Harry Potter and the Eqyptian Symbols

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 153863

Betsy Hp:
> If JKR has any interest in Egyption myths (and she does lightly 
> pepper her books with Egyption stuff: Bill, the Weasleys' vaction, 
> etc.) or just myths in general, I'd be surprised if they didn't 
play 
> some part in the shaping of her story.
> 
> I read a fascinating article on Snape called, "Severus Snape and 
the 
> Anubis Archetype: Smoke and Mirrors" by Clunycat, posted at the 
> Leaky Cauldron.
> 
> http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#scribbulus:essay:192
> 
> In it Clunycat uses archetypes of several mythical gods of Death to 
> shed some light on the role Snape plays in the books.  I don't 
think 
> JKR wrote Snape *as* Anubis, but she may have had some of that 
> archetype's characteristics in mind when she dreamed Snape up.

Ceridwen:
Thanks for the link!  I'm reading it now, and so far, it certainly 
sounds like Snape.  If I still think so by the end of the article, I 
will definitely change my mind about Egyptian archetypes possibly 
being used.

Okay, I finished it.  Snape is not an exact duplicate of the various 
Gods of Death, but he sure fits in among them!  I guess Randy might 
be onto something, at least as far as archetypes of the characters is 
concerned, after all!

Ceridwen.