part of what she (JKR)wrote:
> "Some time after I had given Harry his holly-and-phoenix wand I
came 
> across a description of how the Celts had assigned trees to 
> different parts of the year and discovered that, entirely by 
> coincidence, I had assigned Harry the `correct' wood for his
> day of birth. I therefore decided to give Ron and Hermione Celtic 
> wand woods, too."


Sonja now:
I would like to add that the trio's wands represent the three cores 
used in the wands (by Ollivander), Harry-phoenix feather, Ron-unicorn 
hair, and Hermione-dragon heartstring.

SonjaArtemisia, who doesn't have the slightest chance of remembering 
where she read this, but possibly a JKR interview?