Description : What mythology has JK Rowling borrowed from other sources to construct the saga of Harry Potter?
Last Answer : Well, for one, Nicholas Flamel was a real person. For another, the Philosopher's Stone ( Sorcerer's Stone in the American edition, presumably because we aren't expected to know our cultural heritage) is ... ), with its potions, charms, spells, incantations, etc., etc., is about as old as humanity.