Historic, Linguistic and Literary Origins of Names From the Harry Potter Series

Mental Floss shared some of the historic, linguistic, and literary origins of names from the Harry Potter series in a pair of videos. The first video covers characters including Remus LupinQuirinus Quirrell, and Sirius Black, while the second video covers Aragog, Argus Filch, and Lucius Malfoy.

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