1. Onomastic Schemes in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
By Alleen Pace Nilsen
And Don L. F. Nilsen

2. Alleen Nilsen and Harry Potter

3. Don Nilsen and Harry Potter

4. Part I: Surface Structure Schemes
Alliteration
Assonance
Cacophony
Deconstruction
Ethnicity
Euphony
Poetic Scansion

5. ALLITERATED HOUSE FOUNDERS:
Godric Gryffindor
Helga Huffenpuff
Rowena Ravenclaw
Salazar Slytherin

6. ALLITERATED TEACHER NAMES:
Filius Flitwick
Minerva McGonaggal
Alastor (Madeye) Moody
Severus Snape

7. ALLITERATED STUDENT NAMES:
Cho Chang
Dedalus Diggle
Viktor Krum: Note k spelling
Luna Lovegood

8. ALLITERATED OTHER PEOPLE’S NAMES:
Bathilda Bagshot
The Bloody Baron
Dudley Dursley
Gellert Grindelwald
Ted Tonks: Nymphadora’s Father

9. ALLITERATED GHOST NAMES:
Moaning Myrtle
Nearly Headless Nick

10. ALLITERATED PLACE NAMES:
Borgin and Burkes Store
Forbidden Forest
Hog’s Head Tavern
Room of Requirement

11. ALLITERATED THING NAMES:
Decoy Detonator
Fiendfyre
Nosebleed Nouggats
Polyjuice Potion
Puking Pastilles
Skiving Snackboxes
Headless Hats
Weasley’s Wildlife Whiz-Bangs

12. EYE ALLITERATION:
Caterwauling Charm
Stan Shunpike (Director of the Knightbus)

13. ASSONANCE OF PEOPLE’S NAMES:
Hannah Abbott
Fleur Delacour
Vernon Dursley
Gray Lady: Ghost of Helena Ravenclaw

14. ASSONANCE OF OTHER NAMES:
Godric’s Hollow
Potterwatch
Snargaluff Pods
Sword of Gryffindor

15. CACOPHONOUS TEACHER NAMES:
Hagrid
Severus Snape: Snake + Hissing Sound
Dolores Umbridge

16. CACOPHONOUS STUDENT NAMES:
Crabbe: cf. Crab
Goyle: cf. Gargoyle
Viktor Krum: Crumb

17. CACOPHONOUS OTHER PEOPLE’S NAMES:
Dudley Dursley
Mundungus (Dung) Fletcher
Grawp
Rufus Scrimgeour: Minister of Magic
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Horace (Slug) Slughorn
Nymphadora Tonks

18. CACOPHONOUS THINGS: Blibbering Humdinger Dung Bombs
Flourish and Blotts Store
Mudbloods
Muggles
The Quibbler
Snargaluff Juice
Spattergroit (Ron’s fake illness)
Splinching (what Ron does)
Squibs

19. DECONSTRUCTION I: PARAPHRASE
The One Who Lived/Undesirable No. 1/ The Chosen One (Harry Potter)
R.A.B. (Regulus Arcturus Black)
You Know Who, He Who Must Not be Named, The Dark Lord, Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort)
Death Stick, Wand of Destiny, Elder Wand

20. DECONSTRUCTION II: GOOD-GUY NICKNAMES (IRONIC)
Dogbreath (Elphias Doge)
Dora (Nymphadora Tonks)
Moony (Remus Lupin): Werewolf
Padfoot (Sirius Black): Dog
River (Lee Jordan)
Rodent/Rapier (Fred Weasley)
Romulus (Remus Lupin)
Prongs (James Potter): Stag
Royal (Kingsley Shacklebolt)
Witherwings (Buckbeak)

21. DECONSTRUCTION III: BAD-GUY NICKNAMES
Cissy (Narcissa Malfoy)
Vernon Dudley (false name for Harry Potter)
Dung (Mundungus Fletcher)
Slug (Horace Slughorn)
Scabbers (Peter Pettigrew): Rat
Tuney (Petunia Dursley)
Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew): Rat

22. DECONSTRUCTION IV: The Scar on Harry’s Forehead
Whenever Harry’s forehead hurts Voldemort’s thinking is entering Harry’s mind.

23. ETHNICITY I: CHINESE: Cho Chang FRENCH: Beauxbatons Academy
Fleur Delacour
Bellatrix LeStrange
GERMAN:
Durmstrang Academy
Gellert Grindelwald (Gellert is Hungarian)
GERMANIC:
Nurmengard Prison
Wizengemot

24. ETHNICITY II: IRISH: Seamus Finnegan ITALIAN:
Firenze: Palomino Centaur
SCOTTISH & WELSH:
McGonnaggal & Gellert
RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN:
Dolohov
Gregorovich: Wand Maker
Igor Karkaroff
Viktor Krum (Hungarian)

25. EUPHONY: EYE RHYME: SLANT RHYME: POETIC SCANSION:
The Order of the Phoenix
Phoenix Rising Conference
EYE RHYME:
Viktor Krum
SLANT RHYME:
Rita Skeeter
POETIC SCANSION:
Helena Ravenclaw (same scansion as Rowena Ravenclaw, her mother)

26. SPELLING INNOVATION: Diagon Alley Floo Powder Knight Bus Kreacher
N.E.W.T.
O.W.L.
R.A.B. (Regulus Arcturus Black)
QUESTION: What is the answer to the “Tom Marvolo Riddle?”
ANSWER: “I am Lord Voldemort.”

27. Parody Book Titles Note Phonetic Similarities
The Philosopher’s Stone (The Sorcerer’s Stone in U.S.)
The Chamber of Secrets
The Goblet of Fire
The Order of the Phoenix
The Philosopher’s Scone (The Magic Biscuit in U.S.)
The Chamberpot of Secrets
The Acne of Fire
The Order of the Penis
(Chang 10)
(Gerber 11, 86, )

28. Parody Spells: Note that they are more contemporary than the originals
Anorexianervosa!: Changes a person into a rail-thin person.
Arsenio: Turns a person into an African American
Aveda Neutrogena! A death-by-moisturizing spell
Openadoora!: Open the door!

29. Schemes in a Parody of Harry Potter
Albus Dumbledore
Hermione Granger
Minerva McGonnagle
Madame Pomfrey
Harry Potter
Severus Snape
Voldemort (the Dark Lord, he who must not be named)
Ron Weasley
Alpo Bumblemore
Ermine Cringer
Professor McGoogle
Madam Pommerfritte
Barry Trotter
Professor Snipe
Valumart (the Dork Lord, he who smells)
Lon Measley

30. Other Names Include: Basil Basingstoke Brainless Bill Chi Ching
Flatulent Fanny (like Moaning Myrtle)
The Forsaken Forest (like the Forbidden Forest)
Buggering Birch (like the Whomping Willow)

31. Alliteration and Assonance of Parody Places & Games
Griffindor
Hogwarts
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
Slytherin
Grittyfloor
Hogwash
Pufnstuf
Radishgnaw
Silverfish

32. Quidditch  Quiddit (Quit it!)
In a Quiddit game, Lon Measley suffers an accident in which a Basher “whiffed on a Brainer, causing it to lodge in Lon’s noggin at great speed.”
When the school nurse tried to pull it out it became further imbedded, eventually penetrating Lon’s head and leaving a “peephole.”
With the Brainer gone, Lon became a “no brainer,” both physically and intellectually.

33. Onomastic Anagrams
Just as “Tom Marvolo Riddle” transforms into “I am Lord Voldemort.”
Art L. Valumord transforms into Art Valumart, and “Valid Tumor Alarm” transforms into “I am Lord Valumart.”

34. Harry Potter Web Sites HARRY POTTER LEXICON:
HOW HARRY POTTER SHOULD HAVE ENDED:
INFORMATION FOR MUGGLES:
J. K. ROWLING:
TERMINUS: