[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR website - Quintaped
Bart Lidofsky
bartl at sprynet.com
Fri Mar 17 03:57:06 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 149734
bercygirl2 wrote:
> I had a thought about the Quintaped....JKR has said that the four
> houses (Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw) correspond to
> the four elements (fire, water, earth and air). However, there are
> actually 5 elements: fire, water, earth, air and metal. Could there
> have once been a fifth house? Or possible there will be a fifth house
> in the future?
Bart:
Metal? I know that, in China, metal and wood are included. However, the
Western 4 elements correspond to solid, liquid, gas, and energy. When
one includes subjective points of view (elemental characteristics of
personality), the concept of the 4 elements becomes much more
understandable. If a 5th element is added, that would probably be
spirit/mind.
Bart
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