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Prefect, Honorary Care of Magical Creatures participant, and Seeker and Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Eventually became a Dragonologist at a dragon sanctuary in Romania. The distribution of Hogwarts students among the faculties was performed by the famous pointy hat Godric Gryffindor. She analyzed the character of each student and sent him to the faculty where he could reveal himself the most. With some applicants everything was clear at once, with others – it was necessary to think. At the same time, the hat also took into account the wishes of the future student. According to Joan Rowling, each of the four faculties of Hogwarts is associated with a certain element. Gryffindor is fire, Slytherin is water, Hufflepuff is earth and Ravenclaw is air. Abel, Katy. "Harry Potter Author Works Her Magic". Family Education. Archived from the original on 10 May 2006. 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. 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]
Harry Potter Express". steamtrain.info. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008 . Retrieved 2 September 2013. In addition, pupils who did well on a particular subject can pursue its advanced course. Mostly, the advanced course takes two years, leading to the NEWT. This final exam stands for the Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test. 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. In translated editions, "Gryffindor" remains the same and is used for the Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish, Swedish, and Vietnamese editions. The following translations have changed the name: Scottish Highlands Postcodes (IV, HS, KA27-28, KW, PA20-49, PA60-78, PH17-26, PH30-n 44, PH49-50, ZE ) 48 Hour DispatchFor instance, in the US and UK, the book sold 11 million copies on its first day of release. Also, the brand and its author have won several awards. These are the British Children’s Book of the Year, Locus Award, Hugo Award for Best Novel, and Blue Peter Badge, to name a few. The four-hour delay gave her a million-dollar idea. The story idea focused on a boy attending a wizardry school. Upon reaching her destination, Rowling started writing immediately. Finally, in 1995, the manuscript was ready. She entitled it—Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 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. [12] Gryffindor Here you can discover more about your beloved house through writing by J.K. Rowling, articles by Pottermore and all the latest Gryffindor news." [1] Old Pottermore [ ] Welcome Message [ ] Doppelmayr/Garaventa built the Hogwarts Express" (Press release). Doppelmayr Garaventa Group. 25 July 2014 . Retrieved 6 September 2014.
Rowling, J. K. (2000). Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury. Chapter 21. ISBN 0-7475-4624-X. OCLC 44614312. 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). Interestingly, the school adopted their last names for the faculties and used animals to identify them. Thus, a lion, snake, eagle, and badger greet visitors whenever they visit each house.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 (the Labour Party), which match the colours of Gryffindor. [50] 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. 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. [22] 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. [23]
The colours and emblems of Gryffindor resemble the historical English coat of arms. Whether this was intentional on Rowling's part is unknown.Nephew of Deputy Headmistress Matilda Weasley. Famous for experimenting with magical drinks of his own creation. Judith Inggshttp (May 2003). "From Harry to Garri: Strategies for the Transfer of Culture and Ideology in Russian Translations of Two English Fantasy Stories". Meta: Translators' Journal. 48 (1–2 Traduction pour les enfants / Translation for children): 285–297. doi: 10.7202/006975ar. 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. About 300 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. [5] Academics and traditions
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