To: discostu
“The question is about mythology and she is discussing folklore, neither of which is the occult. “
“Children often, often ask me how much of the magic is in inverted commas “real” in the books in the sense that did anyone ever believe in this? I would say - a rough proportion - about a third of the stuff that crops up is stuff that people genuinely used to believe in Britain. “ -JKR
To: PetroniusMaximus
USED TO BELIEVE does not equal IS TRUE AND FACTUAL.
Otherwise we’d be having a lot more discussion about the world being flat.
925 posted on
08/03/2007 11:33:33 AM PDT by
Xenalyte
(Cheese . . . milk's leap toward immortality.)
To: PetroniusMaximus
“Children often, often ask me how much of the magic is in inverted commas “real” in the books in the sense that did anyone ever believe in this? I would say - a rough proportion - about a third of the stuff that crops up is stuff that people genuinely used to believe in Britain. “
962 posted on
08/03/2007 12:18:40 PM PDT by
discostu
(indecision may or may not be my biggest problem)
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