What the Names of 20 Harry Potter Characters REALLY MEAN
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- The Harry Potter books are filled with tiny easter eggs, clues, and details that foreshadow other parts of the story. A big source for these deeper meanings are characters names.
Today we break down 20 of the characters from the Harry Potter series, and investigate what their names mean.
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Chapters:
0.00 - Intro
0:18 - Dumbledore
0:59 - Voldemort
1:38 - Remus Lupin
2:14 - Sirius Black
2:41 - Beauxbatons
3:07 - Argus Filch
3:45 - Badly Named Characters
4:12 - Xenophilius Lovegood
4:45 - Peeves
5:12 - McGonagall
6:07 - Bellatrix LeStrange
6:43 - Sybill Trelawney
7:05 - Professor Sprout
7:24 - Dolores Umbridge
7:49 - Hermione Granger
8:19 - Nagini
8:36 - Merope Gaunt
9:25 - Peter Pettigrew
10:08 - Draco Malfoy - Zábava
An interesting thing I learned that J.K Rowling said for Voldemort’s name is that she wanted it to be different from any other character ever created. She typed it into the internet to see if it already existed, and she got nothing. She wanted to make a very unique name because she knew that was exactly what Tom Riddle would want. He would want to be one of a kind, the only person with the name he chose for himself. So interesting! (Also I love that I’m early for a video by you again they are so interesting and insightful and I love the Harry Potter series 😊)
Brilliant! I think the connections between the names in the Wesey family and Arthurian legends are also interesting.
Agreed - I have a whole video about Harry Potter references to King Arthur written and ready to film
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This was so much fun to watch - thank you so much!
Great video, well done Brett
Great video ❤️
Ayyy your first! Congrats 🎉
Thank you - great comment too btw!
I love seeing unique topics like this explored! Thanks for all the research and thought you put into your videos, Brett! You and Movieflame have my favorite Harry Potter content!
Harry's name actually means 'home ruler' which I think doesn't align with Harry's personality at all
I always learned that Hermes (Mercury) is the "Götterbote" (It's German and translates to the "delivery boy") but also the God of the thives, which I think is not that suiting for someone like Hermoine. I never heard that he's also the god of Knowledge, so maybe you should rethink this one
Hermes, Thoth, and Mercury are the Greek, Egyptian, and Roman equivalents of one another. Often they were considered to be the Gods of Learning and Knowledge.
@@BrettsThoughts Hermes wasn't a sage thogh like Athena. But he is I think associated with illusionary magic and relaying the word of the gods. I can see that Hermione would see (book) knowledge as almost divine, or a path to the divine
Also R.I.P. Alan Rickman!!!!!!!
I didn’t like my own comment
I don’t think there’s a issue with giving a non white character a nonwhite name
That’s not the point I was making. My point was - so many of the white characters are given well thought out names. Characters of other ethnicities didn’t seem to be given the same thought or effort in their naming.
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