House elves, goblins and giants are beings but for one reason or another are largely disassociated with the wizarding world at large. Sphynxes and giant spiders can talk but have a nasty habit of eating people. The differentiation between the two is the intelligence necessary to understand and obey the laws of the magical community.Ĭentaurs and merfolk requested to be classified as beasts rather than be associated with vampires or hags. For more suggestions, check out this list.Īn intro in the textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them discusses the difference between beasts and being. A niffler is a creature that likes to hoard shiny objects.Īs for the creatures based on actual myth, a chimera has a lion's head and an imp is mischievous so they may be good namesakes for a cat. A puffskein is pretty much a tribble that's been sterilized. Some are just figments of Rowling's vivid imagination.Ī kneazle is a creature like an ordinary house cat, but larger and more intelligent. Many of the Fantastic Beasts are based on creatures of myths and legends from many cultures. Harry's tale is told, so Rowling wants to tell the tale of another person in another time and place in the same universe.įantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the title of one of Harry's textbooks at Hogwarts and the name of a film exploring the adventures of Newt Scamander, the wizard who wrote this book. Of late, J.K Rowling has decided to work on a new project that will add to the world building of the Harry Potter universe.
If you are a fan of Disneys then maybe you should also check out this list of disney inspired cat names. There are many boys names from this list to consider. Reubus was ruddy cheeked, often from letting his emotions get the best of him, be it anger or joviality. Ludo was a playful person whose love of games led to a gambling problem.Īlbus was known for his white hair and having pure intentions. The names Rowling picked for boys were often from the Latin and would be very meaningful. This is an appropriate name for a Lykoi cat, a mutation of the domestic shorthair resulting in a cat that looks much like a werewolf, though they're much more friendly than their appearance would hint at. She also liked going into myth and legend for the names.įenrir Greyback, for example, is named after a wolf in Norse mythology that will bring on the destruction of the world. Take a look at this list.įor male names, Rowling seemed to fall back on good old-fashioned English names that wouldn't be out of place if you heard them on Last of the Summer Wine or Downton Abbey. There is no shortage of odd and interesting girls' names in the Harry Potter series. Maybe this name is good for a cat who gets in and out of trouble. Most likely, Hermione's cleverness painted her as someone who could get herself out of trouble if she found herself in it. Rowling once expressed a concern that readers didn't seem too worried about what would be the fate of Hermione, seeing that she was named after the queen in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale who was punished despite her innocence. Many of the names are just good old fashioned English names. Padma and Parvati get their names from Hindu myth one being a lotus symbolizing divinity and the other being a goddess of fertility and creation.
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