AboutRachel Christian Expertise I can answer almost all questions regarding plot details and trivia in the books. I can also answer questions about the characters, their backgrounds, and information J. K. Rowling, the author, has posted about the books on her website. The only questions I can't answer are questions dealing with what happens in the next book, although I can point people in the right direction - namely sites like the-leaky-cauldron.org and mugglenet.com, which have compiled lists of all the known facts about Book 7, and spoilers and speculation lists.
Experience I have read all of the books repeatedly, and have read through most of the larger Harry Potter fansites for trivia and Book 7 information.
Question In "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", Aunt Petunia Dursley tells Harry that she remembers her sister (Harry's Mother Lily Potter) getting her letter from Hogwart's. But in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", Voldemort calls Lily Potter "a filthy Muggle Mother". I'm confused, because aren't "muggles" described as a "non-magic folk" by Hagrid in the first movie? If Harry's mother was a "muggle", why would she have gotten a letter from Hogwart's? I thought only Witches and Wizards received letters from Hogwart's. Please help me understand. Thank you......Steve
Answer Lord Voldemort calling Lily a "filthy Muggle" is just another way of him showing how bigoted he is. To him, and other wizards like him, Muggle-born witches and wizards aren't any better than Muggles. J. K. Rowling has a section on her website where she goes a little more in-depth about how the prejudiced wizards think - she compares them to the Nazis; Harry is called a Half-Blood by Bellatrix Lestrange in Book 5, even though his parents were both wizards, because he had 2 Muggle grandparents (Lily's parents), much like the Nazis considered people to be Jews if they had any Jewish grandparents. I hope that helps.
