Talk:Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Houses
I'm not sure if Rowling's tweet is enough to prove this school also Sorts people into houses. The question she was asked was "You have selected the characters in Fantastic Beasts to the houses of Hogwarts???" [sic] and I take it her answer was meant to be read as "I know what Houses the American characters would've been Sorted to, had they studied at Hogwarts", or at least that was how I understood it. --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 17:33, July 20, 2015 (UTC)

Agreed.

Another thing: Should we take her comment as a confirmation that Porpentima and her sister Queenie attended the school? Jacob is a muggle, and Modesty's blood status is, as of now, unknown.--Rodolphus (talk) 17:45, July 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * Admittedly, it's debateable, and I absolutely see what you mean, but personally I took the line "the other heroes went to the American school of wizardry and yes, I know their houses" to mean more that the American school does have houses and she knows which ones they were sorted into (as you could tell from my edit to the page). Of course, it isn't my decision as to what's meant, it's J. K. Rowling's, so I'll leave it up to the community :p --Hunnie Bunn (talk) 18:18, July 20, 2015 (UTC)

Location
Pottermore lists Ilvermorny as a North American school rather than an American school and the location on the map seems, to be generous to my American friends, very close to the Canadian-American border - which used to be the longest undefended border in the world but which is now guarded by drones. You might be able to get Vermont out of Ilvermorny but that is stretching it. Pottermore link Link to map of North America (Vaudree (talk) 05:10, January 30, 2016 (UTC))

Based on the proximity to the mouth of the St Lawerence, it would seem that the location would either be Quebec or Maine. Ozdust (talk) 18:49, January 30, 2016 (UTC)


 * I would point out that the last two letters of the name are "NY", which is the abbreviation for New York state. That is consistent with the rough location on the map.  Perhaps it is significant, perhaps not. Wva (talk) 04:34, February 1, 2016 (UTC)

Meaning of name
It strikes me as being a compound word. Morny or "morne" is easy because it comes from the old French meaning both gloomy and mountain. It could also refer to a heraldic symbol of a lion rendered powerless - but that is stretching it. You could also relate it to the Mourne cliffs of Ireland though you would have to look up what Mughdorna, mughdhorna or mugdorna mean.

The Ilver part can either come from the Finnish word "ilves" meaning "lynx" and there are lynxes in that area and - Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish settlers in the American side of the border. Or it can be "elver" an early English term meaning "young eel"

Scrap

ilves=lynx (Finnish) 

-morne=heraldic lion without teeth, tongue or claws.

morne=gloomy, glum, dismal, dreary, small mountain, stand alone mountain,



-mughdhorna

-elver=young eel (Vaudree (talk) 05:10, January 30, 2016 (UTC))