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THE SWORD OF GRYFFINDOR
그리핀도르의 칼
<New From J.K.Rowling>
The sword of Gryffindor was made a thousand years ago by goblins, the magical world's most skilled metalworkers, and is therefore enchanted. Fashioned from pure silver, it is inset with rubies, the stone that represents Gryffindor in the hour-glasses that count the house points at Hogwarts. Godric Gryffindor's name is engraved just beneath the hilt.
The sword was made to Godric Gryffindor's specifications by Ragnuk the First, finest of the goblin silversmiths, and therefore King (in goblin culture, the ruler does not work less than the others, but more skillfully). When it was finished, Ragnuk coveted it so much that he pretended that Gryffindor had stolen it from him, and sent minions to steal it back. Gryffindor defended himself with his wand, but did not kill his attackers. Instead he sent them back to their king bewitched, to deliver the threat that if he ever tried to steal from Gryffindor again, Gryffindor would unsheathe the sword against them all.
The goblin king took the threat seriously and left Gryffindor in possession of his rightful property, but remained resentful until he died. This was the foundation for the false legend of Gryffindor's theft that persists, in some sections of the goblin community, to this day.
The question of why a wizard would need a sword, though often asked, is easily answered. In the days before the International Statute of Secrecy, when wizards mingled freely with Muggles, they would use swords to defend themselves just as often as wands. Indeed, it was considered unsporting to use a wand against a Muggle sword (which is not to say it was never done). Many gifted wizards were also accomplished duellists in the conventional sense, Gryffindor among them.
There have been many enchanted swords in folklore. The Sword of Nuadu, part of the four legendary treasures of Tuatha Dé Danann, was invincible when drawn. Gryffindor's sword owes something to the legend of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, which in some legends must be drawn from a stone by the rightful king. The idea of fitness to carry the sword is echoed in the sword of Gryffindor's return to worthy members of its true owner's house.
Much like a magic wand, the sword of Gryffindor appears to be almost sentient, responding to appeals for help by Gryffindor's chosen successors; and, similar to a wand, part of its magic is that it imbibes that which strengthens it, which can then be used against enemies.
<J.K.Rowling's Thoughts>
There is a further allusion to Excalibur emerging from the lake when Harry must dive into a frozen forest pool to retrieve the sword in Deathly Hallows (though the location of the sword was really due to a spiteful impulse of Snape's to place it there), for in other versions of the legend, Excalibur was given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake, and was returned to the lake when he died.
해리가 죽음의 성물에서 칼을 되찾기 위해 숲의 얼어 있는 호수로 뛰어 들어 가야만 했을 때(비록 칼의 위치 선정은 그걸 거기에 두겠다는 스네이프의 악의적인 충동 때문이었지만), 호수에서 엑스칼리버가 나오는 것 이상의 암시가 있어요. 전설의 다른 버전에서는 호수의 여인이 엑스칼리버를 아서 왕에게 주고, 아서 왕이 죽었을 때 엑스칼리버는 호수로 되돌아오죠.
Within the magical world, physical possession is not necessarily a guarantee of ownership. This concept applies to the three Deathly Hallows, and also to Gryffindor's sword.
마법 세계에선 자기 손에 들고 있는 것이 반드시 소유권을 보장하는 것은 아니에요. 이 개념은 세 개의 죽음의 성물에도 적용되고, 그리핀도르의 칼에도 적용이 돼요.
I am interested in what happens when cultural beliefs collide. In the Harry Potter books, the most militant of the goblin race consider all goblin-made objects to be theirs by right, although a specific object might be made over to a wizard for his life-span upon a payment of gold. Witches and wizards, like Muggles, believe that once payment has been made, the object belongs to them and their descendants or legatees in perpetuity. This is a clash of values without a solution, because each side has a different concept of what is right. It therefore presents Harry with a difficult moral dilemma when Griphook demands the sword as payment for his services in Deathly Hallows.
저는 문화적 생각이 충돌할 때 어떤 일이 생기는 지 흥미롭습니다. 해리 포터 책에서 도깨비 과격분자들은, 비록 어떤 물건은 금을 지불한 마법사에게 그가 살아있는 동안은 양도될 수 있어도, 도깨비가 만든 것이라면 전부 도깨비에게 정당하게 귀속된다고 생각하죠. 마녀와 마법사는 머글처럼, 한 번 지불하면 자기 소유가 되고 후손이나 상속인에게 끝없이 물려준다고 생각합니다. 이것은 해결책이 없는 가치갈등이에요. 왜냐 하면 양측이 어떤 게 옳은 지에 대해 상반된 개념을 갖고 있기 때문입니다. 그러므로 죽음의 성물에서 그립훅이 자신의 도움을 대가로 칼을 요구했을 때 해리는 어려운 도덕적 딜레마에 처하게 됐죠.