Harry Potter en Het Fatale Heiligdom

[justcarol67]

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Maria Vaerewyck wrote:
>
> Hello all, this is the working title of HP book7 in dutch. The
dodelijk heiligen as what the others had suggested in the past few
days is not correct, that was just the literal translation of the
deathly hallows. This one came from the Harry Potter Nl itself, as of
now this is just the working title and would still change in the
future once they would know more about the story in book7.
> 
> Heiligdom means a holy place, like a holy sanctuary or shrine but it
definitely means a holy place at which the whole translation means
"the deathly Sanctuary" or "deathly shrine" or just plain "the deathly
holy place." Now what could be the holy place that we know of in the 6
books? The veil perhaps or the locked room? Maybe you avid HP fans
know more of a holy place or shrine in the HP books that I do not know.
> Any thoughts? I would love to hear all your theories on this. Happy
New Year to all!!! Cheers.

Carol responds:
Hi, Maria. Thanks for that information, which I think is more helpful
than rough translations found in newspaper articles. It must be
sanctioned by JKR herself to appear on her site (though I hope that
speakers of other languages will confirm it for us). I'll assume for
the moment that you're right--it's a place (which was my original
impression, in any case). 

Of course, the Veil or the locked room could be correct, though
strictly speaking, I don't think they would be "hallowed" or "holy."
So, since another title registered with the patent office was "HP and
the Hogwarts Hallows," I'm going with the burial place of the Founders
somewhere on the Hogwarts grounds, maybe a catacomblike place beneath
the dungeons, similar to the Chamber of Secrets but not requiring
Parseltongue to enter.(?) And BTW, if those registered titles are any
clue, both Nagini and Parseltongue will play important roles, whether
she's a Horcrux or not.

Carol, wishing everyone who cares about such things a Happy Third Day
of Christmas