[HPforGrownups] Re: Book 7 Title - Objects of Power

[Jeremiah LaFleur]

No: HPFGUIDX 163096

bboyminn:
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As a side note, and one of extremely limited worth, at
some point in the past either Warner or the Publishers
copyrighted the names-

HP and...

...the Hallows of Hogwarts
...Hogwarts Hallows
(quoted from memory; found in some Leaky Lounge
discussion)

...though given that these are very old, we can only give
limited weight to them. But they do indicate that JKR has
had the 'Hallows' concept in her mind for a long time,
and that she did give it a great deal of though.

Given that there is a historical precident in both Ireland
and Britian for 'Hallows' to be venerated, revered and/or
magical objects, I conclude that they could indeed be the
'Horcruxes'. But, they could also be 'sacred objects' that
are imbued with the power of good, and that will assist
Harry; the Gryffindor Sword for example, plus objects of
power he will discover but of which we are not currently
aware. Perhaps 'objects of power' from each of the
founders. In a sense, Harry defeats Voldemort by doing
whata Voldemort failed to do, by gathering objects of
power from each of the founders, and uniting them into
a force for good. This seems to be the nature of 'Hallows'
as objects; that is, that they are objects of magical power.
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jeremiah:
That makes total sense. Since we suspect that the other horcruxes are to be
items from the founders of Hogwarts. It completes the theme ot Hallows as
sacred objects and this idea of "saints" that has been mentioned. It also
plays with the theme of transformation, or what someone becomes through
choices. The founders had things that were special or sacred to them, like
the sword, and Voldemort would have "chosen" to transform them into a
horcrux in his own quest for transformation. Then the Deathly pertains not
only to how Voldemort achieves the creation of a horcrux but also to the
fact that (to be blunt) the founders of Hogwarts are dead.

On a lighter note... maybe, since Prof. Sprout is into Herbology
maybe Hhelga Hufflepuff was a gardener as well..., and we will discove
Hufflepuff's Hoe? ohhh... the sacred Hoe of Hufflepuff! OR since Professor
Vector is Raveclaw (? and I right in that? Oh, will i think this is funny
anyway) the will have Ravenclaw's Abacus. "The Sacred Abacus of Ravenclaw!"
hee hee... Hmmmm... Ok, I'm done with being silly for the time being.

So I think it all ties together. I think it plays nicely with different
levels of sacred and things that pertain to death. We also know that
Dumbledore had that shriveled hand from one of the horcruxes and he could
have dies (i get that implication from the quick discussion he has with
Harry about it). Plus, DD nearly dies trying to get the "fake" horcrux... so
even searching and destroying one is "deathly."

Ah, cleaverness. I love you so!


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