JKR website - Quintaped

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 149695

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Maria Vaerewyck" 
<maria8162001 at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi, I am just wondering if anybody thinks that there's a 
connection 
> on the Quintaped at JKR's website (rubbish bin and ancient runes 
> book) and the quintaped skeleton in the RoR in HBP. Harry found or 
> saw a cage with a five legged skeleton. I was thinking of this 
> skeleton with 5 legs as quintaped. Latin word for quintaped is 
five-
> footed. Could this have something to do in book 7? 

Doddie here:
Well there is another hint to this in book six and within the 
interviews that jk gave later.

1. In one of Harry's classes there is a textbook 
titled, "Quintessence a Quest".(I believe)

2. In an interview, JK once made alusions to not only the four 
founders but uniting the elements...

Hence you can unite the four houses but there needs "something more" 
apparently...(perhaps this is why there has been little 
reunification of the houses has not happened in the 
past)...Apparently the hinderances of this cannon wise may have been 
1. Tom Riddle when he opened the chamber of secrets both in Hagrids 
day and again in Harry's.

2. Perhaps Grindenwald in the past?!?!?

3. There may be a sneaking hint it may have almost happened with 
Harry in OOP with Dumbledore's Army..(was there a slytherin in 
there, if not, how did Malfoy find out about the Galleons Hermione 
created--the only guess I can make is he may have overheard Dumbridge
(I doubt it)--or perhaps Moaning Myrtle, OR was there a slytherin 
present???

<<snip>> 

Maria wrote:
> If that is how it was, how did the quintaped get inside Hogwarts 
> into RoR, who brought it in? It surely cannot be Hagrid or he 
would have put Aragog there too. Could it be that, that is the last 
of the 
> member of the McBoons? Anybody have any ideas? Maybe it will 
appear 
> again in book 7. Maybe this is worth pursuing? Thanks and sorry 
for 
> any mispelled words and my grammar.
> 
> maria8162001
>


My guess is the quintaped got into Hogwarts via a student or 
professor in the past trying to creat "quintessence" via magical 
creatures...I honestly do not believe Hagrid had either the ability 
or desire to put a living creature through that.(too tender hearted 
to the most ghastliest of creatures.

We only see two other characters (that I can remember right now) 
that had major ties with magical creatures... Hagrid(aragog, 
buckbeack) and Voldemort(nagini/baskilisk)..



Other characters with ties with magical creatures include:

Harry: Owns Hedwig, Buckbeak/Witherwings

Hermione: Owns Crookshanks

Sirius Black: once owned buckbeack.

Dumbledore: Fakes once chose DD, friend to Centaurs, Mermaids..

Ron: once owned Wormtail(but not really as wormtail was a wizard who 
hid under Rons and Percy's care), also owns pidgewidegon

Percy: Once kept Scabbers as ron did above..owns Hermes

Ginny: owns arnold the pigmy puff

Hagrid: minor ties with a great deal many creatures on Hogwarts 
grounds.

Weasleys in general: own Errol

Snape: in my opionion seems to have a weakness as far as magical 
creatures are involved---attacked by buckbeak and 
fluffy...apparantly is not so strong against "instinctual" attacks 
perhaps what if DD trusted snape because Fawkes was not alarmed by 
him?

Lavender Brown: once had a bunny who died via fox attack.

Fred & George:  Bred pygmy puffs

And I suppose we can lump in the animagi(McConogal, Sirius, James, 
PP, Rita)...

and Lupin and Fenrir as an aside.

Anywhoo I have given this matter some thought...I think I have 
enought to lead somewhere but I am stuck because I get off on a 
tangent each time I come to snape.

Doddiemoe,
(who wonders if her response was worth it)