Did anyone know.....

Hi ppl,

I just found out sumthing.......

Did you know that in Latin the the word Lupin looses translates into Wolf..... Interesting isn't it....

The latin word for Wolf is Lupus.

Hmmmmm JKR sures does here homework.... n thatz why I love her.

regards,

tejas

in case you didn't know, MYTHOLOGY is one of my FAVOURITE subjects... 😉 😆

Originally posted by: sugar plum

in case you didn't know, MYTHOLOGY is one of my FAVOURITE subjects... 😉 😆

I love it too......

I have read a bit on egyptian, indian mythology......

regards,

tejas

u want EGYPTIAN mythology??? OMG... i'm an AUTHORITY on ancient egypt... yes, i am... as well as greek, roman, nordic, viking WHATEVER you want... JK, is a mytthology-freak's delight.... seriously... 😆 there's so many hidden references to ancient cultures and myth, it's OVERWHELMING! given my way, i'd become an egyptologist... but right now, i have a slightly better, more beneficial (in monetary terms i mean) profession in mind!😉😆

hehehe... and i JUST read ur post in the valentine's discussion... in fact, after i posted the romulus-remus thing here... so you already know what i've written... so THAT's where you got this lupus info from rite???

more info on the feast of lupercal...

basically, this is stuff i learnt when i was doing shakespeare's Julius Caesar in class 10... it's still hovering around in my head...

Julius Caesar's wife, Calphurnia was "infertile" anbd couldn't bear him a son, which thoroughly distressed him... he yearned for an heir... Marcus Antonius, better known as Marc Antony, who was Caesar's nephew (sister's son) was going to participate in the Holy Chase... a special event held on the day of the feast of Lupercalia...

in this event, young men, clothed only in their loincloths (made it easier to run, you see), were to run over the seven hills of rome, along a previously decided path. These youndgmen would carry whips, or rather leather strips (goat hide, usually) in their hands. Women unable to bear children would stand in their path, as these young men waved their whips. If these women were touched by these whips, their "curse of infertility" would lift.

And so, in ACT 1, SCENE 2.... Caesar tells Calphurnia to stand directly in "Antonius' path" so that she may be freed from her "curse"...

and, by the way, Lupercus, was the God of flocks and herds, also the God of fertility (correct me if i'm wrong).😊😃

feast of lupercal,eh?...u remind me of julius caesar 😉 ...nyways...know wat even i'm a mythology freak...myths r a part of my daily diet...like u said..given my way i'd be an egyptologist...i love egypt...but the monetary factor (in profession)...u know na?!?!
it's my dream to visit egypt at least once in my lifetime!! 😊

Originally posted by: anglina

feast of lupercal,eh?...u remind me of julius caesar 😉 ...nyways...know wat even i'm a mythology freak...myths r a part of my daily diet...like u said..given my way i'd be an egyptologist...i love egypt...but the monetary factor (in profession)...u know na?!?!
it's my dream to visit egypt at least once in my lifetime!! 😊

yeah... it's not a really COMMERCIAL profession😊... just to satisfy your craving to know more about the culture... or to restore antiques to their original state... or help protect them from being destroyed in the desert...

quite like treasure hunters you know😉😆...

i so wish i'd been with howard carter and team when they discovered tut's tomb... i'd have been so thoroughly UNBELIEVABLY ecstatic!

OOPS! sorry tejas, we're going OFF TOPIC... hehehe... but it's been so long since i found anybody who showed even a SHRED of interest in these topics! 😆 😃

wow you gurls are way ahead of me in mytology.... I can just say that I'm a beginner in terms of mythology when compared to you two.... I knew about the feast n the founders of Rome n them being fed by a Wolf. What I didn't remember (had read Julius Caesar in my school days about 10 years back) so couldn't recollect....

regards,

Tejas