Book 7 Title
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juli17 at aol.com
Fri Dec 22 04:54:39 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 163066
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montims:
The Oxford English dictionary shows:
hallow
/*hal*o/
• *verb* *1* make holy; consecrate. *2* honour as holy. *3*
*hallowed*greatly revered.
• *noun* archaic a saint or holy person.
and
Halloween
(also *Hallowe'en*)
Julie:
Following from this, what if Hallows are "saints" or "holy persons"--or
more accurately souls that been somehow sanctified by going beyond
the veil? So the title refers to Harry and those behind the veil who will
eventually help him defeat Voldemort--James, Lily, Sirius, Dumbledore...
The Deathly could refer in some way to their state of being.
This would tie in perfectly with the concept of Harry defeating Voldemort
by taking him beyond the veil, where Voldemort (sans Horcruxes) would
die, and Harry would somehow (with the help of Sirius perhaps) come
back to the living side and survive.
Julie, feeling certain Deathly Hallows doesn't refer to horcruxes as
those have already been dealt with at length, and JKR doesn't tend
to repeat herself in that manner.
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