One last thing on the Book 7 title
I'll try and respond to all the comments that my post generated yesterday, holidays permitting. But I came across this passage, quoted from a site that the poster didn't name:
The Hallows could refer to the Four Hallows of Arthurian legend. They are intimately connected to the Grail and ultimately probably go back to the Four Treasures of the Tuatha de Danaan of Irish myth.
The Four Hallows are:
The Cup or Chalice
The Baton or Wand
The Sword or Dagger
The Coin, Disc or Pentacle
I think we were right all along in connecting the horcruxes to the four elements. These hallows are associated with the elements, and match up quite nicely to the remaining horcruxes:
Cup (HH)
Baton or Wand (RR)
Sword or Dagger (GG)
Pentacle (SS locket)
Since the cup and locket are confirmed Horcruxes, that leaves sussing out the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw relics as the unidentified ones. If we go by the theory that Voldemort kept 1/7 of his soul (I'm going on potentially faulty memory at the moment) and the facts that the ring and the diary were destroyed, then it dovetails. What would be cool would be if Rowling flipped things around slightly and had a dagger from Ravenclaw and Gryffindor's wand instead of the assumed above arrangement. Lotsa psychological overtones for Voldemort the last Slytherin using Gryffindor's wand as his Horcrux...or maybe I've read too much smut and slash by now.
I still don't think it really sounds like a good title, but meh. I'm not buying it until I've skimmed the last chapters or been thoroughly spoiled anyway.
The Hallows could refer to the Four Hallows of Arthurian legend. They are intimately connected to the Grail and ultimately probably go back to the Four Treasures of the Tuatha de Danaan of Irish myth.
The Four Hallows are:
The Cup or Chalice
The Baton or Wand
The Sword or Dagger
The Coin, Disc or Pentacle
I think we were right all along in connecting the horcruxes to the four elements. These hallows are associated with the elements, and match up quite nicely to the remaining horcruxes:
Cup (HH)
Baton or Wand (RR)
Sword or Dagger (GG)
Pentacle (SS locket)
Since the cup and locket are confirmed Horcruxes, that leaves sussing out the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw relics as the unidentified ones. If we go by the theory that Voldemort kept 1/7 of his soul (I'm going on potentially faulty memory at the moment) and the facts that the ring and the diary were destroyed, then it dovetails. What would be cool would be if Rowling flipped things around slightly and had a dagger from Ravenclaw and Gryffindor's wand instead of the assumed above arrangement. Lotsa psychological overtones for Voldemort the last Slytherin using Gryffindor's wand as his Horcrux...or maybe I've read too much smut and slash by now.
I still don't think it really sounds like a good title, but meh. I'm not buying it until I've skimmed the last chapters or been thoroughly spoiled anyway.