Tale of the Oak King and Holly King & Interesting Similarities to HP, Pt.1

This is the product of several days speculating on and off on a few other boards (so yes, this is quite long. Long enough I'm dividing it in three parts). I've condensed and altered it for coherence here, but haven't included many canon quotes as yet (mostly because I can't remember where all of them are, but I know they're all part of canon). Hopefully I will within the next few days if I can find time at work to waste... and there's always time for that somewhere. ;) A theory isn't much good without canon backing it up.

In a nutshell, the Tale of the Oak King and the Holly King is a Celtic myth about the changing solstices. Two warring brothers/twins (God of the Waning Year and God of the Waxing Year) who do battle at midsummer and midwinter, on an eternal cycle of birth, coming of age, death and rebirth.

( The Tale of the Oak King & Holly King: In Depth )

( Two Halves of a Whole: A Binity )

( Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, Robin Hood and HP )

( Image of Good & Evil )

Cont. to Pt. 2, Pt.3
The (H/Hr) shipper perspective.

The Oak & Holly Kings and HP, Pt. 2

( The Duality of Harry and Voldemort )

( Binity vs Binity )

( The Earth Mother/Goddess )

Back to pt. 1, Cont. to pt. 3, The (H/Hr) shipper perspective.

The Oak & Holly Kings and HP, Pt. 3

( The Infinite Cycle in HP )

( Hagrid's Oak Wand & Expulsion = Death )

( Significance of Mistletoe, the Oak King and Voldemort )

( Separate but Equal. Separate but Different. )

Back to Pt. 1, Pt. 2,
Cont. to The (H/Hr) shipper perspective.