Figgses and Fiddlesticks & Pausanias (Was: Book Covers)

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 166941

> "Peter J. Wagner" <pjwagner3 at ...> writes:

<SNIP>

> If it was a basilisk, then I would hazard the guess that they 
are in Slytherin's tomb.  That certainly might be a place where
Voldemort would hide a Horcrux: IF its location was generally 
unknown, of course.

Goddlefrood:

As per my title the first shall be last and the last first.

Pausanias:

This snippet from Peter J Webster brings up an interesting 
point indeed. Where could HRH be as depicted on the Bloomsbury 
Children's cover recently released.

A little quote recently arrived in my mind through the ether
and it led me back to Pausanias to find this nugget:

"Still, there are parts of the ring-wall left, including the
GATE WITH THE LIONS standing on it. They say this is the work of
Kyklopes, who built the wall of TIRYNS for Proits. In the ruins
of Mtcenae is a water-source called PERSEIA, and the underground
chambers of Atreus and his sons where they kept the treasure-
house of their wealth."

Guide to Greece, Volume 1, Book II 4-5, pps. 167-168 in the 
Penguin Classics Edition. (Emphasis as in that text translation)

The link to Mycenae may be an intriguing one in terms of its
application to the development of the story in JKR's research.

There have been several and variously dated tombs discovered
there. This is a link to wiki's page on it (scroll down to the
Late Helladic Period entries to see what I mean):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenae

Quite interesting, I believe you may find ;). There is also 
there a picture of the Lion Gate as it is today. What value
has this, you ask? Well my inference from this is to join the
dots from Lion to Godric Gryffindor. If there is indeed a
depiction of a tomb on the cover mentioned by me above then
based on this small matter as outlined, I posit that it would 
be Gryffindor's tomb or treasure-house that is the more likely
candidate as being the one visited at some point in DH.

We do not, however, have to leave it there, notice in the
Pausanias quote above there is a reference to Atreus. Here is
a link to some further enlightenment:

http://en.allexperts.com/e/a/at/atreus.htm

He is also the grandson of Tantalus, as well as matters noted 
there. JKR enjoys tantalizing us, IMHO. It is also interesting
to note, and this is my final point flowing from Pausanias, that
the Treasure House of Atreus looks like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_of_Atreus

GG's tomb underground then, perhaps?

Figgses and Fiddlesticks:

This is linked into Mrs. Figg, whom it had been inferred from a
previous post of mine, might be a different person from Arabella
Figg. I'll be honest now and say that it never crossed my mind,
but it did lead me back to take a closer look :)

There are three small points about Mrs Figg to bring to your
attention, make of them what you will:

(i) It is mentioned in passing twice, both times in PS, that her
house smelt of cabbages.

Perhaps it may not be such a huge leap to suggest that somehow 
Peter Pettigrew and Barty Crouch Jnr. used her stash of 
Polyjuice Potion to make that same Potion with the addition of
Alastor Moody's hair throughout GoF. Brewing such a potion 
might have two uses for the Order, firstly someone, perhaps a
spy used or usess it, or secondly she used it herself. For 
this see also below regarding the photograph :)

(ii) In OotP she says: "'Of course I know Dumbledore, who 
doesn't know Dumbledore? But come on - I'll be no help if they 
come back, I've never so much as Transfigured a teabag.'"

This may suggest, as it has previously to others, as I recall
from the archives, that she may be a prime candidate for the
person who will perform magic later in life in desperate
circumstances. Further, she may do this due to an attack on
Number 4 Privet Drive by Harry's enemy or enemies after he 
reaches the wizarding age of majority.

(iii) When Mad-Eye shows Harry the picture of the members of
the original Order of the Phoenix in the course of the Chapter
"The Woes of Mrs. Weasley" in OotP Mrs. Figg is not noted as
one of those present in the photo, I wonder why, especially 
when Dumbledore described her as one of the old crowd in GoF?

This one I do not care to specualte on further, but welcome
others to run with it. I still do not think she is related
to the Dumbledore family for reasons stated elsewhere :)

Goddlefrood, who signs out by saying that Remus Lupin was in
the photo of the original Order ;) and that in 1637 (the year
the Werewolf Code of Conduct was introduced), amongst other 
things, Robert Fludd, an English mystic died :)

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." 
--Oscar Wilde