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'''Unknown''' is the lack of knowledge about something. [[Albus Dumbledore]] once remarked that the only thing a human being fears in [[Death|death]] and darkness is the unknown.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''</ref> |
'''Unknown''' is the lack of knowledge about something. [[Albus Dumbledore]] once remarked that the only thing a human being fears in [[Death|death]] and darkness is the unknown.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''</ref> |
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| − | The Unknown is personified in the [[Study of Ancient Runes|runic alphabet]] as an egg-shaped creature with four legs. It also looks like a faceless head (symbolic of its meaning). The Unknown is used in said alphabet to represent the number [[seven]], given that the symbolic meaning of the number is yet to be discovered.<ref>''[[J.K.Rowling Official Site|J. K. Rowling's Official Site]]''</ref> |
+ | The Unknown is personified in the [[Study of Ancient Runes|runic alphabet]] as an [[egg]]-shaped creature with four legs. It also looks like a faceless head (symbolic of its meaning). The Unknown is used in said alphabet to represent the number [[seven]], given that the symbolic meaning of the number is yet to be discovered. The unknown is when one is scared and doesn't know what of.<ref>''[[J.K.Rowling Official Site|J. K. Rowling's Official Site]]''</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:23, 26 November 2013
- "It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more."
- — Albus Dumbledore[src]
Unknown is the lack of knowledge about something. Albus Dumbledore once remarked that the only thing a human being fears in death and darkness is the unknown.[1]
The Unknown is personified in the runic alphabet as an egg-shaped creature with four legs. It also looks like a faceless head (symbolic of its meaning). The Unknown is used in said alphabet to represent the number seven, given that the symbolic meaning of the number is yet to be discovered. The unknown is when one is scared and doesn't know what of.[2]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- J. K. Rowling's Official Site (First appearance)
Notes and references
| Study of Ancient Runes | |||||
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| Professors: Bathsheda Babbling · Clodagh Dromgoole · Elspeth MacGillony | |||||
| Textbooks: Advanced Rune Translation · Ancient Runes Made Easy · Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms · Rune Dictionary · Spellman's Syllabary | |||||
| Known runes: Acromantula · Demiguise · Ehwaz · Eihwaz · Fwooper · Graphorn · Hydra · Quintaped · Runespoor · Salamander · Unicorn · Unknown · Mark of Merlin | |||||