ANKEUTTAJA – DEMENTOR (Harry Potter)
”Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you…”
Ankeuttajat ovat Azkabanin velhovankilan kammottavia vartijoita. Ne elävät ihmisten iloisista tunteista ja ajatuksista, ja niiden läsnäolo vaivuttaa jokaisen masennuksen ja kauhun valtaan. Yleiskielessä ankeuttajalla voidaan viitata henkilöön, joka tuntuu imevän kaiken ilon ja tarmon muista läsnäolijoista.
Dementors are the terrifying guards of the wizard prison Azkaban. They feed on people’s happy feelings and thoughts and their sheer presence makes everyone become depressed and fearful. The word dementor is (at least in Finland) sometimes used to describe a person who drains all happiness and energy from other people around.
The quote by Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
”Eat, you’ll feel better.”
~Lupin
”Hunger is also a path to the dark side, hmm? Hunger leads to being cranky! Being cranky leads to suffering. Eat a good breakfast, you should. Hmmm… More soup, I must have.”
– Yoda (in Jeffrey Brown’s Jedi Academy)