http://potterpundits.com/pundits-on-imagination-a-bonus-episode/ PotterCast's Geek Squad Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:23:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://potterpundits.com/pundits-on-imagination-a-bonus-episode/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Travis Prinzi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:32:47 +0000 http://potterpundits.com/?p=49#comment-28 Nan, yes! And not only that, but both authors, Kipling and Rowling, were certainly aware of Hindu mythology, which involved a phoenix-like character called the Garuda, and serpents called "Nagas." You can <a href="http://thehogshead.org/garuda-hindu-phoenix-398/" rel="nofollow">read about it briefly here</a>, and I explore it at a little more length in my book. Nan, yes! And not only that, but both authors, Kipling and Rowling, were certainly aware of Hindu mythology, which involved a phoenix-like character called the Garuda, and serpents called “Nagas.” You can read about it briefly here, and I explore it at a little more length in my book.

]]> http://potterpundits.com/pundits-on-imagination-a-bonus-episode/comment-page-1/#comment-27 nan Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:56:36 +0000 http://potterpundits.com/?p=49#comment-27 I was listening to an excellent Librovox podcast this morning of Rudyard Kipling's excellently written short story "Rikki-Tiki Tavi." I remember reading the story as a kid and was highly entertained by the reader's rendering. What I had not remembered was that the black, male and female cobras in the story are named, respectively, Nag and Nagaina. Is Voldemort's snake coincidentally named? Probably not. I just took it as further evidence of Ms. Rowling's extensive reading and understanding of children's literature in general. Keep up the good work! I was listening to an excellent Librovox podcast this morning of Rudyard Kipling’s excellently written short story “Rikki-Tiki Tavi.” I remember reading the story as a kid and was highly entertained by the reader’s rendering. What I had not remembered was that the black, male and female cobras in the story are named, respectively, Nag and Nagaina. Is Voldemort’s snake coincidentally named? Probably not. I just took it as further evidence of Ms. Rowling’s extensive reading and understanding of children’s literature in general. Keep up the good work!

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