My old Harry Potter theories - Some were right, Some were wrong
Here are some of my old theories from before book 6 and book 5.
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Here is a theory that was right.
1 2 3 4 3 2 1 Pattern
This theory goes like this: The full series of the books will sort of "mirror" each other.
This is the pattern:
1 2 3 4 3 2 1
The events in book five that caught my attention. Lupin's inability to get a job and the reason for it, interference from the Ministry of Magic that almost causes fatalities, and Snape's memory are all storylines that can trace their first appearances to Prisoner of Azkaban.
Therefore, book five - book 3
Book six explained much of Voldemort's history and appears to have sort of resolved Ginny's crush on Harry.
Therefore book 6 - book 2
We know that book seven is likely to tie up many loose ends present in book one since they are the first and last books in the series.
Therefore, book one - book seven
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If you've read the book, then you know whether this was right or not. If you haven't, well... I don't want to spoil it for you.
Prior to book 6 I had thought that Voldemort was actually a member of some obscure branch of the Black clan because of some descriptional similarities and the fact that most of the Blacks identified heavily with Slytherin and with what most wizards considered evil magic...
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Now for something completely unconfirmed...
I think that Jo probably does show some national pride with the names of her characters as well as an excellent knowledge of old beliefs. I was reading Scotland: A Concise History one afternoon when I found two names that could also give us a little back story . I hope you find them interesting too.
The Headmaster of Hogwart’s name has many connotations. It is his first name that especially interests me. Not only does it mean ‘white’ in Latin, Albus could be a variant of Alba or Alban. Both were old names for Scotland used during the early middle ages. At the time it many folks called Scotland Albania.
Grawp:
This guy’s name was trickier. In both cases you had to sound out the old name from the name on which it may be based. It could have been based on Mons Graupius, a small mountain in eastern Scotland. Mons Graupius was the site of a major battle between the Roman army, which was led by Agricola at the time, and the Caledonians, who were led by their chief Calgacus.
It may be a bit of a stretch but his name could have also come from the Grampian mountain range. That range and the forest around it were often used against the Romans in guerrilla warfare. I suggest this because, in the story, there had been giants in Britain( and probably in Scotland) who’d mostly died out. Due to their own violent ways, they posed many problems to wizards trying to live in or near the mountains. Can you imagine giants trying to live and hunt near Hogwarts? If there had been a tribe of them near the school, over time the various headmasters of the school could have chased them away or set up numerous precautions against the giants. Once these things started to happen, the surviving giants could have migrated south, thus explaining why Hagrid and Maxime had to head through France to find them and why Dumbledore was saying that British wizards had been harsh upon giants.
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