Soaring at Hogwarts

At the weekend, Ian ran to the Gryffindor common room to accompany Samantha to do her homework.

Why not in the library?Because there is no fireplace.

This can also be regarded as the request of Haydn and Cloris: "Ian, watch Samantha when you go to school. At least don't let her fail. This is an attitude issue."

Naturally, she also told Samantha: "Keep an eye on Ian, take him outside for more walks, don't let him stay still all day long."

Samantha has much more homework than Ian. She is in third grade. In addition to the required courses, she has also taken two elective courses: Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures.

According to her words: "Divination? Arithmetic divination? Can't I just ask you directly? Why do you need to learn that stuff?"

Care of Magical Creatures is quite useful for gamekeepers, and the other runes is because the requirement is to take at least two electives.

"Mammoths were a large, extinct ancient species..."

Samantha is working on her homework, a paper at least ten inches long about the relationship between ancient mammoths and modern large magical creatures.

Ian sat aside, reading the letters.

It was Agatha who brought a reply from the Heseltines.

There are many photos included, such as the sunset in Cumbria, the two people boating in the lake area, the decoration of the holiday cabin...

Haydn used exaggerated descriptions in his letter, describing how comfortable he felt for most of the letter, and finally congratulated Ian on entering Hufflepuff.

"It's a very comfortable life..."

"That's right!" Samantha punched a hole in the parchment. "If I had known better, I wouldn't have written the letter."

"Haha."

Ian put the letter aside and picked up Samantha's rune homework and "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Runes".

Professor Bathsheda Bablin is the teacher of this course and teaches runic articles or runeology in this course.Ancient Runes is mainly a theoretical course, studying the magical manuscripts of ancient runes.

Runes are the famous Runes (Runes, Ancient Runes).

In Germanic mythology, in order to seek higher wisdom, Odin, the father of the gods, hung himself on a tree for nine days and nine nights, pondering the mysteries of the universe.When he came down from the World Tree, he understood the secret of Rune.

The original meaning of rune is secret and mystery, so mystics believe that Odin obtained "rune" - the secret of the universe, and this secret was taught to humans by Heimdall and expressed in the form of the rune alphabet.

Ian turned to the first page and saw a familiar word: "Unicorn".It represents the number "1" in runes.

Turning to another page at random, a runic letter came into view.

"?4?5", Eihwaz.

A picture suddenly flashed into my mind:

"'I translated ehwaz wrong,' Hermione said angrily. 'It means cooperation, not defence. I confused it with eihwaz.'"

But Aivaz not only means defense, it has extremely rich connotations.

Its original meaning is: yew.

Ian subconsciously touched the yew wand in his arms.

Plants like the yew were once only planted next to graves.So Aivaz also represents "death/end" and is the rune closest to the underworld.

In mythology, the hero's soul is led to Valhalla - commonly known as the Hall of Valor - where he is reborn or incarnated.The yew tree itself is also green all year round and has a long life.From this, Aivaz also has the meaning of "life".

Because of its hard wood, yew wood is mostly used as weapons, and hard wood is difficult to cut, so the Aivaz rune also means attack or obstruction - what Hermione calls "defense".

Yew wood is sometimes used as a material for making fires for heating. It brings protection and warmth to people. The meaning of defense may also be related to this.

In addition to the above, because it is ranked No. 13 in the runic alphabet, it also represents "13".

Yew, destruction and creation (death and rebirth), 13, protection... these are the meanings of Aivaz.

Finally, the textbook also includes a small poem:

"The yew is a tree with a gentle appearance,

But it grows quickly and powerfully in the soil,

He is the guardian of fire,

It is a joyful thing on earth. "

…………Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism are all connected, and the three religions have always had the same ancestor.Red lotus, white lotus root and green fluffy leaves, it turns out that peace and tranquility are basically the same...

There was something on the notebook that wanted to pop up, but after a while, it finally disappeared.

"Runees are really interesting," Ian said without raising his head, "Have you learned how to use the magic power of runes?"

"No, I'm still learning how to recognize them!" Samantha replied without raising her head, writing the paper in a hurry.

The runes reminded Ian of Chinese characters.

Legend has it that when Cangjie created the Chinese characters, the sky was like raindrops, the ghosts were crying at night, and the dragon was hiding.

The original Chinese characters were hieroglyphs, and they still retain the characteristics of hieroglyphs today. Chinese characters have a unique use in Taoist talismans.

For example, in the Kuixing Doudou picture, the human figure in the picture implies the eight characters of "cultivating one's body with a correct mind, self-denial and restoration of propriety".There is also a unique "taboo" for gods, which is also a unique word, often consisting of cloud heads and ghost feet.

When Ian was watching with great interest - "Ian, why are you here?"

It's Ron and Harry.

They looked at Ian in surprise and said, "We have a password!"

Samantha raised her head, smiled mischievously and said, "Hey, I was discovered."

"Oh, the password," Ian said calmly, pointing to the notice board, "Isn't it written there? You can tell it at a glance."

"No, you have to come in to see it!"

"Then come in."

"You need a password to come in."

"The password is written down."

"Okay." Ron wisely gave up asking, "That's it, I understand."

Harry was confused and asked, "What did you understand?"

"Of course I don't understand anything," Ron shrugged and sat down next to Ian, "But since it's Ian, I guess I can't understand it either, so there's that."

Harry hesitated for a while, but finally chose to sit next to his friend.

"Are you reading here?" Ron poked his head curiously.

"Yes, the rune textbook is rich in content and very interesting." Ian handed the book to the two of them. "For example, 'unicorn' represents one because it has a horn."

"What about San? Is it a three-headed dog?"

"No," Ian remembered. They must have gone on a night trip and met the three-headed dog Luwei. "It's a three-headed rune snake."

Ron couldn't wait to share the adventure: "Ian, do you know what's hidden in the corridor on the fourth floor? Guess what?"

"A big dog with three heads? That's what you just said."

"Oh yes."

Ron glanced at Harry, the two looked at each other, and told the story exactly from Malfoy's provocation and informing.

"Why did the school put it in? Is it guarding some treasure?"

"Want me to say..."

Before Ian could finish speaking, someone else came over.

"Why are you here?" This time it was Hermione. She looked at Ian aggressively, "This is against school rules!"

"This is the second time I've heard this question in an hour," Ian said with a distressed look, rubbing his temples, "I also heard that there was a little witch wandering around the castle in the middle of the night, violating the law. There are a lot of school rules."

Hermione blushed immediately.

"I didn't do anything bad, right?" Ian handed the book over and spread it out on the page of Evatz. "Would you like to read this book? I think it will be useful."

Hermione seemed to be insulted. She hugged her book, held her head high, and walked away.

Harry and Ron laughed wildly from behind, while Samantha hit Ian with her quill dissatisfiedly: "Be a gentleman, Ian."