[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPTER DISCUSSION: PS/SS 3, The Letters from No One

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 187802

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:38 AM, geoff_bannister
<gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
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> Potioncat:
> > The tons and tons of letters that seem to follow after the Dursleys and Harry remind me of a certain type of magical story. One (of several) that comes to mind is Strega Nona. She has a magic pasta pot that won't stop producing pasta until a certain incantation is spoken. I know the basis is a little different, but there is an established folklore concerning something magical that continues to produce until the proper word is spoken, or correct action taken.
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> Geoff:
> And the "Sorcerer's Apprentice?

Margaret:
Or the Finnish legend of the Sampo?  (and why the sea is salty)


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean56 at gmail.com>