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Book 5, Ep. 6 | Centaurs with jaye simpson

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Harry Potter and the Dark Forest

"I love paywalling your world building. So delicious," Rowling says of centaurs in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" Centaurs are well known for divination and astrology but also mysticism associated with indigenous peoples on Turtle Island. And so when I think about a relationship to the land is that there is an indigeneity which can't be interrupted by wizarding laws. Since we have magical creatures in the Wizarding World, it's not quite as clear if they're all Indians or just half-indians.

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