[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR website - Quintaped

[Bart Lidofsky]

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