[HPforGrownups] Cats Eyes for Protection and other links

[Kathryn Lambert]

No: HPFGUIDX 155157

Randy Estes wrote:
Just remember... the Brits were influenced by the Romans who invaded their lands. The Romans took their myths from the Greeks. The Greeks were greatly influenced by the myths of the Eqyptians. We have a connection from European to Eqyptian myths. The stories
change and the myths evolve over time. The Eqyptians changed their
myths over time as the political powers changed.
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Katie responds:
Not to quibble...but the Roman influence on British culture was pretty miniscule in the long term. The Roman hold on England was brief and weak to begin with, and once the Roman Empire really began to crumble, the far northern Roman settlements were almost totally abandoned by the struggling Empire. By A.D. 700, the Norse were coming, and of course, when the Normans arrived, everything before them culturally was pretty squashed. In terms of holdovers, the Norse and German had a much more lasting influence in England than did the Romans.

Sorry to be picky, but I thought it was important to the conversation about why the mythology in HP. I think a lot of it just comes from JK herself, and her own personal interests, not from a general English heritage.

Just in my humble opinion, Katie