Deathly Hollows

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 165545

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Draeconin <shamyn at ...> wrote:

Theresa McKee:
> > Hello Everyone.
  
> >   I thought I should introduce myself first since I am new. My name is Theresa and like 
everyone else I enjoy HP.
 
> >   Here is my question. Deathly Hollows = Godric Hollows (I hope I got the name right) 
the location in which James and Lily was murdered, where it all began.

Draeconin:
> I think you've got the spelling wrong. It's 'Deathly Hallows'.  
> 'Hallowed' means 'made holy', so the title would translate as something 
> like 'Deathly Holys'. Doesn't make sense to me, but...

Geoff:
The question of "Hallows" has been discussed before. I looked at 
the grammatical possibilities in message 165123 which you might 
like to glance at; I felt that, in this context, it referred to a holy 
place.

On the other hand, "Hollow" - as in Godric's Hollow - is a word met 
with in English place names, usually a shallow valley or a dell. It was 
probably wooded originally but by the time James and Lily came 
to live there, it seems to refer to a village or similar settlement. 
Some of us hold the opinion that it may be connected with Godric 
Gryffindor and, hence, there may be some sort of yet-unrevealed 
connection between him and the Potters.