His name has 狼, オオカミ origins:
A sneaky nod to Lupin’s status as a werewolf, the name ‘Remus’ comes from Roman mythology. In the story, ‘Remus’ was raised によって オオカミ along with his brother, Romulus. If the brother’s name also sounds familiar, it’s because that’s the name Lupin went によって while speaking anonymously on Potterwatch in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Clever, clever.
This isn’t the only hint of Remus’s lycanthropic tendencies, as his surname, ‘Lupin’, comes from the Latin word ‘lupus’, meaning wolf. Since the novels were published, J.K. Rowling has also...
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