Lily's wand
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By the way, regarding wands… I feel like a total idiot. The very first thing we learn about Lily Evans is that her wand is willow. In Celtic symbolism, willow is apparently associated with water, the moon, strong feminine and intuitive power.
But in more recent English symbolism, willow stands for a lover forsaking one or dead, for desolation and sorrow. The weeping willow. An old way of saying that someone can't get over a lover's desertion or death is that s/he "is wearing the willow." Anyone in the Harry Potter canon associated with Lily Evans fit that description? Nah, I couldn't come up with anyone either. Headdesk!
But in more recent English symbolism, willow stands for a lover forsaking one or dead, for desolation and sorrow. The weeping willow. An old way of saying that someone can't get over a lover's desertion or death is that s/he "is wearing the willow." Anyone in the Harry Potter canon associated with Lily Evans fit that description? Nah, I couldn't come up with anyone either. Headdesk!