Had she consulted with Native Americans about her concept or explained the roots of these house names, perhaps then her fictional world may have been viewed as more respectful. The first three are all animals from different Native American mythologies. But later, Rowling revealed a sorting test for the four houses of Ilvermorny: Thunderbird, Pukwudgie, Horned Serpent, and Wampus. Given the backlash, one might think that Rowling would be more sensitive about using Native American folklore in her own invented magical universe. There are elements that are believed and practiced." "What happens is that you’re taking an assumptive fictional community – the wizarding world – and you’re trying to apply it to a culture where it’s not an assumptive fictional world. "It’s very flattering that she would want to extend her world into world, but it’s not a very good fit, because it’s too good of a fit," Walter Fleming, the head of the Native American Studies department at Montana State University, told The Christian Science Monitor. US National Archives and Records Administration via Wikimedia Commons Native Americans, like this Cherokee couple, have a particular place in American history that Rowling appears unwilling to empathize with. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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