I'm enjoying the sporkings immensely, though they are almost as depressing as they are amusing :/...
This is perhaps not very relevant, but I thought I'd share this tidbit about the name "Gellert". It can be Welsh as much as Hungarian, actually - it immediately reminded me of the Celtic fairytale Beth Gellert (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cft/cft24.htm), in which a Prince Llewellyn has a faithful dog called Gellert. I have no idea whether Rowling intended the name to be Welsh rather than Hungarian, but it could put an interesting twist to Grindelwald's identity, and it is not completely odd in view of the fact that he has family in Britain.
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"Gellert"
Date: 2008-01-28 01:42 pm (UTC)This is perhaps not very relevant, but I thought I'd share this tidbit about the name "Gellert". It can be Welsh as much as Hungarian, actually - it immediately reminded me of the Celtic fairytale Beth Gellert (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cft/cft24.htm), in which a Prince Llewellyn has a faithful dog called Gellert. I have no idea whether Rowling intended the name to be Welsh rather than Hungarian, but it could put an interesting twist to Grindelwald's identity, and it is not completely odd in view of the fact that he has family in Britain.