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Orual · 01-06-2003, 08:23 PM

You know, the only way to resolve this issue would be to take it to the top and ask Ms. Rowling herself. It's possible that she had read that poem when she was younger and the word had been in the back of her mind for years, and it came to her when she was writing Harry Potter. I say this because when I began my own fantasy, the major city for one of my cultures I had called "Halbarad." Hm. Sound familiar? You can only imagine my distress--and amusement--when I realized that I had heard that somewhere before. Just call it "Aragorn" and have done with it, Orual. It was a bit of a blow--I had thought myself so clever--but I found another name and now it's all good.

So don't rule out any possibilities. She might have "stolen" it from Tolkien. She might have taken it from studies of Old English. She might have made it up off the top of her head. Who knows?

~*~Orual~*~

01-06-2003, 08:23 PM	#20
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	You know, the only way to resolve this issue would be to take it to the top and ask Ms. Rowling herself. It's possible that she had read that poem when she was younger and the word had been in the back of her mind for years, and it came to her when she was writing Harry Potter. I say this because when I began my own fantasy, the major city for one of my cultures I had called "Halbarad." Hm. Sound familiar? You can only imagine my distress--and amusement--when I realized that I had heard that somewhere before. Just call it "Aragorn" and have done with it, Orual. It was a bit of a blow--I had thought myself so clever--but I found another name and now it's all good. So don't rule out any possibilities. She might have "stolen" it from Tolkien. She might have taken it from studies of Old English. She might have made it up off the top of her head. Who knows? ~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"