Nature of a Patronus / Snape's Patronus

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 153271

Potioncat:
> If we could only figure out what the heck a JR Terrior would 
> represent!

Ceridwen:
A friend of mine has a JRT.  The dogette stands up to everybody and 
everything.  She has gone after dogs much larger than herself for an 
affront to her dogly dignity.  When she gets something in her craw, 
she's on it and she doesn't let it go.  Words I would use to describe 
my friend's JRT: Tenacious, loyal, fearless, single-minded.

If JKR got the idea for a JRT for Ron from knowing a JRT, perhaps we 
don't need to look as far as mythology or legend to find out what it 
would represent.

Ceridwen.