Horcrux: was Baptism/Christianity in HP

[Marion Ros]

No: HPFGUIDX 153805

Tonks_op:
>>>This is all I can do for now. But I hope other detectives here 
will explore the above ideas and see what you come up with when 
you add it to the crux = cross. Somehow I sense it might be a 
Hebrew word. If anyone here knows Hebrew, or Greek maybe they could 
help us. Thanks.<<<


The Latin dictionary tells us that 'crux' (plural 'crucis') means 
'cross' as in 'torture device' and 'pole of death'. 'Hora' means 
'hour' and the 'Horae' are the goddesses of the seasons. So the 
Latin interpretation might be that a Horcrux is a thing that 
stops/tortures/kills time. Which might be appropiate since that's 
what Voldemort tries to do: he wishes to become immortal, and 
mortality is a product of entrophy, the destructive nature of Time.

The spells wizards use are latin deriviations as well, so Latin 
seems like a safe bet.

I've checked my (limited) Old English dictionary as well, but that 
gave zero results.

I'd go with the Latin myself (and it also helps that 'hor' in Latin, 
as in modern English, has the emotional 'charge' connected with 
'horror' and 'horribilis' etc - it just *sounds* sinister to English 
speakers).

Marion