Prof. Binns History of Magic A ghost who's most exciting thing in his life is walking through the chalkboard. Only ghost who teaches at Hogwarts.
Prof. Minerva McGonagall Transfiguration/Head of Gryffindor House/Deputy Headmistress A strict and clever witch with her hair usually tied up in a bun. Someone who at first glance is definitely not someone to cross.
Prof. Severus Snape Potions/Head of Slytherin House A greasy haired teacher who teaches down in the dungeons. Has a special loathing he saves just for Harry.
Prof. Flitwick Charms/Head of Ravenclaw House A tiny little wizard who likes sugary things to drink (cherry syrup and soda with ice and umbrella) and seems very pleasant.
Prof. Sprout Herbology/Head of Hufflepuff House A short witch who is a prime expert on herbology. Always seems to have dirt under her fingernails, and definitely doesn't need help from Lockhart on putting casts on Whomping Willows.
Prof. Albus Dumbledore Headmaster Long slivery hair, sparkly blue eyes, and half-moon spectacles. Seems to love muggles and particularly muggle candy (lemon drop).
Prof. Rubeus Hagrid Gamekeeper/Care of Magical Creatures A half giant, but one of the best friends that Harry has ever had. Has a strange likeness for large and savage beasts.
Prof. Quirrel Defense Against the Dark Arts (deceased) A stuttering wizard with a large turban. Is said to have met a couple of vampires and had some nasty trouble with a hag.
Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart Defense Against the Dark Arts (lost his memory) Someone who definitely needs to puncture his ego. Loves himself, seems to have great fashion sense, and definitely a person who loves to brag.
Prof. Remus Lupin Defense Against the Dark Arts (left) A werewolf, but the favorite DADA teachers that Harry has had. Battered robes, and looks like a good hex would finish him off.
Prof. Alastor "Mad-eye" Moody Defense Against the Dark Arts A shock blue magical eye, capable of seeing through solid objects. A wooden peg, and someone who is seriously against the dark arts.
Madam Hooch Quidditch Instructor A yellow-eyed with with fly-away like hair. Strict, but otherwise good natured.
Madam "Poppy" Pomfrey Nurse Very much into details. Makes sure that everyone is always fed the nastiest things that she can find for medicine. Fusses about 99% of her life.
Madam Pince Librarian A strict librarian, like most, who doesn't like to have children in her library.
Prof. Sinistra Astronomy -
Prof. Vector Arithmancy -
Prof. Sibyll Trelawney Divination At first sight, an oversized insect. Big glasses, and, theorized by Harry, Ron, and Hermione, a complete fraud, which is are to argue.
Argus Filch Caretaker A squib that is determined to get any student detention. Seems very interested in hanging kids by shackles on his office wall...
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"You might belong in Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart, their daring, nerve and chivalry set Gryffindors apart.."
Colors: Scarlet and Gold
Ghost: Nearly Headless Nick
Head of House: Minerva McGonagall
Entrance: The Fat Lady Picture
House Animal: Lion
Named After: Godric Gryffindor
Gryffindors: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Colin Creevey, Dennis Creevey, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Lee Jordan, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell, Natalie McDonald
Former Gryffindors: (After the Fourth Book) Percy Weasley, Oliver Wood, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Lily Potter, James Potter
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"Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, where those of wit and learning, will always find their kind."
Color: Blue and Bronze
Ghost: The Grey Lady
Head of House: Prof. Flitwick
Entrance: The Knight
House Animal: Eagle
Named After: Rowena Ravenclaw
Ravenclaws: Terry Boot, Stewart Ackerly, Orla Quirke, Padma Patil, Lisa Turpin, ??? Fawcett, Mandy Brocklehurst, Cho Chang
Former Ravenclaws: (After the Fourth Book) Penelope Clearwater
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"You might belong in Hufflepuff, where those are just and loyal, those patient Hufflepuff's are true and unafraid of toil."
Colors: Yellow and Black
Ghost: The Fat Friar
Head of House: Professor Sprout
Entrance: ???
House Animal: Badger
Named After: Helga Hufflepuff
Hufflepuffs: Susan Bones, Justin Flinch-Fletchley, Ernie MacMillan, Hannah Abbot, Owen Cauldwell, Eleanor Branstone, Kevin Whitby, Stebbins, ?.
Former Hufflepuffs: Cedric Diggory (deceased)
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"Or perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make your real friends, those cunning folk use any means, to achieve their ends."
Colors: Green and Silver
Ghost: The Bloody Baron
Head of House: Severus Snape
Entrance: Stone Wall
Mascot: Serpent
Named After: Salazar Slytherin
Slytherins: Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Millicent Bulstrode, Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson, Malcolm Baddock, Graham Pritchard
Former Slytherins: Tom Riddle A.K.A. Lord Voldemort, Severus Snape, Marcus Flint, Terence Higgs, Bletchly, ?, Peter Warrington.
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"Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago - the precise date is uncertain - by the four greatest wizards of the age. The four school houses are named after them: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin.
They built this castle together, far from prying Muggle eyes, for it was an age when magic was feared by common people and witches and wizards suffered much persecution. For a few years, the founders worked in harmony together, seeking out youngsters who showed signs of magic and bringing them up to the castle to be educated.
But then disagreements sprang up between them. A rift began to grow between Slytherin and the others. Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed that magical learning should be kept within all-magic families.
He disliked taking students of Muggle parentage, believing them to be untrustworthy. After a while, there was a serious argument on the subject between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Slytherin left the school.
Reliable historical sources tell us this much, but these honest facts have been obscured by the fanciful legend of the Chamber of Secrets. The story goes that Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in the castle, of which the others knew nothing. Slytherin, according to the legend, sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that none would be able to open it until his own true heir arrived at the school.
The heir alone would be able to unleash the horror within and purge the school of all who were unworthy to study magic."
- Professor Binns
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Cookery Books
- Enchantments in Baking
- Charm Your Own Cheese
- One Minute Meals - It`s Magic!
Lockhart`s Books
- Break With a Banshee
- Gadding With Ghouls
- Gilderoy Lockhart`s Guide to Household Pests
- Holidays With Hags
- Magical Me
- Travels With Trolls
- Voyages With Vampires
- Wanderings With Werewolves
- Year of the Yeti
School Books
- A Beginners` Guide to Transfiguration by: Emeric Switch
- The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by: Quentin Trimble
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by: Newt Scamander
- A History of Magic by: Bathilda Bagshot
- Intermediate Transfiguration
- An Encyclopedia of Toadstools
- Magical Drafts and Potions by: Arsenius Jigger
- Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
- The Monster Book of Monsters
- One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by: Phyllida Spore
- The Standard Book of Spells Grade 1 by: Miranda Goshawk
- The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by: Miranda Goshawk
- The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 3 by: Miranda Goshawk
Quidditch Books
- Handbook of Do-It-Yourself Broomcare
- Quidditch Through the Ages
- Flying with the Cannons
- Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland
- Which Broomstick
Fortune-Telling Books
- Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself Against Shocks
- Broken Balls: When Fortunes Turn Foul
- Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst is Coming
- Unfogging the Future by: Cassandra Vablatsky
Dragon Books
- Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland
- From Egg to Inferno, A Dragon Keeper`s Guide
- Dragon-Breeding for Pleasure and Profit
- Men who Love Dragons too Much
Miscellaneous Books
- Curses and Countercurses by: Professor Vindictus Viridian
- Notable Wizarding Events of the 20th Century
- Hogwarts: A History
- Invisible Book of Invisibility
- Modern Magical History
- Prefects Who Gained Power
- The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts
- An Appraisal of Magical Education in Europe
- Common Magical Ailments and Afflictions
- Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean
- A Study of Recent Developments in Wizardry
- Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century
- Notable Magical Names of Our Time
- Moste Potent Potions
- Important Modern Magical Discoveries
- The Handbook of Hippogriff Psychology
- Fowl or Foul? A Study of Hippogriff Brutality
- Old and Forgotten Bewitchments and Charms
- Saucy Tricks for Tricky Sorts
- Weird Wizarding Dilemnas and Their Solutions
- Madcap Magic for Wacky Warlocks
- A Guide to Medieval Sorcery
- An Anthology of Eighteenth-Century Charms
- Dreadful Denizens of the Deeps
- Powers You Never Knew You Had and What to Do With Them Now You`ve Wised Up
- Where There`s a Wand, There`s a Way
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...Hogwarts Hogwarts Hoggy Warty Hogwarts
Teach us something please
Whether we be old and bald or young with scabby knees
Our heads could do with filling with some interesting stuff
For now they're bare and full of air
Dead flies and bits of fluff
So teach us things worth knowing
Bring back what we've forgot
Just do your best we'll do the rest and learn until our brains all rot...
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Book 1
'Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can top them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a steady mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!'
Book 4
'A thousand years or more ago,
When I was newly sewn,
There lived four wizards of renown,
Whose names are still well known:
Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor,
Fair Ravenclaw, from glen,
Sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad,
Shrewd Slytherin, from fen.
They shared a wish, a hope, a dream,
They hatched a daring plan
To educate young sorcerers
Thus Hogwarts School began.
Now each of these four founders
Formed their own house, for each
Did value different virtues
In the ones they had to teach.
By Gryffindor, the bravest were
Prized far beyond the rest;
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest
Would always be the best;
For Hufflepuff, hard workers were
Most worthy of admission;
And power-hungry Slytherin
Loved those of great ambition.
While still alive they did divide
Their favourites from the throng,
Yet how to pick the worthy ones
When they were dead and gone?
'Twas Gryffindor who found the way,
He whipped me off his head
The founders put some brains in me
So I could choose instead!
Now slip me snug about your ears,
I've never yet been wrong,
I'll have a look inside your mind
And tell where you belong!'
Book 5
In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts barely started
The Founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted:
United by a common goal,
They had the selfsame yearning
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.
"Together we will build and teach!"
The Four good friends decided
And never did they dream that they
Might someday be divided,
For were there such friends anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?
So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there and so can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those
Whose ancestry is purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose
Intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name,"
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot,
And treat them just the same."
These differences caused little strife
When first they came to light,
For each of the four founders had
A House in which they might
Take only those they wanted, so,
For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning, just like him,
And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor,
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest,
And taught them all she knew,
Thus the Houses and their founders
Retained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
For several happy years,
But the discord crept among us
Feeding on our faults and fears.
The Houses that, like pillars four,
Had once held up our school,
Now turned upon each other and,
Divided, sought to rule.
And for a while it seemed the school
Must meet an early end,
What with dueling and with fighting
And the clash of friend on friend
And at last there came a morning
When old Slytherin departed
And though the fighting then died out
He left us quite downhearted.
And never since the founders four
Were whittled down to three
Have the Houses been united
And they once were meant to be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
And you all know the score:
I sort you into Houses
Because that is what I'm for,
But this year I'll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though I must fulfill my duty
And must quarter every year
Still I wonder whether sorting
May not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
The warning history shows,
For our Hogwarts is in danger
From external, deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
Or we'll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you..
Let the sorting now begin
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