Petunia/Headmaster/LVatHogwarts/Mobiliarbus/GH/Lupin=Tutor?/Magic Quill/

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 158482

Geoff wrote:
> Indeed there were three witches. 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> My point was that, in the notes to my edition of the play, it
> suggests that Graymalkin was a common cat's name and implied
> that Paddock was use another name for a toad.
> </quote>"
> 
> The only named supernatural person in the play is Hecat who 
> enters to support the three witches in Act 4 Acene 1 where Macbeth 
> receives the prophecy from the three apparitions.
>
Carol responds:
Right. As I said elsewhere, Grimalkin means "grey cat" and is probably
the first witch's familiar spirit, as Paddock the toad is probably the
second witch's. (Let's hope he doesn't become a potion ingredient in a
later scene, along with the "fillet of a fenny snake."

Hecate was the Greek goddess of sorcery (associated in the Middle Ages
with witchcraft, and regarded by the three witches in "Macbeth" as
their queen). Interestingly, according to Wikipedia, Hecate could
transform into a black dog and is sometimes depicted as carrying a
knife. Hm. remind you of anyone (not female) in the HP books?

Carol, hoping that we're not too OT here and still wondering if Nagini
is Voldemort's familiar (whether or not she's a Horcrux)