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The '''Screaming Bogey of Strathtully''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[boggart]] who fed on the fears of the local muggles to a point that it had become an elephantine black shadow with glowing white eyes. Eventually, [[Lyall Lupin]] was able to trap the boggart in a matchbox.<ref>http://www.pottermore.com/en/book3/chapter7/moment1/boggart</ref> |
The '''Screaming Bogey of Strathtully''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[boggart]] who fed on the fears of the local muggles to a point that it had become an elephantine black shadow with glowing white eyes. Eventually, [[Lyall Lupin]] was able to trap the boggart in a matchbox.<ref>http://www.pottermore.com/en/book3/chapter7/moment1/boggart</ref> |
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| + | *From a Scottish surname which was derived from the [http://www.behindthename.com/glossary/view/old_norse Old Norse] given name ''Liulfr'' (which was derived in part from ''úlfr'' "wolf"). |
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| + | *"Lupin" is derived from "lupus(a)", Latin for "wolf". ''Lupin'' thus means "wolf-like" in Latin, and is also the name of a flower. Canis Lupus is the scientific name for wolf. To be described as "lupine" means to "resemble a wolf." |
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The Screaming Bogey of Strathtully was a Scottish boggart who fed on the fears of the local muggles to a point that it had become an elephantine black shadow with glowing white eyes. Eventually, Lyall Lupin was able to trap the boggart in a matchbox.[1]
Etymology
- From a Scottish surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Liulfr (which was derived in part from úlfr "wolf").
- "Lupin" is derived from "lupus(a)", Latin for "wolf". Lupin thus means "wolf-like" in Latin, and is also the name of a flower. Canis Lupus is the scientific name for wolf. To be described as "lupine" means to "resemble a wolf."