The Pantheon Among Hogwarts Professors

What:
Lecture
When:
3:00 PM, Saturday 11 Aug 2012 CDT (50 minutes)
Where:
Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5

All pantheons of ancient mythologies have similar archetypes. The Hogwarts teachers as they sit along their long table reflect these archetypes, from Dumbledore to Professor Sprout. Argus Filch is guardian of the gates at Hogwarts, Minerva is its font of wisdom. Dolores Umbridge might be Eris, Goddess of Discord. Slughorn is rather a Dionysus figure, obsessed with hedoinism and selfishness. Dour Snape, always excluded, has many correspondences to Hades as he lurks underground. Other teachers seem better linked to other traditions. But which archetypes are missing from the “Hogwarts Pantheon”? With names like Minerva, Argus, Pomona, Silvanus, Septima, and Sybill, are they just reenacting the Roman gods, or are there other, closer correspondences.

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