CHAPT DISC: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 13: Gryffindo...

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 190059



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "miwahni" <miwahni at ...> wrote:
>
> > Geoff:
> > She was too darned clever for her own good on that one.
> > :-(
> >
> > To me, lupin is a flower my father grew when I was a child. I
> > just don't link up with lupine wolf-like) in my tiny mind.
> 
> 
>   Miw:
> 
> and Remus in Roman mythology was one of two twin brothers who was 
> suckled by a she-wolf. To me the name Remus Lupin absolutely screams 
> of wolfish (wolverine?) connections. JKR knew exactly what she was 
> doing here. :-)

Geoff:
Yes. I took Ancient History as one of my GCEs way back and Romulus and 
Remus did jump out at me; after all Rome took its name from the first of 
the brothers because mythology says that they had a fight about it. 

My reaction on first reading the book before the werewolf connection was 
revealed was the apparent incongruity of  "lupin". We don't even use the 
form "lupine" in everyday UK English. We're more likely to describe someone 
or someone's behaviour as "Wolfish".