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Wow... I had imagined that Moody lost his eye in a fight or something -- but it would be way more awesome if he cut it out intentionally, to replace it with an eye more suited for the hunt.
The idea of Moody as a voluntarily enhanced magical cyborg is awesome indeed.
In fact, the entire notion of human enhancement using magic would be an interesting theme to explore. It's already been done to some degree with the idea of defeating death and Harry making a mental note to research mind-altering spells in chapter 12 (intelligence explosion?), but things like Moody's eye and Wormtail's hand (which was strong enough to crush stones) show that there are also ways for Wizards to improve their abilities by replacing body parts with magical counterparts. Seeing what the wizarding world and/or Harry think of such ideas would be pretty interesting.
And very Odin-esque.
Mad-Eye Modin?
I'd read a crossover between the Elder Edda and Harry Potter; certainly it's no stranger than HP & Christianity.
Even better might be a triple crossover of Norse mythology, Harry Potter - and H. P. (Lovecraft).
Calls to mind:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Vecna