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The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter
''The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter: A Treasury of Myths, Legends, and Fascinating Facts'' is a guide to the fictional ''Harry Potter'' universe, written by David Colbert.〔 It explores the references to history, legends, and literature in J.K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' novels. Colbert conceived the idea for ''The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter'' while quizzing his nephew and nieces about the mythological references in the novels. He later wrote the book while teaching a seminar on self-publishing to graduate students at the University of North Carolina. The book was published in March 2001, without approval from Rowling, and has since received positive reviews from critics. An updated version of ''The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter'' was published in 2004 by Berkley Books.
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''The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter'' explores the references to history, legends, and literature in J.K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' novels.〔 David Colbert, the author of the book, told the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' that the ''Harry Potter'' novels "are () literary treasure hunts for () readers. What seem like funny-sounding names and places and excursions into fantasy all have a basis in either history, myth or legend."〔 He added, however, that he thinks Rowling has been able to turn these elements into her own, and concluded: "A couple of times, every generation, some writer gets it exactly right and really makes it their own, and J.K. Rowling has done that."〔
The 220-pages-long book features 53 chapters. Colbert writes about the connections between Rowling's novels and folklore, Greek mythology,〔 and the cultures of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, and the Aztec.〔 For example, he explains that Rowling got the name for the character Draco Malfoy from the Latin word for dragon, ''draco''.〔 One of the connections to folklore that Colbert find the most fascinating is the name of the evil wizard family The Malfoys. They are named after the Latin word for "evil-doer", ''maleficus'', which was used in medieval times to describe witches.〔 In addition, there is a chapter in the book that explains the origins of the names of the spells featured in the ''Harry Potter'' series. ''Expelliarmus'', for example, is a spell that disarms the opponent; it comes from the Latin words ''expello'' and ''arma'', which mean "to drive out" and "weapon".
Colbert explains in the introduction of the book that one of the reasons he enjoys reading Rowling is because of these references that she hides in the novels.〔 He comments that he believes she may have inserted them into the books to encourage readers to learn more about mythology and folklore; "As () said when somebody asked her in a chat about the source of one of the unforgivable curses (in the books ), she said, 'Look it up, a little investigation is good for a person.'"〔
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