[HPforGrownups] The Founders (was:Pansy/ Re: House characteristics)

[catherine higgins]

No: HPFGUIDX 150652



a_svirn <a_svirn at yahoo.com> wrote:    a_svirn:
 I got the feeling that that Slytherin
was even geographically alien of some sort. Both ladies are
obviously from Scotland, from "glen" and from the "valley broad" –
Highlands and Midland Valley, I take it. "Wild moor" can be
anywhere, of course, but the most likely choice is North Yorkshire.
And "fen" is obviously Fen Country, which makes him the only
southerner among the northerners. That would have made a huge
difference a millennium ago.

  Catherine now:
   
  I had a diferrent take on it. I always thought Gryffindor was from Scotland (There are Scottish Moors too) he always struck me as a Highland Warrior type.
  http://www.walkwise.co.uk/images/Scotland/scottish_moors.jpg
   
  I agree with the Lexicon (who are also just taking a stab at this) That Fen is somewhere not far from London. I say this because I was in a play called Fen many years ago, and it was about a group of English working-class potato pickers.
   
  Sweet Hufflepuff from Valley broad...I don't see her as Scottish, rather Irish. I'm just taking a stab at this from her personality, and for another reason I will explain in a second...
   
  Fair Ravenclaw from Glen. I see her being from Wales. For the only reason that I believe JKR had each of the founders come from each of the 4 Brittish isles: Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. And that her whole thing on "House Unity" is also a plea for Brittish unity to a certain extent. It also seems to fit in with the history of fighting among the isles and allegiences and everything.
   
  Just my take on it!
   
  Catherine

		
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