The Symbology of America in Harry Potter

This is part 2 continuing off from the previous article 'Harry Potter in America'. This article will be more of a list with details then a full-blown informative essay.

1.) The Ministry is based on the American Government system specifically the ways of the Freemasons. The freemasons built the American world around the ideals of past nations and generations. This includes Greece/Greek, Rome/Romans, and most importantly the British. Thou the British wasn't the past, it was to the Founders notability Benjamin Franklin who wanted the American idea to be the British Government and other systems but better. This is and was the crucial factor of MACUSA. But While, America is based on European and British lifestyle and Govern, the Ministry of Magic is based on the ideas and systems of the Freemasons. Crimes of Grindelwald referred to MACUSA as "American Ministry of Magic" which is considered wrong by many but is far from it, it is the ministry. (could be updated to include the exact system of the freemasons) {continued with 3 on the list]

2.) The Stag on the Knuts-where is there a stag? As previously told, the coins in 'Harry Potter' are largely based on the coins of America. All three have a head one side and an animal on the other. Dragons are on 2 coins, however, a stag is on another. A stag is a deer that is common in coins but very common in Canada, which has deer and elks on coins. Canada, while a nation in North America, it is not part of the United States (I assume then that they have their own Magical Government much like they have their own school per JK Rowling's mention http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/j-k-rowling-teases-canadian-australian-wizarding-world-schools-future-reveal-103231/ ). America's plan to take the nation failed and Britain owned it. It is a British nation in Extention, unlike the United States. J.K Rowling gave Canada a quidditch team for Moosejaw called Moosejaw Meteorites.

The stag, however, is also found on coins in Ireland, the 1 Punt, and the Aztec coins

Aztec coins that Knuts could also be reflecting

3.) The Double-headed Phoenix as the Durmstrang mascot (seen above). The Phoenix and the Thunderbird are relatives of each other. The Pheonix is the symbol of MACUSA from an eagle. Yet, all three are relatives. A Pheonix is an eagle much like a Thunderbird is. The Phoenix, therefore, is actually an eagle-a double-headed eagle. And a Double-Headed Eagle is an image of the Freemasons.

There are many variations of the image, some have a number 32/33 (the degrees or levels on freemasonry). One could already see the similarities; not only just by the bird itself, but the crown on top (which represents Britain as they are the Crown) is the image of the mosque-like dome behind the Pheonix on Durmstrangs crest. according to Pottermore, which is now Wizarding World, "A double-headed eagle traditionally symbolizes a ruling faction’s supremacy over both church and state." The CHURCH is the image behind the bird and what Americans are striving away from in the STATE of Europe. The state can be anything from a literal state like Michigan or a faction of a larger nation. It can be also viewed as the status of a nation. Therefore, Durmstrang is symbolically a view of America itself as it is a school governed by an idea of soldiers or militia as America itself is all about. To Quote from the Amendment: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." or perhaps "A Well-Regulated school, being necessary to the security of a free community, the right of the wizards to keep and bear wands, shall not be infringed." A school in northern Europe based on the American Amendment(s).

However, the double-headed is not unique as it is seen in other nations and countries like Germany and Russia.

The Reichsadler "imperial eagle" taken from Roman eagle is used in Holy Emperors.

4.) Why "Freemasons"? Directly, Freemasons are called that because 1) they want to be free and represent freedom but freedom from Europe’s ways and 2) Freemasons were stonemasons, builders, and James Steward was a Stonemason. Bonus: That is why it is called Freedom, Free from a Kingdom, and a Kingdom is called that because a King Dominates a land. So freedom is the ability to Free to Dominate, but again, that isn't the overall idea from being free from a nation. America is free from Western Europe, and Durmstrang is free from Western Europe.

5.) The International Statute of Secrecy is the Secretary of State.

Bonus.) The Deathly Hallows might have been the Eye in America’s and Freemasons mythology but the Deathly Hallows is also a reflection of another symbol.

In the book, the Deathly Hallow is a symbol seen on the tombstone of three brothers whose own symbol parallels his weapon. The Elders Wand (I), the Invisibility Cloak (^) and the Resurrection Stone (o). Beedle the Bard adapted their story in his books of fairy tales based on the stories and people that lived in actuality. That is where modern witches and wizards would see it. Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore was a firm believer of its existence. Only Gellert took it more as a belief than an idea as Albus did and he wore the symbol as a believer, as a religion. (this reflects Hitler who used a biblical object as fuel being the Ark of the Covenant and more. He then engraved it all over the school of Durmstrang and adopted it as a symbol for A New World Order (the reflection of the freemasons goal) and his army. This would be a way of perverting its ideology from its original meaning. In his army logo is 2 Gs back to back with the bottom center being the Deathly Hallows and a wand in its center of the Elders Wand.

What happened here is a reflection of the Swastika. While the Gs and the DH make the image, it is actually the DH itself that’s the mirror of the Buddhist symbol of peace. If Swastika is a peace symbol then the DH symbol is, perhaps, a symbol of innocence. In America, the Deathly Hallows could have a distinctive role as a cult.

This is Part 2 of America in 'Harry Potter'. Part 3 will go into the fan-fiction series of James Potter by G. Norman Lippert and how he developed his version of Wizarding America before JK Rowling introduced her take.