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"Tentative foreign Book 7 titles
Harrypotter.nl, the Dutch publisher of the Harry Potter books, has listed Harry Potter en het Fatale Heiligdom as the working title for Book 7. This is not the literal translation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and translates as 'Deadly Shrine,' 'Deadly Sanctuary' or 'Deadly Saints.' The literal Dutch translation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows would be Harry Potter en de Dodelijke Heiligen.
In addition, it has been reported that the Finnish title will be Harry Potter ja kuoleman pyhimykset, which translates as 'The Saints of Death.'"
- From [url]Mugglenet.com[/url]
Shrine, Sanctuary, and Saints?
Hmm.
This makes me think it has something to do with Halloween even more.
"The term Halloween, and its older rendering Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-eve, as it is the evening of/before "All Hallows' Day"[1] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day from May 13 to November 1. In the ninth century, the Church measured the day as starting at sunset, in accordance with the Florentine calendar. Although we now consider All Saints (or Hallows) day to be on the day after Halloween, they were, at that time, considered to be the same day." - from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween)
From the same article:
"The Celts also believed that on October 31, the boundary separating the dead from the living became blurred. There is a rich and unusual myth system at work here; the spirit world, the residence of the 'Sídhe,' as well as of the dead, was accessible through burial mounds."
Sirius and the Veil?
After some more googling I found this:
http://madam-pince.blogspot.com/2006/12/researching-deathly-hallows.html
Interesting read. I reccomend it.
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