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A house-elf named Kreacher inhabits the house. In Half-Blood Prince , Harry learns that he has inherited the property from his deceased godfather Sirius Black, and he donates it to the Order. In Deathly Hallows , Grimmauld Place becomes a sanctuary for Harry, Ron, and Hermione while they are hiding from Voldemort.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (/ ˈ h ɒ ɡ w ɔːr t s /) is a fictional boarding school of magic for young wizards. It is the primary setting for the first six novels in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, and also serves as a major setting in the Wizarding World media franchise.
House-elf – A type of short, skinny elf unique to the Harry Potter universe. House-elves are enslaved by wizards and wear discarded items such as pillowcases. A house-elf's master can free them by giving them an item of clothing. Thestral – A carnivorous species of winged horse visible only to those who have experienced loss through death. [12]
We won't be sorting ourselves into Hogwarts houses, but instead Ilvermorny houses, the American version of Hogwarts
At the end of the summer, Harry boards the Hogwarts Express, where he befriends Ron Weasley and meets Hermione Granger. When he arrives at Hogwarts, he is assigned to Gryffindor House by the Sorting Hat. During the school year, he receives guidance from the Transfiguration professor Minerva McGonagall and the headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
Sorting Hamilton into Hogwarts with Emma Watson. I talked to Emma Watson for #HeforShe, but not before sorting Hamilton the Musical characters into Hogwarts houses. Full interview coming up later ...
In the French translation, the name "Hogwarts" is changed to "Poudlard", which means "bacon lice", [243] roughly maintaining the original idea of warts of a hog. Marketers of Harry Potter-themed toys pressured translators not to change the names of people and things so that they could call the toys by the same name in different countries. [244]
Hogwarts was founded a millennium ago (the exact date unknown) by "four of the greatest witches and wizards of the age": [29] Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. The founders served as Hogwarts' first teachers, and each of the Hogwarts houses is named after one of the founders.