CHAPDISC: DH, EPILOGUE

[Bird]

No: HPFGUIDX 186084

> Carol responds:
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> Yes, and Draco is named after the constellation Draco, which represents (according to the Greek myth, anyway) the dragon that killed Cadmus's men.
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Bird:
Well, I just wanted to bring up another interpretation of Scorpius' name that didn't deal directly with scorpions, the animal.

Carol:
>> Also, please correct me if I'm wrong, but Bellatrix merely means "woman warrior" or Amazon. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm unaware of any myth in which Gaia's scorpion kills an Amazon.

Bird:
There isn't one. Bellatrix is the name of the brightest star in the constellation Orion.

Carol:
>>but apparently the name appears as "Asteria" on the Black family tree (Asteria, which is appropriately derived from "aster" [star] was the name of an obscure female Titan). If this source is accurate, she was the goddess of oracles and falling stars:

Bird:
I tend to assume JKR intended it as "Asteria" and "Astoria" is a typo, mainly because the former makes sense and the latter doesn't. Aside from everything you've mention, "aster" is also a type of flower sort of how Narcissa related back to the flower narcissus. So it's a Greek myth name, a star name and a flower name all rolled into one.

>>Carol, who prefers to see hope for Scorpius (and the Slytherins in general) regardless of the implications of the (highly varied) myths surrounding Scorpio, especially given the Greengrass connection

Bird:
I tend to think the same way, which is why I wonder if the name isn't an FU to his ancestors. Though this theory would work better if Orion had been a DE supporter. :\