[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry Potter en Het Fatale Heiligdom

[Metylda]

No: HPFGUIDX 163218


--- justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> 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
> 

bamf here:

Well, hallowed could be anything sacred - not
necessarily in the sense of made holy by a priest.
Schools are sometimes referred to as "hallowed halls",
and Gettysburg was referred to by Lincoln as "But, in
a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not
consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground." 

With that in mind, I'm not sure that we can limit it
to anything.  It could be the graveyard at Hogwarts,
it could be the school itself.  Heck, it could be
anywhere that Harry thinks of as sanctuary (like...
The Burrow) or it could refer to Godric's Hollow
which, like Gettysburg, could have been made hallowed
by those that died there.  Maybe even the site of
another massacre by the Death Eaters.

bamf

There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.

*****

Me t wyrd gewf

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