2007-01-11 05:41:28 · 16 answers · asked by ank22192 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I am very excited! I looked up Hallow in the online Webster dictionary. It means to make holy devoted or venerate. It's opposite is to desecrate.
When I ran the Microsoft Thesaurus is gave me consecrate or make holy.
Sounds like maybe it is referring to deatheaters or dementors. Possibly Jo is referring to the death eaters as a deadly cult.
It could also be referring to the Horcruxes. I think it makes sense that anything that hold a part of a soul (even ol' Voldy's) could be considered sacred. The fact that the Horcruxes could only be made by killing someone could be the reason for the "Deathly." We also know from HBP that destroying a Horcrux can be dangerous (remember Dumbledore's hand).
Also, James and Lily made their home in Godric’s Hollow, which is quite close to hallow. It would be poetic justice if Voldy died where he killed Harry’s parents.
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2007-01-11 17:24:02 · answer #1 · answered by kellyrv_bsa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm drawing of of Rishi's answer so props there. Something just ocurred to me reading that answer. It said that Halloween had something to do with the Veil becoming thin enough for the dead to pass back to among the living. What of the veil in the DoM? I'm pretty sure that it will feature somehow in DH, but that description of Halloween and the title Deathly Hallows seems almost too close to be coincidental. I suppose it could be though. Anyway, I think it will have something to do with that veil and the possibility of someone going beyond it and still come back. This could be Sirius, or there have been theories about how Harry may pass beyond it for whatever reason (one person theorized that in a struggle, Harry and LV fall through the veil together, after all the horcruxes are destroyed. LV dies, but perhaps if it is possible for someone to return, who knows who it could be. This is just an idea though. I'm sure I could find some holese if I'd bother to think about it long enough.
2007-01-12 20:41:36 · answer #2 · answered by Voodoo6969_98 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
deathly means something that causes death
hallows literal meaning is to make holy. the google defines hallows as:
("holy" or "holy night") the Oct. 31 Greater Sabbat, also called November Eve, the Celtic Samhain ("sow-en"); the beginning of the Celtic winter, and of the Celtic year; the beginning of the Witches' Year, when the Veil Between the Worlds grows thin and the spirits of the dead may return to Earth; the Descent of the Goddess to the Underworld; the final Harvest festival
The above can be directly related to the Halloween Night.
i think in context of harry potter also, Hallows is referring the Halloween night or rather nights (as hallows is plural). The first night it is referring to is the one when Harry's parents were killed by Voldemort, the second in my opinion will be the night when the final fight between harry and voldemort will take place.
2007-01-11 05:55:17 · answer #3 · answered by rishi_gogia 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hallows is a work with somewhat of a double meaning. It can refer to All Hallows Eve, aka Halloween or it can refer to something that is set apart as holy. I think that the title of the book uses the second meaning and refers to something that is holy/revered but at the same time is dangerous.
2007-01-11 06:21:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i agree with a few of the answers already given to you!
1:someones gonna die for sure!
2:hallows- the nights of halloween, maybe the time of the final battle, or preperation for it
3:godrics hallow where harrys parents died, maybe this being the site of the final battle
4:deathly hallows: maybe a new place for harry's character to visit.
2007-01-12 04:46:23 · answer #5 · answered by bryce j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The title of the previous book was intriguing. J.K. surprised us by revealing what it meant. I guess the deathly hallows is also going to be something like that.
2007-01-14 17:51:47 · answer #6 · answered by Sonu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it probably has to do with Halloween, maybe Voldemort and Harry start their fight on the same day as Halloween, and..Harry and Voldemort die on Halloween? Well, its true that both of them are gonna die, right? It's all because of the prophecy, Neither can live while the other survives? So basically, when Jo wrote that, its probably a clue to the seventh book, so Harry and Voldemort are both probably gonna die! (Sadly..*sniffles*)
2007-01-13 04:33:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well deathly- obiously some one one or ones are going to die and hollows- I think may have to do with Godric's Hollow the place where harry's parents were killed
2007-01-11 06:39:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since Holloween comes from All Hallows I would assume that would have some meaning. It is a transitive verb that means: to make holy: to sanctify. If it would take its meaning from that then I would think it means something unholy instead.
2007-01-11 05:59:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
common dont u remember the room in which sirius black dies that is the deathly hallows
2007-01-15 03:16:57 · answer #10 · answered by pv_shah007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋