Who was the Hedwig in “A history of Magic”?
He had decided to call her Hedwig, a name he had found in A History of Magic. (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6)
Is there any canon info on who that Hedwig was in-universe? HP Lexicon mentions that it was a out-of-universe saint.
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He had decided to call her Hedwig, a name he had found in A History of Magic. (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6)
Is there any canon info on who that Hedwig was in-universe? HP Lexicon mentions that it was a out-of-universe saint.
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asked Dec 7 '13 at 1:42
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I thought the most likely books to find in-universe info on who Hedwig might be would be CoS and TTOBB, but I couldn't find a reference in either (the e-book British versions anyway). Here is a link to the St. Hedwig reference at JKR's old FAQ via the Wayback Machine. Too bad she didn't elaborate. :)
– Slytherincess
Dec 7 '13 at 2:22
Doesn't have to be a "who", could be the name of a place
– user13267
Dec 7 '13 at 4:17
Hedwig was a famous bard who created the powerful spellsong the angry inch
– severa
Dec 7 '13 at 6:14
@severa - source?
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Dec 7 '13 at 14:17
@DVK, I think this might be to what Severa referred calgarysun.com/2013/11/10/…
– balanced mama
Dec 7 '13 at 18:25
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He had decided to call her Hedwig, a name he had found in A History of Magic. (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6)
Is there any canon info on who that Hedwig was in-universe? HP Lexicon mentions that it was a out-of-universe saint.
harry-potter
asked Dec 7 '13 at 1:42
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He had decided to call her Hedwig, a name he had found in A History of Magic. (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6)
Is there any canon info on who that Hedwig was in-universe? HP Lexicon mentions that it was a out-of-universe saint.
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I thought the most likely books to find in-universe info on who Hedwig might be would be CoS and TTOBB, but I couldn't find a reference in either (the e-book British versions anyway). Here is a link to the St. Hedwig reference at JKR's old FAQ via the Wayback Machine. Too bad she didn't elaborate. :)
– Slytherincess
Dec 7 '13 at 2:22
Doesn't have to be a "who", could be the name of a place
– user13267
Dec 7 '13 at 4:17
Hedwig was a famous bard who created the powerful spellsong the angry inch
– severa
Dec 7 '13 at 6:14
@severa - source?
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Dec 7 '13 at 14:17
@DVK, I think this might be to what Severa referred calgarysun.com/2013/11/10/…
– balanced mama
Dec 7 '13 at 18:25
add a comment |
I thought the most likely books to find in-universe info on who Hedwig might be would be CoS and TTOBB, but I couldn't find a reference in either (the e-book British versions anyway). Here is a link to the St. Hedwig reference at JKR's old FAQ via the Wayback Machine. Too bad she didn't elaborate. :)
– Slytherincess
Dec 7 '13 at 2:22
Doesn't have to be a "who", could be the name of a place
– user13267
Dec 7 '13 at 4:17
Hedwig was a famous bard who created the powerful spellsong the angry inch
– severa
Dec 7 '13 at 6:14
@severa - source?
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Dec 7 '13 at 14:17
@DVK, I think this might be to what Severa referred calgarysun.com/2013/11/10/…
– balanced mama
Dec 7 '13 at 18:25
I thought the most likely books to find in-universe info on who Hedwig might be would be CoS and TTOBB, but I couldn't find a reference in either (the e-book British versions anyway). Here is a link to the St. Hedwig reference at JKR's old FAQ via the Wayback Machine. Too bad she didn't elaborate. :)
– Slytherincess
Dec 7 '13 at 2:22
I thought the most likely books to find in-universe info on who Hedwig might be would be CoS and TTOBB, but I couldn't find a reference in either (the e-book British versions anyway). Here is a link to the St. Hedwig reference at JKR's old FAQ via the Wayback Machine. Too bad she didn't elaborate. :)
– Slytherincess
Dec 7 '13 at 2:22
Doesn't have to be a "who", could be the name of a place
– user13267
Dec 7 '13 at 4:17
Doesn't have to be a "who", could be the name of a place
– user13267
Dec 7 '13 at 4:17
Hedwig was a famous bard who created the powerful spellsong the angry inch
– severa
Dec 7 '13 at 6:14
Hedwig was a famous bard who created the powerful spellsong the angry inch
– severa
Dec 7 '13 at 6:14
@severa - source?
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Dec 7 '13 at 14:17
@severa - source?
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Dec 7 '13 at 14:17
@DVK, I think this might be to what Severa referred calgarysun.com/2013/11/10/…
– balanced mama
Dec 7 '13 at 18:25
@DVK, I think this might be to what Severa referred calgarysun.com/2013/11/10/…
– balanced mama
Dec 7 '13 at 18:25
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Hedwig is named after Saint Hedwig
During an interview that she conducted in 2000, JK Rowling identified the root of many names used in the HP canon;
How do you come up with all the unique names, places, and things that help make Harry Potter so intriguing?
Many of the names are invented, for example "Quidditch" and "Muggle." I also collect unusual names, and I take them from all sorts of
different places. "Hedwig" was a saint, "Dumbledore" is an old English
word for "bumblebee," and "Snape" is the name of a place in England.
Saint Hedwig (in addition to being the Patron Saint of Silesia) is famed for being the Patron Saint of orphans, having opened several orphanages in Poland during the 13th Century.
In-universe, there's no canon explanation why "Saint Hedwig" would be included the "History of Magic" (possibly a famous half-blood wizard or witch grew up in one of the literally hundreds of St Hedwig's monasteries and orphanages around the world) but it's hardly surprising that Harry would gravitate toward the name of someone famed for caring for people who'd lost their parents.
answered Feb 8 '14 at 1:54
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Sorry, I am not sure I'm buying your logic (you yourself wrote the contradiction). There is no possible in-universe reason why a Christian Saint would be in "History of Magic" book.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:46
Unless a famous muggle wizard happened to live in one of the literally hundreds of orphanages named after St Hedwig, for example. You might just as well ask why Mr Wool is included; harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Wool's_Orphanage
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 14:48
now THAT's plausible (not as good as canon answer, but plausible). Put that into the answer, pls.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:53
2
My guess is that there's no canon answer. The "history of magic" seems a bit of a dumping ground for plot points and names. Whenever Harry gets stumped, Hermione (or whoever) reads out a paragraph from the book that explains what a muggle is, or who Godric Gryffindow is or whatever...
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 15:03
I assumed like Nicolas Flamel, she was also known in the muggle world as well as wizarding world.
– Bernard the Bear
Apr 27 '18 at 12:22
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I think its quite likely that Hedwig was a saint for both Muggles and Magical folk - the Magicals have a hospital named after a saint (St Mungo) so evidently, at some point the Magicals acknowledged saints.
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Hedwig is named after Saint Hedwig
During an interview that she conducted in 2000, JK Rowling identified the root of many names used in the HP canon;
How do you come up with all the unique names, places, and things that help make Harry Potter so intriguing?
Many of the names are invented, for example "Quidditch" and "Muggle." I also collect unusual names, and I take them from all sorts of
different places. "Hedwig" was a saint, "Dumbledore" is an old English
word for "bumblebee," and "Snape" is the name of a place in England.
Saint Hedwig (in addition to being the Patron Saint of Silesia) is famed for being the Patron Saint of orphans, having opened several orphanages in Poland during the 13th Century.
In-universe, there's no canon explanation why "Saint Hedwig" would be included the "History of Magic" (possibly a famous half-blood wizard or witch grew up in one of the literally hundreds of St Hedwig's monasteries and orphanages around the world) but it's hardly surprising that Harry would gravitate toward the name of someone famed for caring for people who'd lost their parents.
answered Feb 8 '14 at 1:54
ValorumValorum
411k11129923215
Sorry, I am not sure I'm buying your logic (you yourself wrote the contradiction). There is no possible in-universe reason why a Christian Saint would be in "History of Magic" book.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:46
Unless a famous muggle wizard happened to live in one of the literally hundreds of orphanages named after St Hedwig, for example. You might just as well ask why Mr Wool is included; harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Wool's_Orphanage
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 14:48
now THAT's plausible (not as good as canon answer, but plausible). Put that into the answer, pls.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:53
2
My guess is that there's no canon answer. The "history of magic" seems a bit of a dumping ground for plot points and names. Whenever Harry gets stumped, Hermione (or whoever) reads out a paragraph from the book that explains what a muggle is, or who Godric Gryffindow is or whatever...
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 15:03
I assumed like Nicolas Flamel, she was also known in the muggle world as well as wizarding world.
– Bernard the Bear
Apr 27 '18 at 12:22
add a comment |
Hedwig is named after Saint Hedwig
During an interview that she conducted in 2000, JK Rowling identified the root of many names used in the HP canon;
How do you come up with all the unique names, places, and things that help make Harry Potter so intriguing?
Many of the names are invented, for example "Quidditch" and "Muggle." I also collect unusual names, and I take them from all sorts of
different places. "Hedwig" was a saint, "Dumbledore" is an old English
word for "bumblebee," and "Snape" is the name of a place in England.
Saint Hedwig (in addition to being the Patron Saint of Silesia) is famed for being the Patron Saint of orphans, having opened several orphanages in Poland during the 13th Century.
In-universe, there's no canon explanation why "Saint Hedwig" would be included the "History of Magic" (possibly a famous half-blood wizard or witch grew up in one of the literally hundreds of St Hedwig's monasteries and orphanages around the world) but it's hardly surprising that Harry would gravitate toward the name of someone famed for caring for people who'd lost their parents.
answered Feb 8 '14 at 1:54
ValorumValorum
411k11129923215
Sorry, I am not sure I'm buying your logic (you yourself wrote the contradiction). There is no possible in-universe reason why a Christian Saint would be in "History of Magic" book.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:46
Unless a famous muggle wizard happened to live in one of the literally hundreds of orphanages named after St Hedwig, for example. You might just as well ask why Mr Wool is included; harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Wool's_Orphanage
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 14:48
now THAT's plausible (not as good as canon answer, but plausible). Put that into the answer, pls.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:53
2
My guess is that there's no canon answer. The "history of magic" seems a bit of a dumping ground for plot points and names. Whenever Harry gets stumped, Hermione (or whoever) reads out a paragraph from the book that explains what a muggle is, or who Godric Gryffindow is or whatever...
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 15:03
I assumed like Nicolas Flamel, she was also known in the muggle world as well as wizarding world.
– Bernard the Bear
Apr 27 '18 at 12:22
add a comment |
Hedwig is named after Saint Hedwig
During an interview that she conducted in 2000, JK Rowling identified the root of many names used in the HP canon;
How do you come up with all the unique names, places, and things that help make Harry Potter so intriguing?
Many of the names are invented, for example "Quidditch" and "Muggle." I also collect unusual names, and I take them from all sorts of
different places. "Hedwig" was a saint, "Dumbledore" is an old English
word for "bumblebee," and "Snape" is the name of a place in England.
Saint Hedwig (in addition to being the Patron Saint of Silesia) is famed for being the Patron Saint of orphans, having opened several orphanages in Poland during the 13th Century.
In-universe, there's no canon explanation why "Saint Hedwig" would be included the "History of Magic" (possibly a famous half-blood wizard or witch grew up in one of the literally hundreds of St Hedwig's monasteries and orphanages around the world) but it's hardly surprising that Harry would gravitate toward the name of someone famed for caring for people who'd lost their parents.
answered Feb 8 '14 at 1:54
ValorumValorum
411k11129923215
Hedwig is named after Saint Hedwig
During an interview that she conducted in 2000, JK Rowling identified the root of many names used in the HP canon;
How do you come up with all the unique names, places, and things that help make Harry Potter so intriguing?
Many of the names are invented, for example "Quidditch" and "Muggle." I also collect unusual names, and I take them from all sorts of
different places. "Hedwig" was a saint, "Dumbledore" is an old English
word for "bumblebee," and "Snape" is the name of a place in England.
Saint Hedwig (in addition to being the Patron Saint of Silesia) is famed for being the Patron Saint of orphans, having opened several orphanages in Poland during the 13th Century.
In-universe, there's no canon explanation why "Saint Hedwig" would be included the "History of Magic" (possibly a famous half-blood wizard or witch grew up in one of the literally hundreds of St Hedwig's monasteries and orphanages around the world) but it's hardly surprising that Harry would gravitate toward the name of someone famed for caring for people who'd lost their parents.
answered Feb 8 '14 at 1:54
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Sorry, I am not sure I'm buying your logic (you yourself wrote the contradiction). There is no possible in-universe reason why a Christian Saint would be in "History of Magic" book.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:46
Unless a famous muggle wizard happened to live in one of the literally hundreds of orphanages named after St Hedwig, for example. You might just as well ask why Mr Wool is included; harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Wool's_Orphanage
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 14:48
now THAT's plausible (not as good as canon answer, but plausible). Put that into the answer, pls.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:53
2
My guess is that there's no canon answer. The "history of magic" seems a bit of a dumping ground for plot points and names. Whenever Harry gets stumped, Hermione (or whoever) reads out a paragraph from the book that explains what a muggle is, or who Godric Gryffindow is or whatever...
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 15:03
I assumed like Nicolas Flamel, she was also known in the muggle world as well as wizarding world.
– Bernard the Bear
Apr 27 '18 at 12:22
add a comment |
Sorry, I am not sure I'm buying your logic (you yourself wrote the contradiction). There is no possible in-universe reason why a Christian Saint would be in "History of Magic" book.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:46
Unless a famous muggle wizard happened to live in one of the literally hundreds of orphanages named after St Hedwig, for example. You might just as well ask why Mr Wool is included; harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Wool's_Orphanage
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 14:48
now THAT's plausible (not as good as canon answer, but plausible). Put that into the answer, pls.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:53
2
My guess is that there's no canon answer. The "history of magic" seems a bit of a dumping ground for plot points and names. Whenever Harry gets stumped, Hermione (or whoever) reads out a paragraph from the book that explains what a muggle is, or who Godric Gryffindow is or whatever...
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 15:03
I assumed like Nicolas Flamel, she was also known in the muggle world as well as wizarding world.
– Bernard the Bear
Apr 27 '18 at 12:22
Sorry, I am not sure I'm buying your logic (you yourself wrote the contradiction). There is no possible in-universe reason why a Christian Saint would be in "History of Magic" book.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:46
Sorry, I am not sure I'm buying your logic (you yourself wrote the contradiction). There is no possible in-universe reason why a Christian Saint would be in "History of Magic" book.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:46
Unless a famous muggle wizard happened to live in one of the literally hundreds of orphanages named after St Hedwig, for example. You might just as well ask why Mr Wool is included; harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Wool's_Orphanage
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 14:48
Unless a famous muggle wizard happened to live in one of the literally hundreds of orphanages named after St Hedwig, for example. You might just as well ask why Mr Wool is included; harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Wool's_Orphanage
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 14:48
now THAT's plausible (not as good as canon answer, but plausible). Put that into the answer, pls.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:53
now THAT's plausible (not as good as canon answer, but plausible). Put that into the answer, pls.
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Feb 8 '14 at 14:53
2
2
My guess is that there's no canon answer. The "history of magic" seems a bit of a dumping ground for plot points and names. Whenever Harry gets stumped, Hermione (or whoever) reads out a paragraph from the book that explains what a muggle is, or who Godric Gryffindow is or whatever...
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 15:03
My guess is that there's no canon answer. The "history of magic" seems a bit of a dumping ground for plot points and names. Whenever Harry gets stumped, Hermione (or whoever) reads out a paragraph from the book that explains what a muggle is, or who Godric Gryffindow is or whatever...
– Valorum
Feb 8 '14 at 15:03
I assumed like Nicolas Flamel, she was also known in the muggle world as well as wizarding world.
– Bernard the Bear
Apr 27 '18 at 12:22
I assumed like Nicolas Flamel, she was also known in the muggle world as well as wizarding world.
– Bernard the Bear
Apr 27 '18 at 12:22
add a comment |
I think its quite likely that Hedwig was a saint for both Muggles and Magical folk - the Magicals have a hospital named after a saint (St Mungo) so evidently, at some point the Magicals acknowledged saints.
answered 12 mins ago
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I think its quite likely that Hedwig was a saint for both Muggles and Magical folk - the Magicals have a hospital named after a saint (St Mungo) so evidently, at some point the Magicals acknowledged saints.
answered 12 mins ago
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I think its quite likely that Hedwig was a saint for both Muggles and Magical folk - the Magicals have a hospital named after a saint (St Mungo) so evidently, at some point the Magicals acknowledged saints.
answered 12 mins ago
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answered 12 mins ago
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I thought the most likely books to find in-universe info on who Hedwig might be would be CoS and TTOBB, but I couldn't find a reference in either (the e-book British versions anyway). Here is a link to the St. Hedwig reference at JKR's old FAQ via the Wayback Machine. Too bad she didn't elaborate. :)
– Slytherincess
Dec 7 '13 at 2:22
Doesn't have to be a "who", could be the name of a place
– user13267
Dec 7 '13 at 4:17
Hedwig was a famous bard who created the powerful spellsong the angry inch
– severa
Dec 7 '13 at 6:14
@severa - source?
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Dec 7 '13 at 14:17
@DVK, I think this might be to what Severa referred calgarysun.com/2013/11/10/…
– balanced mama
Dec 7 '13 at 18:25