The Deathly Hallows

[Luckdragon]

No: HPFGUIDX 164604

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "snow15145" <kking0731@> 
wrote:
>  
> > I've been thinking since the title had been released what or 
where 
> > the Deathly Hollows could be, as have we all. There have been 
many 
> > great suggestions some of which have led me to my own far-fetched 
> > thinking

> 
> <snipped>
> 
> > My proposal therefore is: that the Deathly Hollows are good 
persons 
> > who were killed by evil; empty (hollow) of life; like death 
(deathly) 
> > but with ability beyond the boundaries of death because of the 
way in 
> > which their life was taken...who will be a powerful force that 
will 
> > protect Harry. 
> 
> Geoff:
> If I might add in my own twopennyworth, I think that I am inclined 
to 
> take a diametrically opposite view to yours. If I might quote from 
a 
> couple of posts I sent in the first threads on this topic, in post 
> 163123, I wrote:
> 
> "On the subject of "Hallow"
 the word can be a noun, a verb or an 
> adjective.
> 
> We can dispense with the adjective since that is usually only found 
> as "hallowed" and as a verb, "hallows" only occurs as a third 
person 
> singular whereas the structure of the book title really only 
supports 
> its use as a noun.
> 
> It is not a word which you would find thrown around idly in 
everyday 
> conversation, except currently on HPFGU :-), but I would think that 
> UK English speakers would only latch onto Hallowe'en or place names 
> such as Allhallows-on-Sea if the matter was raised with them.
> 
> As has been often pointed out, Hallowe'en is a contraction of All 
> Hallow's Eve - the night before All Hallows Day, better known as 
> All Saints Day.
> 
> So usage might dictate that we are looking at deathly saints or a 
> deathly place with connections to saints. So, will Harry be able to 
> call on the help of now-deceased wizards, perhaps through portraits 
> or information left by them or will things come to anend at a place 
> of historical wizarding significance?
> 
> It's a bit early to get too deeply into speculation; I think a 
number 
> of people burnt their fingers over HBP this way but my gut feeling 
> leans towards the latter scenario."
> 
> and, later, in message 163332, I added:
> 
> "I have said that I see the Deathly Hallows as being a place, 
although 
> "Hallowe'en = All Hallows Eve = All Saints Eve" is the 
interpretation 
> which has been bounced around, which leads me to the intriguing 
> point that in the DVD of the "Prisoner of Azkaban", there is an 
interview 
> involving Jo Rowling and Alfonso Cuarón. In it, the latter remarks 
that 
> he wanted the execution scene with Buckbeak to be in a graveyard but
>  JKR vetoed this because, although there was a graveyard at 
Hogwarts, 
> it was not in that location and she explained to Alfonso that it 
had a 
> part to play later.
> 
> Suspicious...."

Luckdragon: 
I thought of the cemetary as well, at first, but I decided she was 
referring to the upcoming graveyard scene in Goblet of Fire when she 
asked Cuaron not to use a graveyard in Prisoner of Azkaban.

Next I thought of Saints or perhaps the previous(now dead) 
headmasters as "Deathly Hallows", and while I'm sure at least one or 
more of the past headmasters/portraits will play a role in helping 
Harry, I feel that Rowling has so much unfinished business to tie up 
in book seven that introducing Saints, or having Harry involved in 
with several or all past headmasters might be too much as well as 
tackling the huge task of finding/destroying the Horcruxes.
>