Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

HOUSES

"We must unite inside her, or we'll crumble from within."

—The Sorting Hat

Hogwarts students are divided into four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin.

The Houses of Hogwarts

Coat of Arms
House	Gryffindor is well known for bravery, daring, nerve, and chivalry. The house colours are deep red and gold, and the house is symbolized by a lion. The entrance to the common room is on the seventh floor hidden behind a portrait of the Fat Lady. In order to get into the common room, Gryffindor students must say the correct password.	Hufflepuff is well known for loyalty, hard working, dedication, honesty, and tolerance. The house is symbolized by a badger, and the house colours are yellow and black. Its common room is near the kitchens. To get into the common room, rather than giving a password you must tap a fake barrel in the rhythm "Helga Hufflepuff." It is the only common room to have a way to keep students from other houses out (by dumping vinegar on them).	Ravenclaw values wit, creativity, and wisdom. The house is symbolized by an eagle and the house colours are blue and bronze. The Ravenclaw common room is located in a high tower, and the interior is decorated with blue and bronze. To enter, rather than give a password, one must answer a riddle from an eagle door knocker, such as "Where do vanished objects go?" or "Which came first, thePhoenix or the flame?"	Slytherin values ambition, cleverness, cunning, resourcefulness, and pure blood heritage. The house is symbolized by a serpent, and the house colours are green and silver. Its common room is located in the dungeons, underneath the Black Lake, and hidden behind a stone wall. The password for the1992–1993 school year was "pure-blood". Many people believe students sorted into this house often get involved in the Dark Arts.
Founded By	Godric Gryffindor	Helga Hufflepuff	Rowena Ravenclaw	Salazar Slytherin
House Ghost	Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, also known as Nearly Headless Nick.	Fat Friar	Helena Ravenclaw, also known as the Grey Lady.	The Bloody Baron
Notable Members	Harry Potter, Ron Weasley,Hermione Granger, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Rubeus Hagrid,James and Lily Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Ginny Weasley,Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Neville Longbottom,Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Lee Jordan, Fred Weasley, George Weasley,Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Percy Weasley,Katie Bell, Arthur Weasley,Molly Weasley, Andrew Kirke,Jack Sloper, Ritchie Coote,Jimmy Peakes, Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet,Demelza Robins, Oliver Wood, Cormac McLaggen,Colin Creevey, Dennis Creevey, Romilda Vane,Nigel Wolpert, Mary Macdonald.	Nymphadora Tonks,Pomona Sprout,Cedric Diggory,Justin Finch-Fletchley, Zacharias Smith, Hannah Abbott, Ernie Macmillan, Susan Bones, Leanne.	Luna Lovegood,Moaning Myrtle,Penelope Clearwater, Cho Chang, Roger Davies, Michael Corner, Padma Patil, Anthony Goldstein, Terry Boot, Gilderoy Lockhart, Filius Flitwick, Quirinus Quirrell, Marietta Edgecombe,Marcus Belby.	Tom Riddle, Draco Malfoy, Merlin, Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Theodore Nott, Narcissa Malfoy, Regulus Black, Horace Slughorn, Severus Snape, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Millicent Bulstrode, Graham Montague, TheBloody Baron,Marcus Flint  andDruella Black.