Как пишется слово гриффиндор

Гриффиндор (англ. Gryffindor) — один из факультетов школы чародейства и волшебства Хогвартса.

• Отличительное качество учеников этого факультета: храбрость, благородство, честность
• Основатель: Годрик Гриффиндор.
• Деканы:

1. Годрик Гриффиндор
2. Валерия Мириадд
3. Даммара Доддеридж
4. Урик Оупли
5. Подрик Пилс
6. Малдун Крэгг
7. Тобиас Стамп
8. Минерва Макгонагалл

• Призрак: Почти Безголовый Ник
• Животное: лев
• Цвета: алый и золотой.
• Магические предметы, связанные с основателем факультета: меч Гриффиндора, Распределяющая шляпа
• Гостиная Гриффиндора: вход находится за портретом Полной Дамы, Гриффиндорская Башня — одна из самых высоких в замке. Гостиная оформлена в красно-золотых тонах

Студенты-гриффиндорцы

На факультете Гриффиндор учатся (во времена Гарри Поттера):

Кэти Белл Бем Лаванда Браун Ромильда Вейн Оливер Вуд Гермиона Грейнджер (староста факультета в 1995-97 уч.г.) Фэй Данбар Анджелина Джонсон Ли Джордан Невилл Долгопупс Келла Деннис Криви Колин Криви Ричи Кут Майкл Натали МакДональд Кормак Маклагген Элоиза Миджен Ангус Мэтлок Риона О’Нил

Парвати Патил Гарри Поттер Джимми Пикс Демельза Робинс Кеннет Таулер Дин Томас Эмили Тэйлор Джек Слоупер Алисия Спиннет Джинни Уизли Джордж Уизли Перси Уизли (староста факультета в 1991-93 уч.г.) Рон Уизли (староста факультета в 1995-97 уч.г.) Фред Уизли Найджел Уолперт Симус Финниган Викки Фробишер Джеффри Хупер Юан Аберкромби

В предыдущие годы на Гриффиндоре учились:

Сириус Блэк Крессида Блюм Аберфорт Дамблдор Альбус Дамблдор (староста факультета в 1896-98 уч.г.) Гектор Дженкинс Даммара Доддеридж Лоуренс Дэвис Уилфред Леви Кидд Джэ Ким Бен Коппер Анджелика Коул (староста факультета в 1984-86 уч.г.) Малдун Крэгг Кэдоган Римус Люпин (староста факультета в 1975-78 уч.г.) Минерва Макгонагалл (староста факультета в 1951-52 уч.г.) М. Г. Макгонагалл Мэри МакДональд Пиппа Макмиллан Анналена Мёрк (староста факультета в 1980-82 уч.г.)

Николас де Мимси-Дельфингтон Валерия Мириадд Натсай Онай Урик Оупли Питер Петтигрю Подрик Пилс Джеймс Поттер Карлус Поттер (возможно) Флимонт Поттер Леандер Пруэтт Молли Пруэтт Патриция Рейкпик Тобиас Стамп Эмили Тайлер Артур Уизли Билл Уизли (староста факультета в 1986-88 уч.г.) Гаррет Уизли Матильда Уизли Чарли Уизли (староста факультета в 1989-91 уч.г.) Селестина Уорлок Элеазар Фиг Люкан Шумсби Рубеус Хагрид Лили Эванс (староста факультета в 1975-78 уч.г.)

В последующие года в Гриффиндоре учились:

• Роза Грейнджер-Уизли
• Хьюго Грейнджер-Уизли
• Джеймс Сириус Поттер
• Лили Полумна Поттер
• Робин Тистлетвэйт
• Кевин Фаррелл
• Полли Чэпмен
• Эллиот Эверс

Также на Гриффиндоре могли учиться:

• Орион Амари
• Бин
• Элора Данн
• Джейкоб
• Младший брат или сестра Джейкоба
• Мёрфи МакНалли
• Скай Паркин
• Марина Санчез
• Баглан Уэллнелли
• Груффыд Уэллнелли
• Роуан Ханна
• Ученик с раскрашенным лицом

Приветственная речь старосты Гриффиндора

(Перевод информации с Pottermore)

Поздравляем! Я — староста Перси Уизли, и я рад приветствовать вас на факультете Гриффиндор. Наш герб — лев, храбрейший из всех живых существ; цвета нашего факультета — алый и золотой, а наша общая комната находится в гриффиндорской башне.

Этот факультет, просто-напросто, лучший в Хогвартсе. Здесь учились самые храбрые и смелые волшебники, к примеру — Альбус Дамблдор! Да, сам Дамблдор, величайший мастер нашего времени, был Гриффиндорцем! Если этого вам не достаточно, я не знаю, что и сказать.

Я не буду вас задерживать, так как всё, что вам нужно сделать, чтобы узнать больше о вашем Факультете — следовать за Гарри Поттером и его друзьями, которых я веду к их гостиной. Наслаждайтесь своим пребыванием в Хогвартсе — а разве может быть иначе? Вы стали частью лучшего факультета в школе.

Смотрите также

• Сборная Гриффиндора по квиддичу
• Факультеты Хогвартса

Школа Чародейства и Волшебства «Хогвартс»
Гриффиндор	Слизерин	Когтевран	Пуффендуй
Основатели: Годрик Гриффиндор · Салазар Слизерин · Кандида Когтевран · Пенелопа Пуффендуй
Деканы: Минерва Макгонагалл · Гораций Слизнорт · Филиус Флитвик · Помона Стебль
Привидения: Почти Безголовый Ник · Кровавый Барон · Серая дама · Толстый Монах

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Как названия факультетов Хогвартса звучат в оригинале?

Хогвардс делится на отдельные факультеты.

В оригинале факультеты называются Houses («дома»): Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin. Цвета, соответственно, красный и оранжевый, чёрный и жёлтый, коричневый и фиолетовый, серый и зелёный.

Школа Чародейства и Волшебства «Хордватс» (Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry) из серии романов про Гарри Поттера была основана более тысячи лет назад четырьмя волшебниками. По их именам назвали факультеты (или дома) школы:

Ravenclaw (Когтевран) основала Кандида Когтевран;

Slytherin (Слизерин) основал Салазал Слизерин;

Hufflepuff (Пуффендуй) основала Пенелопа Пуффендуй;

Gryffindor (Гриффиндор) основал Годрик Гриффиндор.

В оригинале же они пишутся так:

Название каждого из факультетов может многое нам сказать об учениках, попавших на свой факультет.

Обучение продолжается 7 лет.

Хех, это сложный вопрос, на самом деле. Если брать официальный перевод РОСМЕН, то факультеты эти назывались Гриффиндор, Когтевран, Пуффендуй и Слизерин. Однако РОСМЕНы поступили нехорошо и перевели собственные названия, которые как бы не переводятся.

Мать Луны звали Пандора, она погибла в 1990 или в 1991 году, когда ее единственной дочери было девять. От эксперимента с каким-то заклинанием, которое пошло как-то не так и отрикошетило по самой Пандоре.

Она была очень талантливой и знающей ведьмой, внешне похожей на дочь. Подробной биографии в книгах и разных справочниках типа Вики или «поттермор» нет.

Но несколько сцен в первых двух фильмах происходили на свежем воздухе (полёты на метле, прогулки героев фильма по зелёным газончикам на фоне крепостных стен, игра в квидич).

В настоящее время замок открыт для посещения туристов.

Нарисовать Салазара можно абсолютно разными способами. Так как, кто как себе его представляет, так и рисует.

Я предлагаю вам более анимешный вариант.

Шаг 1. Людей я всегда начинаю рисовать с головы. Рисуем очертания волос, лица в профиль. Затем переходим к телу героя. Салазар одет в обычную кофту, штаны и грубые ботинки. Поверх кофты добавляем очертания амулета. Рисуем руки в боки. Волшебную палочку. Добавляем мантию.

Шаг 2. Дальше прорисовываем лицо, руки, все остальные детали. Лишние линии стираем ластиком.

Шаг 4. На последнем этапе добавляем тени нашему герою и наслаждаемся творением!

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Факт дня: как называют факультеты Хогвартса в разных странах

Гриффиндор, Пуффендуй, Когтевран и Слизерин в международном масштабе.

Книги из цикла «Гарри Поттера» — одновременно рай и ад для переводчика. С одной стороны, волшебная вселенная с говорящими именами, звонкими заклинаниями и неологизмами Джоан Роулинг — это площадка для бесконечного креатива. С другой стороны, в погоне за творчеством необходимо еще и передать смысл. Сегодня мы расскажем, как переводчики и локализаторы разных стран переводили простые и понятные нам с детства названия факультетов ????

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Английский : Gryffindor

Почти на всех языках Гриффиндор звучит и пишется похоже: Gryffondor (французский) или Grifinória (португальский). Но переводчики некоторых стран смогли локализовать по-своему название львиного факультета:

В чешском Гриффиндор называется Nebelvír (от nebe — небо, lvír — лев);

В финском — Rohkelikko (от rohkea — «смелый»);

В хинди — गरुड़द्वार (garuḍ.advāra). Гаруда — мифический царь птиц в индуистской и в буддийской традиции, получеловек и полуптица. А вместе название переводится как «дверь в Гаруду»;

В итальянском слово выглядит вроде как похоже, Grifondoro, но на деле это игра слов: мифическое существо «грифон» (вспомни Клювокрыла!) + d’oro, что значит «золотой».

В словацком — Chrabromil («любитель храбрости»);

?? Пуффендуй

Английский : Hufflepuff

Название этого факультета, наоборот, коверкали и адаптировали во все стороны. Проблемой для переводчиков было передать придыхание и очаровательную небрежность звучания английского «Хаффлпафф». Вот, к чему пришли разные переводчики:

Во французском — Poufsouffle, читается как «пуфсуфль». Возможно, образовано от глаголов «pouffler» (хихикать) и «souffler» (дышать);

В итальянском — Tassorosso, что буквально значит «красный барсук». Присутствие барсука вполне логично, ведь это символ Пуффендуя. Непонятно, почему он красный 🙂

В португальском — пожалуй, самое забавное имя из всех: Lufa-lufa. Да, читается так же, как и пишется. Это звукоподражание человека, который очень сильно пытается что-то сделать;

В норвежском — Håsblås, «хосблос»;

В валлийском — Wfftiwff, произносится как «уффтуфф»;

В украинском — Гафелпаф;

В словацком — Bifľomor, что значит «зубрилы»;

В польском — называется Hufflepuff, но учеников зовут Puchoni («пухони»), от слова puch — «перо».

?? Когтевран

Английский : Ravenclaw

Название факультета остроумных и любознательных в большинстве случаев адаптировали под местные реалии. Оригинальное название состояло из слов raven («ворон») и claw («коготь»), а потому новые имена так или иначе касались либо птиц, либо когтей.

В чешском — Havraspár («ворон» — havran, «коготь» — spár);

В финском — Korpinkynsi («ворон» — korppi, «коготь» — kynsi);

Во французском — Serdaigle, «сердэгль», от «serre d`aigle» (коготь орла);

В хинди — चीलघात (Chīlaghāt) («птица» — chīl, «атака» — ghāt);

В польском — Ravenclaw, но учеников зовут Krukoni, от kruk — «ворон»;

В румынском — Ochi-de-Șoim, что переводится как «соколиный глаз». Кроссовер с Marvel, который никто не ожидал!

В словацком — Bystrohlav, буквально — «быстрые мыслители».

?? Слизерин

Английский : Slytherin

Как в переводе Когтеврана всегда есть что-то про птиц, так и в адаптации Слизерина почти везде встречаются змеи, пресмыкающиеся или что-то связанное с рептилиями.

Во французском — Serpentard, «серпонтар», (от французского serpent — змея);

В итальянском — Serpeverde, принцип образования такой же, как во французском;

В норвежском — Smygard, от «smyge» (красться, ползти);

В чешском — Zmijozel, что означает «злая змея»;

В португальском — Sonserina, от Sonso — «человек, который притворяется безобидным». Вот это психология!

В финском — оригинальное Luihuinen (от luihu — «хитрый, изворотливый»);

В хинди — नगशक्ति (Nāgaśakti): «змея» — Nāga (отсюда же имя Нагайна); «сила» — śakti;

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Дин Томас — Эта статья посвящена персонажам серии книг о Гарри Поттере учащимся факультета Гриффиндор. О некоторых персонажах, связанных с этим факультетом, смотрите отдельные статьи: Минерва Макгонагалл, Гарри Поттер, Гермиона Грейнджер, Рон Уизли, Невилл… … Википедия

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Гриффиндор

В серии романов о Гарри Поттере английской писательницы Дж. К. Роулинг, школа Хогвартс, в которой обучаются молодые волшебники, разделена на четыре факультета, каждый из которых назван в честь своего основателя: Годрика Гриффиндора, Кандиды Когтевран, Пенелопы Пуффендуй, Салазара Слизерина.

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Распределение по факультетам

Распределение учеников по факультетам происходит на 1-м курсе перед самым началом обучения. Процессом распределения занимается специальная волшебная Распределяющая Шляпа. Ученик должен надеть Шляпу на голову, и тогда она даст ответ — на какой факультет следует поступить этому ученику. При этом Шляпа исходит из личных качеств ученика: храбрых и благородных она отправляет в Гриффиндор, умных и сметливых — в Когтевран, упорных и честных — в Пуффендуй, а хитрых и изворотливых — в Слизерин.

Если ученик по своим качествам подходит разным факультетам, Шляпа предлагает выбрать ему самому. Так, Гарри Поттеру были предложены на выбор Гриффиндор или Слизерин, Гермионе Грейнджер — Гриффиндор или Когтевран. Оба выбрали Гриффиндор.

Решение Шляпы принимается всеми с уважением, обжалованию не подлежит и выполняется неукоснительно. Не известно ни одного случая последующего перехода учеников с одного факультета на другой или примеров обучения одного человека на нескольких факультетах. С другой стороны, Слизнорт упоминает, что будучи деканом Слизерина, он часто предлагал матери Гарри Поттера перейти с Гриффиндора на его факультет — следовательно, такие переходы теоретически возможны. Лили Поттер всегда резко отказывалась.

Неизвестны случаи, когда ученик был бы недоволен своим распределением.

Гриффиндор

Оригинал	Росмэн	Народные переводы	Мария Спивак	Бялко-Левитова
Gryffindor	Гриффиндор	Гриффиндор	Гриффиндор	Гриффиндор

Когтевран

Оригинал	Росмэн	Народные переводы	Мария Спивак	Бялко-Левитова
Ravenclaw	Когтевран	Рэйвенкло	Равенкло	Равенклоу

На факультете Когтевран в разное время учились: Полумна Лавгуд, Чжоу Чанг, Падма Патил, Энтони Голдстейн, Терри Бут, Майкл Корнер, Элайзы Миджет, Свирк Орла, Стюарт Акерли, Мэнди Брокелхерст,Лайза Турпин, Роджер Дэвис. Подробнее об учениках см. статью Студенты факультета Когтевран.

Пуффендуй

Оригинал	Росмэн	Народные переводы	Мария Спивак	Бялко-Левитова
Hufflepuff	Пуффендуй	Хаффлпафф	Хуффльпуфф	Хаффлпафф

На факультете в разное время учились: Седрик Диггори, Захария Смит, Ханна Аббот, Эрни Макмиллан, Джастин Финч-Флетчли, Сьюзен Боунс, Нимфадора Тонкс,Рита Скитер, Целлер Роза, Элеонора Брэдстоун,Оуэн Колдуэл, Кевин Уитби. Подробнее об учениках см. статью Студенты факультета Пуффендуй.

Слизерин

Оригинал	Росмэн	Народные переводы	Мария Спивак	Бялко-Левитова
Slytherin	Слизерин	Слитерин	Слизерин	Слиферин

Подробнее об учениках см. статью Студенты факультета Слизерин.

Волшебный мир «Гарри Поттера» Книги: Предыстория • Философский камень • Тайная комната • Узник Азкабана • Кубок Огня • Орден Феникса • Принц-полукровка • Дары Смерти • Фантастические животные: места обитания • Квиддич сквозь века • Сказки барда Бидля Фильмы: Философский камень • Тайная комната • Узник Азкабана • Кубок Огня • Орден Феникса • Принц-полукровка • Дары Смерти Игры: Философский камень • Тайная комната • Узник Азкабана • Кубок Огня • Орден Феникса • Принц-полукровка • Чемпионат мира по квиддичу • Lego Creator: Гарри Поттер • Lego Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Персонажи:

Основатели школы:	Годрик Гриффиндор • Пенелопа Пуффендуй • Кандида Когтевран • Салазар Слизерин
Маги:	Гарри Поттер • Гермиона Грейнджер • Рон Уизли • Джинни Уизли • Фред и Джордж Уизли • Невилл Долгопупс • Полумна Лавгуд • Драко Малфой • Альбус Дамблдор • Минерва Макгонагалл • Регулус Блэк • Сириус Блэк • Северус Снегг • Волан-де-Морт • Питер Петтигрю • Гораций Слизнорт • Рита Скитер • проф. Квиррелл • Римус Люпин • Аластор Грюм • Сивилла Трелони • Долорес Амбридж • Нимфадора Тонкс • Златопуст Локонс • Винсент Крэбб • Грегори Гойл • Чжоу Чанг • Седрик Диггори • Виктор Крам • Помона Стебль • Геллерт Грин-де-Вальд • Армандо Диппет • Перси Уизли • Руфус Скримджер • Гавейн Робардс • Долиш • Корнелиус Фадж • Пий Толстоватый • Кингсли Бруствер • Чарли Уизли • Молли Уизли • Билл Уизли • Артур Уизли • Мадам Помфри • Люциус Малфой • Нарцисса Малфой • Бартемий Крауч младший • Беллатриса Лестрейндж • Дедалус Диггл• Джеймс Поттер• Лили Поттер• Наземникус Флетчер• Вильгельмина Грабли-Дёрг • Габриель Делакур • Берта Джоркинс • Бартемиус Крауч • Ксенофилиус Лавгуд
Маглы:	Дурсли • Том Реддл Старший
Сквибы:	Аргус Филч • Арабелла Фигг
Полулюди:	Рубеус Хагрид • Олимпия Максим • Филиус Флитвик • Флёр Делакур
Домовые эльфы:	Добби • Кикимер • Винки
Гоблины:	Крюкохват • Кровняк
Мастера Палочек:	Олливандер • Грегорович
Студенты факультетов:	Гриффиндор • Пуффендуй • Когтевран • Слизерин
Семьи волшебников:	Дамблдоры • Уизли • Малфои • Реддлы
Прочие:	Эпизодические персонажи мира Гарри Поттера • Сохатый, Бродяга, Лунатик и Хвост • Волшебные существа мира Гарри Поттера • Волшебные предметы мира Гарри Поттера • Волшебство мира Гарри Поттера • Фоукс

Организации: Хогвартс ( Факультеты) • Министерство магии • Орден Феникса • Пожиратели смерти • Отряд Дамблдора • Ежедневный пророк • Придира • Клуб слизней • Г.А.В.Н.Э. • Инспекционная дружина Дисциплины
Хогвартса: Защита от тёмных искусств • Зельеварение • Трансфигурация • Заклинания • Уход за магическими существами • Травология • Прорицания • Древние Руны • Арифмантика • Маггловедение • История магии • Астрономия Локации: Локации мира Гарри Поттера • Большой Зал Значимые
события: Турнир Трёх Волшебников • Битва за Хогвартс Пародии и
подражатели: Порри Гаттер • Таня Гроттер • Ларин Пётр • Барри Троттер • Наука побеждать • АнтиГарриПоттер Дж. К. Роулинг • Warner Brothers • Bloomsbury • Electronic Arts • Росмэн • Фэндом
Портал о Гарри Поттере

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Смотреть что такое «Гриффиндор» в других словарях:

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Факультет Гриффиндор — Эта статья является частью цикла статей о волшебном мире Гарри Поттера. Оригинал Росмэн Народные переводы Мария Спивак Бялко Левитова Hogwarts Хогвартс Хогвартс Хогварц Хогвартс … Википедия

Годрик Гриффиндор — Эта статья является частью цикла статей о волшебном мире Гарри Поттера. Оригинал Росмэн Народные переводы Мария Спивак Бялко Левитова Godric Gryffindor Годрик Гриффиндор Персонаж мира Гарри Поттера … Википедия

Денис Криви — Эта статья посвящена персонажам серии книг о Гарри Поттере учащимся факультета Гриффиндор. О некоторых персонажах, связанных с этим факультетом, смотрите отдельные статьи: Минерва Макгонагалл, Гарри Поттер, Гермиона Грейнджер, Рон Уизли, Невилл… … Википедия

Деннис Криви — Эта статья посвящена персонажам серии книг о Гарри Поттере учащимся факультета Гриффиндор. О некоторых персонажах, связанных с этим факультетом, смотрите отдельные статьи: Минерва Макгонагалл, Гарри Поттер, Гермиона Грейнджер, Рон Уизли, Невилл… … Википедия

Дин Томас — Эта статья посвящена персонажам серии книг о Гарри Поттере учащимся факультета Гриффиндор. О некоторых персонажах, связанных с этим факультетом, смотрите отдельные статьи: Минерва Макгонагалл, Гарри Поттер, Гермиона Грейнджер, Рон Уизли, Невилл… … Википедия

Колин Криви — Эта статья посвящена персонажам серии книг о Гарри Поттере учащимся факультета Гриффиндор. О некоторых персонажах, связанных с этим факультетом, смотрите отдельные статьи: Минерва Макгонагалл, Гарри Поттер, Гермиона Грейнджер, Рон Уизли, Невилл… … Википедия

Кормак Маклагген — Эта статья посвящена персонажам серии книг о Гарри Поттере учащимся факультета Гриффиндор. О некоторых персонажах, связанных с этим факультетом, смотрите отдельные статьи: Минерва Макгонагалл, Гарри Поттер, Гермиона Грейнджер, Рон Уизли, Невилл… … Википедия

Кэти Белл — Эта статья посвящена персонажам серии книг о Гарри Поттере учащимся факультета Гриффиндор. О некоторых персонажах, связанных с этим факультетом, смотрите отдельные статьи: Минерва Макгонагалл, Гарри Поттер, Гермиона Грейнджер, Рон Уизли, Невилл… … Википедия

Лаванда Браун — Эта статья посвящена персонажам серии книг о Гарри Поттере учащимся факультета Гриффиндор. О некоторых персонажах, связанных с этим факультетом, смотрите отдельные статьи: Минерва Макгонагалл, Гарри Поттер, Гермиона Грейнджер, Рон Уизли, Невилл… … Википедия

Источник

Gryffindor is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Godric Gryffindor. The particular characteristics of students Sorted into Gryffindor are courage, chivalry, and determination. The emblematic animal is a lion, and its colours are red and gold. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, also known as «Nearly Headless Nick» is the house ghost.  

Gryffindor corresponds roughly to the element of fire, and it is for that reason that the colours red and gold were chosen to represent the House^[1].The colour of fire corresponds to that of a lion as well, red representing the mane and tail and gold representing the coat.

Traits

The Gryffindor house emphasises the traits of courage as well as «daring, nerve, and chivalry,» and thus its members are generally regarded as brave, though sometimes to the point of recklessness. They can also be short-tempered. Notably, Gryffindor house contributed many members to Dumbledore’s Army and the Order of the Phoenix, although this may have been because the main members made it a point not to associate with other houses.

According to Phinaes Nigellus Black, members of other houses, particularly Slytherin, sometimes feel that Gryffindors engage in «pointless heroics.» Another Slytherin, Severus Snape, considered many Gryffindors to be self-righteous and arrogant, with no regard for rules.

Reputation

Gryffindors and Slytherins have shared a fierce house rivalry since their founders, Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin, respectively, had a severe falling out over Slytherin’s emphasis on blood purity which Gryffindor felt was wrong. There might also be an element of feeling wronged, as Harry and his fellow Gryffindors tend to win in a lot of circumstances which, when viewed from a neutral point of view, may be considered unfair. Examples of this include the last-minute points awarded by Headmaster Dumbledore at the Leaving Feast, which conveniently put Gryffindor ten points ahead of Slytherin in the 1991–1992 school year, the fact that no points were deducted for the rule breaking that happened during that night and Harry being permitted by Professor McGonagall to have his own broomstick for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, even though first-years are not normally permitted their own broomsticks because of danger.

Members of other houses might have felt that Gryffindor received favouritism, considering that many saw Harry Potter being chosen as the fourth competitor in the Triwizard Tournament as stealing Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory’s thunder unfairly.

Overall, however, the houses of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tended to side with Gryffindor in its rivalry with Slytherin. This was particularly notable during the Second Wizarding War — the members of Dumbledore’s Army were from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw, but lacked any Slytherins (but this also could have been because news of the group was passed by word of mouth, and Harry who founded it did not associate with any Slytherins). During the Battle of Hogwarts, the Slytherin students were forced to leave while students from the other three houses were allowed to remain behind to fight against Lord Voldemort and his army. Most of the known Death Eaters (besides Peter Pettigrew, Quirinus Quirrell, and possibly others) have been in Slytherin, and that might have been another reason as to why the other two houses sided with Gryffindor over Slytherin.

Common Room

Main article: Gryffindor Common Room

The Gryffindor Common Room is located in one of the castle’s towers (Gryffindor Tower), the entrance to which is located on the seventh floor and is guarded by an oil painting of the Fat Lady, who is garbed in a pink silk dress. She permits entry only after being given the correct (regularly changing) password. Behind her painting is a large common room, with a fireplace, and two staircases leading up to the girls’ and boys’ dormitories.

There is a spell on the girls’ staircase that prevents boys from using it, however there is no such enchantment on the staircase to the boys’ dormitory, allowing girls to use it whenever they wish, due to the founders’ belief that girls were more trustworthy. The common room is very comfortable, and members of the Gryffindor house meet there for study groups, celebrations, or relaxation. The walls are lined with portraits, each one depicting a previous or current Head of Gryffindor

Head of House

The head of house before and during the Hudbars’ time was Minerva McGonagall. Minerva became the head house possibly at the same time she was appointed Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, in 1956 when Albus Dumbledore became Headmaster, she took over his previous teaching position. She resigned in 2024 and Jace Herondale was named as the new Head of Gryffindor House by Headmaster Raeken.

List of known Gryffindors

Gryffindor	Period attending Hogwarts	Notes
Sir Cadogan	Middle Ages	His portrait guarded Gryffindor Tower in 1993.
Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington	15th century	Now the house ghost.
Albus Dumbledore	1892 — 1899	Later Headmaster of Hogwarts, founder of the Order of the Phoenix.
Celestina Warbeck	1928 — 1936	Later became known as the «Singing Sorceress»
Rubeus Hagrid	1940 — 1943	Expelled for uncommitted crimes in his third year.
Minerva McGonagall	1947 — 1954	Animagus in the form of a cat, later became Head of Gryffindor House, Transfiguration Professor of Hogwarts, and eventually, Headmistress.
Fat Lady	Unknown	Now has a portrait that guards the Gryffindor Tower.
Fleamont Potter	The father of James Potter and the grandfather of the famous Harry Potter.
R. J. H. King	1960s	Member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Arthur Weasley	1961 — 1968	Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Eventually married Molly Prewett.
Molly Prewett	Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Eventually married Arthur Weasley.
M. G. McGonagall	1960s—1970s	Member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Mary Macdonald	1970s	Was once victim of a curse used on her by Mulciber in her school years.
Remus Lupin	1971 — 1978	Prefect and a Werewolf. The Whomping Willow was planted because of him. Eventually married Nymphadora Tonks. Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Later murdered in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Peter Pettigrew	Animagus in the form of a rat. Former member of the Order of the Phoenix, later joined the Death Eaters. Eventually dies when his Silver Hand turns on him.
Sirius Black	Only member of the House of Black to be sorted outside of Slytherin house, Animagus in the form of a dog, member of the Order of the Phoenix. Murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange.
Jerry Russo	Pure-blood Gryffindor wizard, husband of Theresa Russo and father of Justin, Alex and Max.
Oliver Tate	Half-blood Gryffindor wizard. Father of Alec and Malia
Tristan Milton	Pure-blood Gryffindor wizard, husband of Elizabeth Milton and father of Rami and Elizabeth.
James Potter	Head Boy, Animagus in the form of a stag, and member of the original Order of the Phoenix. Husband of Lily Evans and father of Harry Potter. Murdered by Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War.
Lily Evans	Head Girl, member of the Slug Club, and member of the original Order of the Phoenix. Wife of James Potter and mother of Harry Potter. Murdered by Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War.
Douwe Posthuma	1981-1988	Head Boy. Later Professor of Care of Magical Creatures.
Bill Weasley	1982 — 1989	Head Boy. Eventually married Fleur Delacour.
Charles Weasley	1984 — 1991	Seeker and Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Works with dragons in Romania.
Oliver Wood	1987 — 1994	Keeper and Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Percy Weasley	Prefect and Head Boy. Eventually marries Audrey Weasley.
Reggie Mantle	1988 — 1995	Beater for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Member of the Order of the Elementals.
Alicia Spinnet	1989 — 1996	Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Member of Dumbledore’s Army.
Angelina Johnson	Chaser on, and later Captain of, the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Member of Dumbledore’s Army. Eventually married George Weasley.
Adam Davenport	1990 — 1997	Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Archie Andrews	Gryffindor student.
Cameron Puckerman	Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Bella Thorn	Former Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Kicked out.
Jace Herondale	Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Brett Talbot
Alec Tate	1991 — 1998	Captain and Seeker of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Has a crush on Brody Hudson.
Tate Langdon	Muggle-born Gryffindor wizard.
Malia Tate	Co-captain and Beater of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. In a relationship with fellow Beater Scott McCall.
Emilia Milton	Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Samantha Giddings	Muggle-born witch.
Cheryl Dewitt Bukater	Pure blood witch. Younger sister of Rose Dewitt Bukater.
Jesse Bullock	Beater of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The bully of Brody Hudson and enemy of Jackson Whittemore and Theo Raeken.
Kim Hall	Being a Gryffindor student. The ex-girlfriend of Brody Hudson

Behind the scenes

• J.K. Rowling was once asked in an interview into which House would she sort British politician and former Prime minister Gordon Brown, were she the Sorting Hat. She jokingly responded that she would sort him into Gryffindor, because of the red colours of his political party, which match the colours of Gryffindor.
• Rowling herself was sorted into Gryffindor House on Pottermore.^[2]
• Many members of the Gryffindor House seem to have a gift for Transfiguration; Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall were both Transfiguration professors, while the latter was the Head of this House. There are four known Animagi from Gryffindor house: James Potter (a stag), Sirius Black (a dog), Peter Pettigrew (a rat) and Minerva McGonagall (a cat). Gryffindor Hermione Granger was noted to be very talented in Transfiguration from her first class. James Potter’s wand was also noted to be good for Transfiguration.
  • Neville Longbottom was an exception to this ‘rule’, as Transfiguration was among his worst subjects (Herbology was his best).
• In the films, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil‘s twin sister, is seen as a Gryffindor, while in the books she is a Ravenclaw.
• Based on their portrait hanging in Gryffindor Tower, Valeria Myriadd, Oracutus Spheer, Damara Dodderidge, Percival Pratt and several other unknown individuals may have been Gryffindors.
• Rubeus Hagrid stated in the first book that all the wizards who went bad were from Slytherin, however, Peter Pettigrew, who was in Gryffindor disproves this. At this point Hagrid was unaware that Pettigrew was still alive, or that he was working for Voldemort. (It should also be noted that Quirinus Quirrell, a Ravenclaw, was working for Voldemort at the time, although Hagrid was unaware of this as well.) Another reason why this is odd is that, at the time, Sirius Black was believed to have gone bad (Hagrid’s comments in the Three Broomsticks prove that he knew nothing of the truth in this instance), and he was also a Gryffindor. So Hagrid would have known of at least one Gryffindor who had ‘gone bad’. He most likely did not mention this so that Harry would not try to find out more about his godfather, or it could have been ‘Gryffindor propaganda’, since Slytherin and Gryffindor are known rivals. It is also possible that Hagrid did not remember these exceptions at the time.

•  Evanna Lynch, the actress who portrayed Luna in the films, was sorted into Gryffindor house on Pottermore.^[3]
• It should be noted that the colours and emblems of Gryffindor resemble the historical English coat of arms. Whether this was intentional on Rowling’s part is unknown.
• Gryffindor House won the second House Cup in Pottermore; their reward for winning was Gryffindor-related downloadable material.
• The Sorting Hat considered placing Fillius Flitwick in Gryffindor before choosing Ravenclaw.

Etymology

• Gryffindor could possibly be derived from griffin, which is a creature in mythology with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle.
• In Old English and Old High German dor means gate or door.
• In French «d’or» means «of gold,» one of the Gryffindor House colours, though it can also come from the Greek word «dora» meaning «gift».
• A combination can be assumed; «Golden Gift of the Lion».
• «Griffe» is the French word for «claw», which could refer to the claw of the lion.
• «Gryffindor» could very well be explained by heraldry: «Gryffin» would then stand for the griffin beast, and the «[d]or» would refer to the metal tincture «[d’] or» (Middle English for «[of] gold», derived from French; corresponds to yellow).
• Gryffindor is also a pun on the golden gryffin, which is a lion that only has eagle wings, so it has the head and front paws of a lion, and has golden fur and feathers. Even the French for Griffindor, Griffondor is a French homophone for the actual beast, Griffon d’Or.

See also

• Gryffindor Quidditch team
• Godric Gryffindor’s Sword
• Hufflepuff
• Ravenclaw
• Slytherin

Notes and references

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Houses:
Namesake Founders: Godric Gryffindor · Helga Hufflepuff · Rowena Ravenclaw · Salazar Slytherin
Heads of House: Minerva McGonagall · Pomona Sprout · Whitney Houston · Severus Snape
House Ghosts: Nearly Headless Nick · Fat Friar · Grey Lady · Bloody Baron

Gryffindor is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Godric Gryffindor. The particular characteristics of students Sorted into Gryffindor are courage, chivalry, and determination. The emblematic animal is a lion, and its colours are red and gold. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, also known as «Nearly Headless Nick» is the house ghost.  

Gryffindor corresponds roughly to the element of fire, and it is for that reason that the colours red and gold were chosen to represent the House^[1].The colour of fire corresponds to that of a lion as well, red representing the mane and tail and gold representing the coat.

Traits

The Gryffindor house emphasises the traits of courage as well as «daring, nerve, and chivalry,» and thus its members are generally regarded as brave, though sometimes to the point of recklessness. They can also be short-tempered. Notably, Gryffindor house contributed many members to Dumbledore’s Army and the Order of the Phoenix, although this may have been because the main members made it a point not to associate with other houses.

According to Phinaes Nigellus Black, members of other houses, particularly Slytherin, sometimes feel that Gryffindors engage in «pointless heroics.» Another Slytherin, Severus Snape, considered many Gryffindors to be self-righteous and arrogant, with no regard for rules.

Reputation

Gryffindors and Slytherins have shared a fierce house rivalry since their founders, Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin, respectively, had a severe falling out over Slytherin’s emphasis on blood purity which Gryffindor felt was wrong. There might also be an element of feeling wronged, as Harry and his fellow Gryffindors tend to win in a lot of circumstances which, when viewed from a neutral point of view, may be considered unfair. Examples of this include the last-minute points awarded by Headmaster Dumbledore at the Leaving Feast, which conveniently put Gryffindor ten points ahead of Slytherin in the 1991–1992 school year, the fact that no points were deducted for the rule breaking that happened during that night and Harry being permitted by Professor McGonagall to have his own broomstick for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, even though first-years are not normally permitted their own broomsticks because of danger.

Members of other houses might have felt that Gryffindor received favouritism, considering that many saw Harry Potter being chosen as the fourth competitor in the Triwizard Tournament as stealing Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory’s thunder unfairly.

Overall, however, the houses of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tended to side with Gryffindor in its rivalry with Slytherin. This was particularly notable during the Second Wizarding War — the members of Dumbledore’s Army were from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw, but lacked any Slytherins (but this also could have been because news of the group was passed by word of mouth, and Harry who founded it did not associate with any Slytherins). During the Battle of Hogwarts, the Slytherin students were forced to leave while students from the other three houses were allowed to remain behind to fight against Lord Voldemort and his army. Most of the known Death Eaters (besides Peter Pettigrew, Quirinus Quirrell, and possibly others) have been in Slytherin, and that might have been another reason as to why the other two houses sided with Gryffindor over Slytherin.

Common Room

Main article: Gryffindor Common Room

The Gryffindor Common Room is located in one of the castle’s towers (Gryffindor Tower), the entrance to which is located on the seventh floor and is guarded by an oil painting of the Fat Lady, who is garbed in a pink silk dress. She permits entry only after being given the correct (regularly changing) password. Behind her painting is a large common room, with a fireplace, and two staircases leading up to the girls’ and boys’ dormitories.

There is a spell on the girls’ staircase that prevents boys from using it, however there is no such enchantment on the staircase to the boys’ dormitory, allowing girls to use it whenever they wish, due to the founders’ belief that girls were more trustworthy. The common room is very comfortable, and members of the Gryffindor house meet there for study groups, celebrations, or relaxation. The walls are lined with portraits, each one depicting a previous or current Head of Gryffindor

Head of House

The head of house before and during the Hudbars’ time was Minerva McGonagall. Minerva became the head house possibly at the same time she was appointed Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, in 1956 when Albus Dumbledore became Headmaster, she took over his previous teaching position. She resigned in 2024 and Jace Herondale was named as the new Head of Gryffindor House by Headmaster Raeken.

List of known Gryffindors

Gryffindor	Period attending Hogwarts	Notes
Sir Cadogan	Middle Ages	His portrait guarded Gryffindor Tower in 1993.
Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington	15th century	Now the house ghost.
Albus Dumbledore	1892 — 1899	Later Headmaster of Hogwarts, founder of the Order of the Phoenix.
Celestina Warbeck	1928 — 1936	Later became known as the «Singing Sorceress»
Rubeus Hagrid	1940 — 1943	Expelled for uncommitted crimes in his third year.
Minerva McGonagall	1947 — 1954	Animagus in the form of a cat, later became Head of Gryffindor House, Transfiguration Professor of Hogwarts, and eventually, Headmistress.
Fat Lady	Unknown	Now has a portrait that guards the Gryffindor Tower.
Fleamont Potter	The father of James Potter and the grandfather of the famous Harry Potter.
R. J. H. King	1960s	Member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Arthur Weasley	1961 — 1968	Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Eventually married Molly Prewett.
Molly Prewett	Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Eventually married Arthur Weasley.
M. G. McGonagall	1960s—1970s	Member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Mary Macdonald	1970s	Was once victim of a curse used on her by Mulciber in her school years.
Remus Lupin	1971 — 1978	Prefect and a Werewolf. The Whomping Willow was planted because of him. Eventually married Nymphadora Tonks. Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Later murdered in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Peter Pettigrew	Animagus in the form of a rat. Former member of the Order of the Phoenix, later joined the Death Eaters. Eventually dies when his Silver Hand turns on him.
Sirius Black	Only member of the House of Black to be sorted outside of Slytherin house, Animagus in the form of a dog, member of the Order of the Phoenix. Murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange.
Jerry Russo	Pure-blood Gryffindor wizard, husband of Theresa Russo and father of Justin, Alex and Max.
Oliver Tate	Half-blood Gryffindor wizard. Father of Alec and Malia
Tristan Milton	Pure-blood Gryffindor wizard, husband of Elizabeth Milton and father of Rami and Elizabeth.
James Potter	Head Boy, Animagus in the form of a stag, and member of the original Order of the Phoenix. Husband of Lily Evans and father of Harry Potter. Murdered by Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War.
Lily Evans	Head Girl, member of the Slug Club, and member of the original Order of the Phoenix. Wife of James Potter and mother of Harry Potter. Murdered by Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War.
Douwe Posthuma	1981-1988	Head Boy. Later Professor of Care of Magical Creatures.
Bill Weasley	1982 — 1989	Head Boy. Eventually married Fleur Delacour.
Charles Weasley	1984 — 1991	Seeker and Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Works with dragons in Romania.
Oliver Wood	1987 — 1994	Keeper and Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Percy Weasley	Prefect and Head Boy. Eventually marries Audrey Weasley.
Reggie Mantle	1988 — 1995	Beater for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Member of the Order of the Elementals.
Alicia Spinnet	1989 — 1996	Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Member of Dumbledore’s Army.
Angelina Johnson	Chaser on, and later Captain of, the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Member of Dumbledore’s Army. Eventually married George Weasley.
Adam Davenport	1990 — 1997	Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Archie Andrews	Gryffindor student.
Cameron Puckerman	Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Bella Thorn	Former Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Kicked out.
Jace Herondale	Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Brett Talbot
Alec Tate	1991 — 1998	Captain and Seeker of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Has a crush on Brody Hudson.
Tate Langdon	Muggle-born Gryffindor wizard.
Malia Tate	Co-captain and Beater of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. In a relationship with fellow Beater Scott McCall.
Emilia Milton	Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Samantha Giddings	Muggle-born witch.
Cheryl Dewitt Bukater	Pure blood witch. Younger sister of Rose Dewitt Bukater.
Jesse Bullock	Beater of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The bully of Brody Hudson and enemy of Jackson Whittemore and Theo Raeken.
Kim Hall	Being a Gryffindor student. The ex-girlfriend of Brody Hudson

Behind the scenes

• J.K. Rowling was once asked in an interview into which House would she sort British politician and former Prime minister Gordon Brown, were she the Sorting Hat. She jokingly responded that she would sort him into Gryffindor, because of the red colours of his political party, which match the colours of Gryffindor.
• Rowling herself was sorted into Gryffindor House on Pottermore.^[2]
• Many members of the Gryffindor House seem to have a gift for Transfiguration; Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall were both Transfiguration professors, while the latter was the Head of this House. There are four known Animagi from Gryffindor house: James Potter (a stag), Sirius Black (a dog), Peter Pettigrew (a rat) and Minerva McGonagall (a cat). Gryffindor Hermione Granger was noted to be very talented in Transfiguration from her first class. James Potter’s wand was also noted to be good for Transfiguration.
  • Neville Longbottom was an exception to this ‘rule’, as Transfiguration was among his worst subjects (Herbology was his best).
• In the films, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil‘s twin sister, is seen as a Gryffindor, while in the books she is a Ravenclaw.
• Based on their portrait hanging in Gryffindor Tower, Valeria Myriadd, Oracutus Spheer, Damara Dodderidge, Percival Pratt and several other unknown individuals may have been Gryffindors.
• Rubeus Hagrid stated in the first book that all the wizards who went bad were from Slytherin, however, Peter Pettigrew, who was in Gryffindor disproves this. At this point Hagrid was unaware that Pettigrew was still alive, or that he was working for Voldemort. (It should also be noted that Quirinus Quirrell, a Ravenclaw, was working for Voldemort at the time, although Hagrid was unaware of this as well.) Another reason why this is odd is that, at the time, Sirius Black was believed to have gone bad (Hagrid’s comments in the Three Broomsticks prove that he knew nothing of the truth in this instance), and he was also a Gryffindor. So Hagrid would have known of at least one Gryffindor who had ‘gone bad’. He most likely did not mention this so that Harry would not try to find out more about his godfather, or it could have been ‘Gryffindor propaganda’, since Slytherin and Gryffindor are known rivals. It is also possible that Hagrid did not remember these exceptions at the time.

•  Evanna Lynch, the actress who portrayed Luna in the films, was sorted into Gryffindor house on Pottermore.^[3]
• It should be noted that the colours and emblems of Gryffindor resemble the historical English coat of arms. Whether this was intentional on Rowling’s part is unknown.
• Gryffindor House won the second House Cup in Pottermore; their reward for winning was Gryffindor-related downloadable material.
• The Sorting Hat considered placing Fillius Flitwick in Gryffindor before choosing Ravenclaw.

Etymology

• Gryffindor could possibly be derived from griffin, which is a creature in mythology with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle.
• In Old English and Old High German dor means gate or door.
• In French «d’or» means «of gold,» one of the Gryffindor House colours, though it can also come from the Greek word «dora» meaning «gift».
• A combination can be assumed; «Golden Gift of the Lion».
• «Griffe» is the French word for «claw», which could refer to the claw of the lion.
• «Gryffindor» could very well be explained by heraldry: «Gryffin» would then stand for the griffin beast, and the «[d]or» would refer to the metal tincture «[d’] or» (Middle English for «[of] gold», derived from French; corresponds to yellow).
• Gryffindor is also a pun on the golden gryffin, which is a lion that only has eagle wings, so it has the head and front paws of a lion, and has golden fur and feathers. Even the French for Griffindor, Griffondor is a French homophone for the actual beast, Griffon d’Or.

See also

• Gryffindor Quidditch team
• Godric Gryffindor’s Sword
• Hufflepuff
• Ravenclaw
• Slytherin

Notes and references

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Houses:
Namesake Founders: Godric Gryffindor · Helga Hufflepuff · Rowena Ravenclaw · Salazar Slytherin
Heads of House: Minerva McGonagall · Pomona Sprout · Whitney Houston · Severus Snape
House Ghosts: Nearly Headless Nick · Fat Friar · Grey Lady · Bloody Baron

Not to be confused with Hogwort.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Studio model of Hogwarts at Leavesden Studios
Universe	Wizarding World
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997)
Most recent appearance	Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
In-universe information
Type	Selective school Secondary school Boarding school
Founded	c. 9th/10th century
Location	Scotland
Owner	Ministry of Magic
Purpose	Training for children with magical abilities[1]
Motto	Latin: Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus («Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon»)[2]

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry () is a fictional Scottish boarding school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, and is the primary setting for the first six books in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series and serves as a major setting in the Wizarding World universe.^[3]

History

Establishment

Founded in the 10th century by Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin, Hogwarts was established in the Highlands of Scotland to educate young wizards and witches as well as to keep students safe from muggle persecution. Theory has it that Rowena Ravenclaw came up with the name of Hogwarts after dreaming of a warty hog that led her to a cliff by a lake.^[4] Since then, Hogwarts educated most wizarding children with residence in Great Britain and Ireland, keeping its location hidden from other wizarding schools and muggles.

Middle ages

About three hundred years after the school was founded, the Triwizard Tournament was established as an interscholastic competition among the three most prestigious magical schools in Europe: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang. The tournament continued for six centuries before being discontinued. An attempt was made in the 1994–1995 school year to revive the tournament, but the consequential death of Cedric Diggory resulted in its permanent discontinuation.^{[citation needed]}

Academics and traditions

Hogwarts is a coeducational, secondary boarding school, taking children from ages eleven to seventeen.^[3] Education at Hogwarts is not compulsory, with some students being home schooled as stated in the seventh book. Rowling initially said there are about one thousand students at Hogwarts.^[5] She later suggested around six hundred, while acknowledging that this number was still inconsistent with the small number of people in Harry’s year. She further explained that this had resulted from her creating only 40 characters for Harry’s year.^[6]

Admission

According to the novels, admission to Hogwarts is selective, in that children who show magical ability will automatically gain a place,^[7] and squibs cannot attend the school as students (though they can work there in other roles, as Argus Filch does).^[8] A magical quill at Hogwarts detects the birth of magical children and writes their names into a large parchment book,^[1] but there is no admission test because «you are either magical or you are not.»^[7] Every year, a teacher checks this book and sends a letter to the children who are turning eleven. Acceptance or refusal of a place at Hogwarts must be posted by 31 July. The letter also contains a list of supplies like spell books, uniform, and other things that the student will need. The prospective student is expected to buy all the necessary materials, normally from shops in Diagon Alley, a concealed street near Charing Cross Road in London that can be found behind the wizarding pub, The Leaky Cauldron. Students who cannot afford their supplies can receive financial aid from the school, as happened with the young orphan Tom Riddle.

Letters to Muggle-born witches and wizards, who may not be aware of their powers and are unfamiliar with the concealed wizarding world, are delivered in person by a member of Hogwarts staff, who then explains to the parents or guardians about magical society, and reassures them regarding this news.^[HP7]

Though the school is in Great Britain, its catchment area is the wider British Isles, as Irish students can also attend.

Each student is allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Along with the acceptance letter, first-year students are sent a list of required equipment which includes a wand, subject books, a standard size 2 pewter cauldron, a set of brass scales, a set of glass or crystal phials, a kit of basic potion ingredients (for Potions), and a telescope (for Astronomy). The Hogwarts uniform consists of plain work robes in black, a plain black hat, a pair of protective gloves, and a black winter cloak with silver fastenings. Each uniform must contain the wearer’s nametag. First years are not allowed a broomstick of their own, though an exception to this rule is made for Harry Potter in his first year after he demonstrates an excellent ability as a Seeker in Quidditch.

Arrival

The primary mode of transport to Hogwarts is the Hogwarts Express that students take at the start of each school year. Students board the train from the also fictional and hidden Platform 9¾ at King’s Cross station in London. The train arrives at Hogsmeade station near Hogwarts, some time after nightfall.

From there, first-year students are accompanied by the «Keeper of the Keys, Game and Grounds» (which was Hagrid during the first novel) to small boats, which magically sail across the lake and get them near the entrance of Hogwarts. The older students ride up to the castle in carriages pulled by creatures called Thestrals. When the first-year students initially arrive at the castle, they wait in a small chamber off the entrance hall until the older students have taken their seats, and then enter the Great Hall for the Sorting Ceremony to determine their House assignments. As Professor Minerva McGonagall said in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, «The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your House will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your House, sleep in your House dormitory, and spend free time in your House common room.»
After the Sorting Hat sings a song, each student in turn is seated upon the stool in front of the rest of the student body. The Hat is placed on the student’s head, whereupon it examines his or her mind and assigns them to one of the four Houses based on abilities, personality, and preferences. After the Sorting Ceremony, the students and teachers enjoy a feast, prepared by the Hogwarts house-elves. If Dumbledore is feeling cheerful, he will lead the students in singing the school song.^[9]

Houses

Hogwarts is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. Throughout the school year, the houses compete for the House Cup, gaining and losing points based on actions such as performance in class and rule violations. The house with the highest end-of-year total wins and has its colours displayed in the Great Hall for the following school year. Each house also has its own Quidditch team that competes for the Quidditch Cup. These two competitions breed rivalries between the houses. Houses at Hogwarts are living and learning communities for their students. Each house is under the authority of one of the Hogwarts staff members. The Heads of the houses, as they are called, are in charge of giving their students important information, dealing with matters of severe punishment, and responding to emergencies in their houses, among other things. The dormitory and common room of a House are, barring rare exceptions, inaccessible to students belonging to other Houses; however, different houses will share classes as they are based on year group rather than House.

In the early days of Hogwarts, the four founders hand-picked students for their Houses. When the founders worried how students would be selected after their deaths, Godric Gryffindor took his hat off and they each added knowledge to it, allowing the Sorting Hat to choose the students by judging each student’s qualities and placing them in the most appropriate house. The student’s own choices may affect the decision: the clearest example is the Hat telling Harry that he would do well in Slytherin in the first book, but ultimately selecting Gryffindor after Harry asks it not to put him in Slytherin.

The translators of the books’ foreign editions had difficulty translating the «house» concept; in countries where this system does not exist, no word could adequately convey the importance of belonging to a house, the loyalty owed to it, and the pride taken in prizes won by the house.^[10]

Gryffindor

Gryffindor values courage, bravery, nerve, and chivalry. Gryffindor’s mascot is the lion, and its colours are scarlet red and gold (maroon and gold on the ties and scarves). During the books, the Head of this house is the Transfiguration Professor and Deputy Headmistress, Minerva McGonagall until she becomes headmistress, and the house ghost is Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, more commonly known as Nearly Headless Nick. According to Rowling, Gryffindor corresponds roughly to the element of fire.^[11] The founder of the house is Godric Gryffindor.

The Gryffindor common room is in one of the castle’s highest towers, and its entrance is on the seventh floor in the east wing of the castle and is guarded by a painting of The Fat Lady, who is garbed in a pink dress. She permits entry only after being given the correct password, as was established in the third book, when Sirius Black tried forcing entry into the tower, only to be blocked by The Fat Lady after he could not give the correct password. In the first book, Neville Longbottom tends to forget the password and must wait near the painting until other Gryffindors arrive to open the way.^[12]

Hufflepuff

Hufflepuff values hard work, patience, justice, and loyalty. The house mascot is the badger, and canary yellow and black (or golden yellow and graphite in the Fantastic Beasts films) are its colours. During the books, the Head of this house is the Herbology Professor Pomona Sprout, and the house ghost is the Fat Friar. According to Rowling, Hufflepuff corresponds roughly to the element of earth.^[11] The founder of this house is Helga Hufflepuff.

The entrance to the Hufflepuff dormitories and common room entrance is concealed in a pile of large barrels in an alcove in the corridor that holds the kitchen. To enter, one must tap the barrel two from the bottom in the middle of the second row in the rhythm of «Helga Hufflepuff». Unlike any other house, the Hufflepuff common room has a repelling device that douses the illegal entrant in vinegar if the wrong lid is tapped or the rhythm is wrong.^[13] The Hufflepuff common room is filled with yellow hangings and fat armchairs and it has little tunnels leading to the dormitories, all of which have perfectly round doors, like barrel tops.^[14]

Ravenclaw

Ravenclaw values intelligence, learning, wisdom and wit.^[HP5][HP7] The house mascot is an eagle and the house colours are blue and bronze (blue and silver in the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films and on the ties and scarves). During the books, the head of this house is the Charms teacher, Professor Filius Flitwick, and the house ghost is the Grey Lady. According to Rowling, Ravenclaw corresponds roughly to the element of air.^[11] The founder of this house is Rowena Ravenclaw.

The dormitories are in Ravenclaw Tower, on the west side of Hogwarts. The common room is round and filled with blue hangings and armchairs, has a domed ceiling painted with stars and features a replica statue of Rowena wearing her diadem. Harry also notes that Ravenclaws «have a spectacular view of the surrounding mountains». A logical riddle must be solved to gain entry, whereas the Gryffindor and Slytherin common rooms only require a password. Professor McGonagall, the head of the Gryffindor House, solves the riddle accurately.

Slytherin

Slytherin values ambition, cunning, leadership, and resourcefulness; the Sorting Hat said in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone that Slytherins will do anything to get their way. The house mascot of Slytherin is the serpent, and the house colours are green and silver. Throughout the series, until the seventh book, the Head of House is Professor Severus Snape. Then, the previous Head of House Professor Horace Slughorn comes out of retirement, re-assuming authority after Snape becomes headmaster. The ghost of Slytherin house is Bloody Baron.^[15] According to Rowling, Slytherin corresponds roughly to the element of water.^[11] The founder of this house is Salazar Slytherin.

The Slytherin dormitories and common room are reached by speaking a password to a patch of bare stone wall in the dungeons, which causes a hidden door to open. The Slytherin common room is a long, low, dungeon-style room, under the Hogwarts Lake, furnished with green lamps and carved armchairs. The room is described in the second book as having a greenish glow.

The Sorting Hat claims that blood purity is a factor in selecting Slytherins, although this is not mentioned until the fifth book. There is no reason to believe, however, that Muggle-born students are not sorted there, merely that pure-blooded students are more desirable to that house, as there are several examples of half-bloods in the house – such as Snape and Tom Riddle/Voldemort – and Harry himself was only excluded from the house at his own insistence. In Deathly Hallows, a group of Snatchers claim that «not many Mudbloods» are sorted into Slytherin.

When believing Harry to be dead and thinking that he has final victory in his grasp, Voldemort proclaims his intention to abolish the other three houses and force all Hogwarts students into Slytherin. This design is foiled by his defeat and death, after which Slytherin becomes more diluted in its blood purity, no longer remaining the pure-blood bastion it once was.

Subjects and teachers

Being a school of magic, many subjects at Hogwarts differ from the studies of a typical school. Some subjects, such as History of Magic, derive from non-wizard – or muggle – subjects, but many others, such as charms and apparition classes, are unique to the wizarding world.
There are twelve named teachers (referred to as Professors), each specialising in a single subject. All professors are overseen by a school head and deputy head. Transfiguration, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Potions, Astronomy, History of Magic, and Herbology are compulsory subjects for the first five years, as well as flying lessons. At the end of their second year, students are required to add at least two optional subjects to their syllabus for the start of the third year. The five choices are Arithmancy, Muggle Studies, Divination, Study of Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures. According to J.K. Rowling, «very specialised subjects such as alchemy are sometimes offered in the final two years, if there is sufficient demand.»^[16]

At the end of their fifth year, students take the Ordinary Wizarding Level (O.W.L.) examinations for all subjects in which they are enrolled.^{[citation needed]} Each examination consists of a written knowledge test and, where applicable, a practical demonstration of skills before a panel of proctors from the Ministry of Magic. Students who achieve a high enough O.W.L. grade in a particular subject may take its advanced course for the final two years, in preparation for the Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests (N.E.W.T.) given at the end of the seventh year.

Daily life

The day begins at Hogwarts with breakfast in the Great Hall. Students sit at their own House table and can eat and socialise, or finish homework. The Headmaster or Headmistress eats with the professors at the High Table placed at the far end of the hall. During breakfast, owls bring in the students’ post, generally consisting of The Daily Prophet, letters from parents or friends, or packages from home. A bell signals the start of the first class of the morning at 9 am.

There are two long morning classes with a short break in between them for students to get to their next class. After lunch, classes resume at 1 pm, and there is a break around afternoon teatime before another class period. The classes are about one hour in length, with occasional double periods lasting two hours. Classes end around five o’clock. First-year students get Friday afternoons off, while sixth- and seventh-year students have several free periods during the week. In the evening, students eat their dinner in the Great Hall, after which they are expected to be in their common rooms. Astronomy classes take place late at night in the Astronomy Tower.

The four House dormitories have secret entrances, generally known only to members of that house and require a password (Gryffindor & Slytherin), riddle answer (Ravenclaw) or ritual (Hufflepuff) in order to gain entrance. Inside is the common room, which contains armchairs and sofas for the pupils and tables for studying and homework. There are fireplaces to keep the rooms warm, and students either relax here in the evenings or else complete their homework, but may complete their work in the bedroom. There are notice boards in each common room and at other strategic points throughout the school. The students sleep in their House dormitories, which branch off from the common rooms. Each dormitory gets at least two rooms; one for boys and one for girls (an enchantment prevents boys from entering the girls’ area, although there is no spell to prevent the reverse from occurring). Each student sleeps in a large four-poster bed with bed covers and heavy curtains in the House colours, and thick white pillows. There is a bedside table for each bed, and each dormitory has a jug of water and goblets on a tray.

On designated weekends, Hogwarts students in their third year or higher, with a signed permission slip, are permitted to walk to the nearby wizarding village of Hogsmeade, where they can relax and enjoy the pubs, restaurants and shops. There appears to be a good relationship between the school and the village, and the students get on well with the locals. Favourite places in Hogsmeade include Honeydukes Sweetshop, Zonko’s Joke Shop, clothing stores such as Gladrags Wizardwear, the Shrieking Shack (regarded as the most haunted building in Britain), the pubs The Three Broomsticks and The Hog’s Head, and Madam Puddifoot’s coffee shop.

Food

The house-elves at Hogwarts amongst other duties provide all food to students and staff. They cook a wide variety of dishes especially at the feasts. The various dishes are prepared in the kitchens directly below the Great Hall. Within the kitchen are four long tables directly aligned with the house tables in the great hall above. At meal times the food is magically transported up, appearing directly in front of the students.^[17]

Discipline

Apart from losing points from a house, serious misdeeds at Hogwarts are punishable by detention. Whenever a student loses a house point, their house jewels (ruby for Gryffindors, emeralds for Slytherin, sapphires for Ravenclaw, and diamonds for Hufflepuff) are taken away from a glass hourglass located in every classroom. The same goes for adding points to the specific house, although the teacher or prefect must conjure the gems from thin air.

According to the school caretaker, Argus Filch, detention meant subjection to various forms of corporal punishment until recently. Arthur Weasley claimed still to bear physical scars inflicted by Apollyon Pringle, Filch’s predecessor. In present times, however, detention usually involves assisting staff or faculty with tedious tasks. Examples of detention include the one imposed on Harry by Umbridge in Order of the Phoenix. In this case, Harry was forced to write, «I must not tell lies» repeatedly using a magical quill which then carves what is written into the back of the writer’s hand. However, most teachers at the school never use this cruel punishment. In another case, when Snape caught Harry using the Sectumsempra curse on Draco, he was forced to go through over a thousand boxes of files describing wrongdoers at Hogwarts and their punishments. Harry was supposed to order them in alphabetical order, and rewrite the cards whose words were hard to see or otherwise damaged. The Weasley twins Fred and George had a whole drawer of these cards.

For even more serious offences, students may be suspended or even expelled from Hogwarts. Harry and Ron are threatened with expulsion after crashing Ron’s car into the Whomping Willow at the start of their second year, and Harry is expelled before the start of his fifth year (although the sentence is quickly changed to a disciplinary hearing) after he is detected using magic in the presence of Muggles, a serious offence among the wizarding community. Dumbledore argued in Harry’s defence, stating that it was done in self-defence, and that the Ministry has no authority to expel students – such powers are invested in the Headmaster and the Board of Governors. Snape has attempted to have Harry expelled, and he attempted to have Harry’s father, James Potter, expelled when they were at Hogwarts together. The only student known to have been expelled is Hagrid, for the murder of Myrtle with an acromantula believed to be the Monster of Slytherin and for opening the Chamber of Secrets – crimes for which Tom Riddle had framed him.

Professors seem to be able to punish students with relative impunity and can hand out detention, even for unsatisfactory grades. Enforcement of rules outside of class mainly falls to the caretaker, with the assistance of the prefects. A student’s Head of House usually has the final say in disciplinary matters. However, during Umbridge’s tenure at Hogwarts, she quickly obtains the power to have the final say in disciplinary actions, due to an Educational Decree (one of many) passed by Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge.

In the summer before their fifth year, two fifth year students from each House are picked to be prefects, which grants them privileges and responsibilities and disciplinary responsibilities. The leaders of the student body, the Head Boy and Head Girl, are drawn from the seventh year students. Prefects have the authority to give detentions for infractions.

Castle and grounds

J. K. Rowling says she visualises Hogwarts, in its entirety, to be:

A huge, rambling, quite scary-looking castle, with a jumble of towers and battlements. Like the Weasleys’ house, it isn’t a building that Muggles could build, because it is supported by magic.^[1]

In the novels, Hogwarts is somewhere in Scotland^[18] (the film Prisoner of Azkaban says that Dufftown is near). The school is depicted as having numerous charms and spells on and around it that make it impossible for a Muggle to locate it. Muggles cannot see the school; rather, they see only ruins and several warnings of danger.^[GF Ch.11] The castle’s setting is described as having extensive grounds with sloping lawns, flowerbeds and vegetable patches, a loch (called The Black Lake), a large dense forest (called the Forbidden Forest), several greenhouses and other outbuildings, and a full-size Quidditch pitch. There is also an owlery, which houses all the owls owned by the school and those owned by students. Some rooms in the school tend to «move around», and so do the stairs in the grand staircase.^[19] Witches and wizards cannot Apparate or Disapparate in Hogwarts grounds, except when the Headmaster lifts the enchantment, whether only in certain areas or for the entire campus, so as to make the school less vulnerable when it serves the headmaster to allow Apparition.^[GF Ch.28] Electricity and electronic devices are not found at Hogwarts. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hermione indicates that due to the high levels of magic, «substitutes for magic (that) Muggles use» such as computers, radar and electricity «go haywire» around Hogwarts. Radios however, make an exception. Rowling explains this by saying that the radios are not powered by electricity but by magic.

Hogwarts is on the shore of a lake, sometimes called the Black Lake. In that lake are merpeople, Grindylows, and a giant squid. The giant squid does not attack humans and sometimes acts as a lifeguard when students are in the lake. The castle and its grounds are home to many secret areas as well as well-known and well-used places.

Hiding place of the Philosopher’s Stone

Accessed by entering a trapdoor in the forbidden corridor on the third floor, and protected by a gauntlet of seven magical challenges set up by the teachers.

• A giant three-headed dog named Fluffy placed specially to guard the trapdoor by Hagrid.
• Devil’s Snare, grown by Professor Sprout.
• A room containing dozens of keys, charmed by Flitwick to sprout wings and fly near the ceiling. One of these keys will unlock the door to the next section. However, in the film adaptation, the keys attack the seeker of the Stone.
• A large chessboard with an army of large chessmen, transfigured by McGonagall. To continue to the door on the opposite side, the person in question must beat the chessmen at a game of wizards’ chess where the player must risk his life if he loses. Ron and Professor Quirrell are the only wizards to win the game of wizards’ chess.
• A room with a large troll inside. This is Quirrell’s challenge. In the book, Quirrell had knocked out his own troll to get to the last room and thus the trio did not have to fight it; in the film, it does not appear, but it appears in the PS1 and Game Boy Color version of the game.
• A series of potions, brewed by Snape. A logical riddle, not magic, has to be solved. There are two doors, blocked by fire. One potion will allow the person to exit the way he or she arrived, another will allow him or her to continue to the next chamber, two are nettle wine, and the other three are poison. This challenge does not appear in the film, but does in the video game adaptation.
• The Mirror of Erised can be found in the final chamber, further enchanted by Dumbledore to bestow the Philosopher’s Stone upon a seeker only hoping to acquire the stone but not use it for selfish means.

Chamber of Secrets

The Chamber of Secrets, which is deep under the school (most likely under the lake),^[20] was home to an ancient Basilisk, intended to be used to purge the school of Muggle-born students. Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts, built the Chamber before he left the school.

The entrance to the Chamber is hidden in the second-floor girls’ lavatory (haunted by Moaning Myrtle). One of the sink taps has a snake scratched into its side; when a command in Parseltongue is spoken, it opens to reveal the mouth of a dark, slimy chute, wide enough to slide down, that gives onto a stone tunnel. There are many skeletons of small animals littering the floor and even a gigantic skin shed by the Basilisk. The tunnel leads to a solid wall, carved with two entwined serpents with emeralds for eyes.^[20] At a command in Parseltongue, the wall opens to expose a long, dim corridor, lined with monumental statues of snakes, including two rows of towering stone pillars with more carved serpents that brace the ceiling. A colossal statue of Salazar Slytherin, looking ancient and monkey-like, is at the centre. The Basilisk rested inside the statue and emerged from its mouth when the Heir of Slytherin, Tom Riddle, summoned it.^[21]
In his second year at Hogwarts, Harry uses Parseltongue to open the chamber and destroys the diary containing the embodied memory of a 16-year-old Tom Riddle from his own days at Hogwarts and also slays the basilisk. It is later revealed that the diary was a Horcrux.
In Deathly Hallows, Ron and Hermione enter the Chamber. Ron opens the door (despite not speaking Parseltongue) by imitating sounds he heard Harry use to open Slytherin’s locket. They pull a basilisk fang from its skeleton to use to destroy the Horcrux made from Helga Hufflepuff’s cup.

When Tom Riddle opened the Chamber, Myrtle was sulking in a stall after being teased by student Olive Hornby. She opened the door, intending to tell him to leave, but died immediately upon meeting the Basilisk’s gaze and decided to become a ghost to get revenge on Hornby.^[20] The bathroom remains operational, but is rarely used by students because of Myrtle’s disagreeable presence and her habit of flooding it when she is distraught.

The film’s depiction of the Chamber has snake heads in place of the pillars and Slytherin’s statue is only his head. Rowling reveals in the book Harry Potter Page to Screen; The Complete Filmmaking Journey that the Chamber has flooded since its creation under unknown circumstances.

As shown in Deathly Hallows, the Chamber of Secrets does not appear on the Marauder’s Map.

Passages

There are usually seven secret passages in and out of the school, and in addition, the series describes the use of twin vanishing cabinets to create another. Filch knows of just four of these while the Marauders (James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew) and the Weasley twins know of all seven, though where some lead is unknown. The Room of Requirement may, on occasion, create an eighth passage out of the school. The only known instance of this occurring is a passage to the Hog’s Head that forms in Deathly Hallows. Due to the nature of the Room of Requirement, it is possible that several passages to different locations could be accessed from the Room. The three passages out of Hogwarts that Filch does not know about are:

• A passage beneath the Whomping Willow, leading to the Shrieking Shack.
• A passage behind a mirror on the fourth floor, which is caved in. It leads to Hogsmeade, but it is not known exactly where.
• A passage beneath the one-eyed witch statue by the stairs to the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, leading to the cellar of Honeydukes. Speaking aloud the word ‘Dissendium’ to the witch allows access to this passage; the hump on the statue then opens and reveals the hidden passageway.

A further link between two vanishing cabinets, one in the school and the other in Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley presumably works until Chamber of Secrets when Peeves (persuaded by Nearly Headless Nick) smashes the Hogwarts cabinet. The passage is reopened in Half-Blood Prince when Draco Malfoy fixes the cabinet. This passage is not shown on the Marauder’s Map as it is not part of the castle itself.

Besides passages in and out of the school, there are also numerous short-cuts that lead from one part of the castle to another. These are often concealed in such fashions as a tapestry which hides a hole in the wall.

Room of Requirement

On the seventh floor opposite an enormous tapestry depicting Barnabas the Barmy attempting to train trolls for the ballet, the Room of Requirement appears only when someone is in need of it. To make it appear, one must walk past its hidden entrance three times while concentrating on what is needed. The room will then appear, outfitted with whatever is required. To the Hogwarts house-elves, it is also known as the Come and Go Room.

Dumbledore is the first to mention the room, noting that he discovered it at five-thirty in the morning, filled with chamber pots when he was trying to find a toilet. However, Dumbledore did not appear to know the Room’s secrets. Dobby later told Harry of the Room in detail and admitted to frequently bringing Winky to the room to cure her bouts of Butterbeer-induced drunkenness, finding it full of antidotes and a «nice elf-sized bed.» Filch was said to find cleaning supplies here when he had run out; when Fred and George needed a place to hide, it would appear as a broom cupboard. Trelawney also makes a habit of using it to hide her empty sherry bottles after she is sacked in Order of the Phoenix. It would seem that when one wishes to hide something it produces the same room for everyone: the Room of Hidden Things, which is full of many centuries worth of abandoned objects, such as broken furniture, books, and in one case a dead quintaped (for more information see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), which were presumably forgotten by their owners.

Harry learns of the room’s abilities from Dobby in Order of the Phoenix, finding it the perfect location for his Dumbledore’s Army meetings, during which it is filled with bookcases full of Defence Against the Dark Arts volumes, many different kinds of Dark Detectors, and a plethora of floor cushions for practising defensive spells. When the D.A. is betrayed, the room is left open, and Pansy Parkinson is able to retrieve the list of members of the organisation. In Half-Blood Prince Harry uses the Room of Hidden Things to stash his copy of Advanced Potion-Making, describing it as the size of a large cathedral and packed to overflowing with items hidden by Hogwarts inhabitants over the years, such as old potions, clothing, ruined furniture, an old tiara (which happens to be one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes), or books which are «no doubt banned or graffitied or stolen.» He later realises that Draco has been using the room in this state to hide and repair the Vanishing Cabinet to use it to smuggle Death Eaters into Hogwarts. Ironically, while Harry tries many times to get into the Room of Requirement to see what Draco is doing, the only time he succeeds to get into the room (and he is not thinking about Draco), he gains access to the room where Malfoy has been working.

In Deathly Hallows, the students who need a place to hide from the Carrows, two Death Eater professors, use the room. It is also revealed that the Room of Requirement’s current version can change while still occupied, though should a completely different version be required (e.g. the Room of Hidden Things instead of DA Headquarters) the room must be empty. The Room can also answer to the desire of the wizard within the room, such as providing Harry with a whistle when he needed one during a Dumbledore’s Army meeting, or creating a passage to the Hog’s Head (as the room cannot produce food). Later, Ravenclaw’s diadem is found to be one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes and has been hidden in the Room of Hidden Things by Voldemort. Harry, Ron, and Hermione enter the Room, with Harry knowing that he must look for a place to hide things, and find the tiara; but they are ambushed by Draco, Crabbe and Goyle. The diadem is finally destroyed when Crabbe fills this version of the Room with what Hermione believes to have been Fiendfyre; a destructive magical fire. It is not known if the room continues to function after the events of Deathly Hallows; Ron expresses concern that it may have been ruined in all of its forms by the cursed fire.

Due to the Room of Requirement not being in a fixed location, it is one of the select locations in Hogwarts that does not appear on the Marauder’s Map.

Forbidden Forest

The Forbidden Forest is a large, dark enchanted forest in the boundaries of the school grounds. It is usually referred to simply as «the Forest» and in the film series as the «Dark Forest». It is strictly forbidden to all students, except during Care of Magical Creatures lessons and, on rare occasions, detentions.

Among the plant species within the Forest are trees such as beech, oak, pine, sycamore, yew and knotgrass and thorn undergrowth. Though the Forest is vastly dense and wild, there are a few paths and clearings. Hagrid, who frequently travels into the Forest for various reasons, mostly makes these trails. The Forest is also home to an assortment of creatures, many of them dangerous.

In 2017, a Forbidden Forest expansion was added to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London — The Making of Harry Potter, enabling fans to explore it for the first time.^[22]

Hogwarts Express

Hogwarts Express
Legend
King’s Cross London King’s Cross railway station   Hogsmeade Station   Hogsmeade

The Hogwarts Express is a train that carries pupils non-stop from Platform 9+3⁄4 at King’s Cross station in London to Hogsmeade Station, near Hogwarts. Prefects of the school ride in a separate carriage near the front of the train. The compartments on the train appear to be lettered; in Half-Blood Prince, the «Slug Club» meets in compartment C.

The train began use in the 1850s. Before that, pupils used to reach Hogwarts on brooms or enchanted carriages.^[23]

The steam engine used in the film adaptations is the GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall, but it was not the first locomotive to be disguised as the Hogwarts Express. To promote the books, the Southern Railway locomotive 34027 Taw Valley was repainted and renamed temporarily, but was rejected by director Chris Columbus as looking ‘too modern’ for the film. Filming locations for the Hogwarts Express sequences include Goathland on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Kings Cross railway station and the route of the Jacobite Express which follows the West Highland Line from Fort William to Mallaig in Scotland, as it crosses the Glenfinnan Viaduct.^[24]

Several model trains have been made of the Hogwarts Express. An 00 gauge is produced by Hornby, though this is of a Castle Class locomotive rather than the Hall Class used in the films. A three-rail H0 gauge model is produced by Märklin, and a two-rail H0/00 was produced in the early 2000s by Bachmann. Several now-discontinued L gauge models have been produced by LEGO. Lionel has released an O gauge set in their 2007 catalogue and a G gauge set for 2008.^[25][26]

A completely functioning full-scale replica of the Hogwarts Express was created for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s expansion at Universal Orlando Resort connecting King’s Cross Station at the Diagon Alley expansion in Universal Studios Florida to the Hogsmeade station at Islands of Adventure,^[27] manufactured by Doppelmayr Garaventa Group in the form of a funicular railway people mover.^[28] The Hogwarts Express King’s Cross Station features a wall between Platforms 9 and 10, where guests can «walk through» to get to Platform 9+3⁄4, as in the first film.

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  Crowds of people around 5972 in York, which had worked an enthusiast special from Manchester in June 2014.

Creation for books and films

Rowling has suggested that she may have inadvertently taken the name from the hogwort plant (Croton capitatus), which she had seen at Kew Gardens some time before writing the series,^[29] although the names «The Hogwarts» and «Hoggwart» appear in the 1954 Nigel Molesworth book How to Be Topp by Geoffrey Willans.^[30][31] The name «Hogwart» also appears in the 1986 Labyrinth fantasy film.^[32]

Most exterior scenes were shot on location at Alnwick Castle, but views of the exterior of the entire school were created from shots of Durham Cathedral with a digital spire added to the towers. Durham Cathedral also served as a set for Hogwarts interiors.

A scale model was created for exterior shots of the entire school. Models of Alnwick Castle and Durham Cathedral were also built to create more integration between the model and on location shots. It took a team of 86 artists and crew members 74 years worth of man hours to complete the model.^[33]

In popular culture

Hogwarts school was voted as the 36th best Scottish educational establishment in a 2008 online ranking, outranking Edinburgh’s Loretto School. According to a director of the Independent Schools Network Rankings, it was added to the schools listing «for fun» and was then voted on.^[34]

In translation

Most translations keep the name ‘Hogwarts’, transcribing it if necessary. For example, in Arabic it is transcribed as هوغوورتس = Hūghwūrts, in Russian as Хогвартс = Khogvarts, in Japanese as ホグワーツ = Hoguwātsu, in Bengali as হগওয়ার্টস = Hogowarts, in Greek as Χόγκουαρτς = Hóguarts, and in simplified Chinese as 霍格沃茨 = Huògéwòcí.^[35]

However, some translations translate or otherwise adapt the name: French Poudlard (lard = «bacon»),^[35] Latvian Cūkkārpas shortened from cūka = «pig» + kārpas = «warts», Dutch Zweinstein modified from zwijnsteen = «pig rock»,^[35] Norwegian Bokmål Galtvort (galt = boar, vort = wart) (Nynorsk keeps «Hogwarts«), Finnish Tylypahka (pahka = «wart»), Hungarian Roxfort (playing with the name of Oxford in tribute to Harry Potter’s home country),^[35] Slovenian Bradavičarka (bradavice = «warts»)), Czech Bradavice means simply «warts».^[35] The Ancient Greek translation of the school is «Ὑογοήτου Παιδευτήριον τὸ τῆς Γοητείας καὶ Μαγείας», loosely translating to «Hogwizard’s School of Wizardry and Magic», Ὑογοήτου replacing «Hogwarts» and derived from the ancient Greek words ὑo- (hog) and γοητής (wizard).

See also

• Albus Dumbledore
• Loch Shiel

References

External links

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on Harry Potter Wiki, an external wiki
• Hogwarts Castle on Harry Potter Wiki, an external wiki
• The Harry Potter Lexicon’s Hogwarts Atlas featuring numerous images of Hogwarts. hplex.info.
• The Marauder’s Map from the Warner Bros website, harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk