#the only relation I've seen hari have to lions is that hari is etymologically speaking similar to the color yellow or green or such

[nymphiess]

HONEST CONFESSION !! <3

every time someone writes a harry potter fic saying hari means lion I feel like someone just punched my gut

also a further explanation in tags

#I am a hindu living in India who speaks fluent hindi and is teaching hindi to children as a part of a tutoring project do not @ me #hari as a preservor deity!! how bout that #name harry after the god of preservation and a hero throughout! not a lion which has nothing to do with hari #hari means monkey #or snake sometimes even #though rarely #lion is sher #or singh #I am not against this hc! #just please research properly #everytime someone writes a fic like that it's usually a non-indian or hindi speaking person #and I have nothing against that but if you do write something about a culture that is not of your own please do research properly #i am also not hating on those who have written such fics! just do research #the only relation I've seen hari have to lions is that hari is etymologically speaking similar to the color yellow or green or such #and lions are animals which would then #for these reasons #named hari #but in the context of 20th century India #this meaning is largely forgotten #and would make less sense if the potters were anglo indians #boy get ready for the hate I'm boutta get