Doe Patronus Question

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 174651

Sonja:

> On Pgs. 366-367, it says "At last she came to a halt. 
> She turned her beautiful head toward him once more, and 
> he broke into a run, a question burning in him, but as 
> he opened his lips to ask it, she vanished."

> I keep wondering what question is burning in him. IMO, 
> it seems to be more than just, "Who cast this patronus?"

houyhnhnm:

There is an awful lot of deer mythology, including the 
symbolic association of hunting a hind with the pursuit 
of wisdom.

In Erasmo de Valvasone's "La Caccia", the hind of the 
fairies led Arthur into a cave, then out on the far 
side of the mountain, to Morgan's palace. He was shown 
the heavens and the earth to give him guidance for the future.

Harry is a Seeker who is persuing a white hind, so 
naturally he has to have a burning question.  I'm not 
sure it's meant to be as concrete as "Who cast this patronus?"

In Mary Stewart's _The Hollow Hills_, Arthur pursued a 
white stag across the lake to the Isle of Glass where 
Merlin had hidden the sword of Macsen Wledig.  Harry 
was led by a white hind to Godric Gryffindor's sword 
in a frozen pond.