Gaelic Prince? Lupin's Boggart (Was: Re: Etymology of Lupin's name)

[logic_alley]

No: HPFGUIDX 148044

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
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> 
> Saberbunny answered: 
> > The Scots Gaelic (which is different from the Irish Gaelic) 
> > word is "Silkie".
> > 		
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> 
> Potioncat:
> OK, here it is, a runaway over analysis of all things Potter.
> 
> Not too long ago it was suggested that rather than looking like a 
> giant bat, Snape more likely resembles a Hebridean Black Dragon.
> 
> In a rather futile attempt to broaden my reading interests, I 
turned 
> back to some Mary Stewart books. (Loved her Merlin books!) Th 
> particular book I was reading takes place in the Hebrides and 
there 
> is a little island, mentioned over and over, named Eilean na Roin. 
> (Seal Island)
> 
> I've no idea if the island is real, though I doubt it, but the 
> similarity to the name Eileen caught my attention. If I Google the 
> name, I get lots of hits....all in Gaelic.
> 
> So, any thoughts that Eileen could be Eilean and could come from 
the 
> Hebrides?


I love the word connections in HP and anything is possible, but I 
just want to add these facts into the mix:  Eilean is "island".  It 
would be pronounced a bit like "island" without the "d" - sort of 
like "eye-lan" rather than eye-lean.   Roin is seal.   Eileen is 
usually translated as meaning "light" and deriving from 
Greek "Helen".  So, it's not really a clear hint for "Hebrides".  
Even if the Eileen - island connection is meant, it could be any 
Scottish island, such as the Isle of Skye.