web-goddess: HP7 Title

Friday, December 22, 2006

JK Rowling has announced the title for the final Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. What does that even mean, really?

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A hallow is a saint -a hallowed soul - All Hallows Day is the old word for All Saint's Day, 1 November (hence All Hallows Eve, Halloween, on 31 October). So presumably it means an evil twist on the old idea of saints.
» M-H [www] » 2006-12-22 08:15:25

And...It's a bit like the Philosopher's Stone - no-one knows what it means so maybe the marketing dept will have to change it for parts of the market...
» M-H [www] » 2006-12-22 08:16:28

Oh good lord. I'm so Pottered out.
» Marci [www] » 2006-12-22 08:53:57

Right. I mean, I've heard the holidays and the adjective before, but I don't think I've ever seen "Hallows" used as a proper noun like that. Maybe it's just supposed to sound spoooky.
» Kris [www] » 2006-12-22 09:04:02

I had known of hallows as being a sacred/powerful place (and sometimes even a thing). My first thought was that maybe it is referring to the locations where you find each horcrux or the horcrux itself.
» miftik [www] » 2006-12-22 10:45:34

Heh. Even the publishers aren't too sure...
» Kris [www] » 2006-12-22 12:28:01

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