Doesn't any one else think that 'Hallows' could be a place-name or place-name element? That's the other meaning I'm familiar with for it.
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Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 28, 2006 3:16:40 am PST #1736 of 28160
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Topic!Cindy - Dec 28, 2006 3:41:10 am PST #1737 of 28160
What is even happening?
That's not "hollow" or "hollows"?
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 28, 2006 4:46:04 am PST #1738 of 28160
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That's a place-name element too, it's true, but I'm sure 'hallows' is as well.
Connie Neil - Dec 28, 2006 4:50:36 am PST #1739 of 28160
brillig
I'm thinking it's a reference to Halloween in some form, especially as Harry's parents were killed on Halloween. Deathly Hallows sounds to me like things are coming full circle.
dcp - Dec 28, 2006 5:51:43 am PST #1740 of 28160
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Doesn't any one else think that 'Hallows' could be a place-name or place-name element?
ISTR it from The Return of the King.
Wasn't the area in Minas Tirith with the tombs of the kings called the Hallows?
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 28, 2006 6:55:21 am PST #1741 of 28160
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Sounds plausible, dcp. It could be that's what I'm remembering.
DebetEsse - Dec 28, 2006 7:10:11 am PST #1742 of 28160
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I still remain unconvinced, especially with the existence of Godric's Hollow as an established place (the location of the former Potter residence). A hollow and a hallow as two different locations seems excessively confusing.
Kathy A - Dec 28, 2006 7:12:34 am PST #1743 of 28160
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I'm guessing that the Final Battle has to be on Hogwarts grounds, since that is the central location of the entire series, so maybe the Hallows are somewhere there?
Topic!Cindy - Dec 28, 2006 11:51:19 am PST #1744 of 28160
What is even happening?
I can't help but read a Dumbledore reference into that Deathly Hallows title (maybe a reference to Harry's parents, too).
Connie Neil - Dec 28, 2006 11:52:14 am PST #1745 of 28160
brillig
Hey, maybe we'll get Dumbledore's ghost wandering about--or nasty necromancy.