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Tobi raised his hand and shared an opinion that had been brewing in the back of his mind since he'd heard the story from his Great-Grandmother at least ten years ago, "I think the river was a symbol for death in itself. In a lot of cultures they use a river in their legends about death. Perhaps most famously the river Styx, in Greek Mythology. So to say the brothers went traveling and came to a river which they cunningly crossed, is maybe a more poetic way to say they went traveling and came to a time where they should have died, but saved their skins with Magic. I mean, a strong swimmer or a man who knows how to build a boat could cross the river, people swim the Channel and Muggles use ships for transport or mere pleasure all the time, but the 'Bridge over the River' was a symbol of avoiding their natural deaths with magic."
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