CHAPDISC: DH, EPILOGUE

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No: HPFGUIDX 186086


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Bird wrote:
> > I'm amazed in all this analyzing of what the name *could* mean that no one's thought about the implication of the myth of Scorpius. The scorpion was sent to kill the popular hunter and hero - Orion. (The whys vary.)
> > 
> > Orion, aside from being the name of the patriarch of the Black family and the husband-cousin to Wahlburga is also the constellation where the star Bellatrix can be found.
> > 
> > So... Draco named his son after the thing that killed the namesake of his Great Uncle and Aunt.
> > 
> > Wikipedia is your friend, people!
> >
> Carol responds:
> 
> Yes, and Draco is named after the constellation Draco, which represents (according to the Greek myth, anyway) the dragon that killed Cadmus's men. Cadmus in turn killed the dragon and sowed its teeth to create a new army. Not much connection with Draco Malfoy that I can see--just the continuation of the Black family tradition of naming its children after constellations. (Unlike Sirius, whose name reflects his doglike loyalty to James Potter and his Animagus form, Draco probably wouldn't have a dragon Animagus--or Scorpius a scorpion Animagus--if they learned that form of magic.

Steve replies:

Sirius is the brightest star in the night time sky.  It is actually a binary star and is located in the Constellation Canis Major, specifically in the eye of the greater dog Canis Major.  Therefore it is known as the dog star. The Zoroastrian translation of Sirius is Spirit of Wisdom and it also means Brightly Radiating One by The Shining ones according to crystal links website: http://www.crystallinks.com/sirius.httl

Steve who prefers that version much more.