Foreshadowing; The Fountain of Magical Brethren

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 150993

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "steven1965aaa"
<steven1965aaa at ...> wrote:

<<  Looking back at Dumbledore's battle with Voldemort in the Ministry
at the end of OOP, the statues of non-human magical creatures (house
elves, goblins, centaur) "team up" (via Dumbledore's spell) to defend
Dumbledore, keep Harry safe, etc. in DD's fight with LV.  Could this
foreshadow later events in book 7? (snip) DD mentioned at the end of
OOP that the statue, with its message of the creatures loooking up at
humans, told a lie. >>

I think (altho' I am usually wrong) that The Fountain of Magical
Brethren commemorated some actual event where a wizard, a witch, a
House Elf, a centaur, and a goblin teamed up to accomplish some great
deed, such as defeating a powerful Dark Lord; I think that Harry will
have to re-live this historical event, but this time make sure that
history gives accurate credit to all. Harry already has plenty of
wizards (Harry himself, Neville, Ron), a witch (Hermione), Dobby the
House Elf, and Firenze the Centaur. He needs a goblin, and I keep
thinking that Bill's job at Gringotts, the goblin bank, is relevant
here. Maybe there will be goblin guests from work at Bill's wedding
who will be connected to the goblin families who were attacked by LV
(at the first dinner at 12 Grimmauld Place, Arthur mentioned a goblin
family who were murdered last time).

<< I think house elves (snip) in particular will be important in 
book 7. >>

First in CoS, we saw Dobby blow Lucius Malfoy off his feet, Apparate
(or Pop!) at Hogwarts, block the Platform 9 3/4 entrance, and
interfere with owl post in massive way. It was quite clear that House
Elves have tremendous magical powers. 

Then in GoF, we discovered that there are around a hundred House Elves
at Hogwarts. Surely a hundred beings with the amount of power that
Dobby has shown would be a major Secret Weapon in a pitched battle /
defense against Voldemort's forces (such as defending Hogwarts when LV
attacks). 

Listies speculated that the Hogwarts House Elves might be Dumbledore's
*real* army, or that the SPEW subplot actually had some purpose like
setting up for the Death Eaters' House Elves to be suddenly freed and
free to turn against their masters. HBP damaged the theory that SPEW
has a plot purpose and (via Kreachur) the theory that DE HEs want
revenge for how they've been tortured.

By the way, what is with Kreachur's name? After meeting Dobby and
Winky, listies were sure that all House Elves had two-syllable names
ending 'y'. If that were the rule, then he would have been Kreachy.
Then HBP introduced one more House Elf, named Hokey. Does that show
that there is a rule or custom of House Elf names that Kreachur
doesn't fit? (Or is it Rowling's way of telling fanatic readers that
she thinks the two-syllable-y names are hokey i.e. overdone, corny,
insincere?) Who names House Elves anyway? Their parents, their owners,
themselves, a bureau at the Ministry of Magic?