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In the Harry Potter series, the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff.

The Sorting

In the school's early days, students were handpicked by the founders. When they began to worry how students could be picked after the founders' deaths, Godric Gryffindor took his hat off and the four "put some brains" in it, so that the sorting hat could choose the students instead. Now, at the beginning of each school year, the magical Sorting Hat is placed on each new student's head, at a ceremony named the Sorting Ceremony. The Sorting Hat announces the house that the student is bound to join. Before beginning the sorting, it sings a short ballad about the founding of the school and the four houses; the song is different every year, and the Hat is said to take all the year composing the next one.

The hat sorts by judging the qualities of the student and choosing the most appropriate house for him or her. The student's own preferences may affect the decision: The clearest example is the hat leaning towards putting Harry in Slytherin in the first book, but ultimately selecting Gryffindor after he asks it not to put him in Slytherin. Dumbledore later explains to Harry that this is how it should be, when one considers how the choices people make define them more than their abilities.

The hat does not just consider the student's most obvious strengths; it also sees the student's potential qualities, ones that may not have developed yet. "You could be great you know, it's all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness," it says to Harry when it suggests Slytherin as the best house for his future. Similarly, Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom do not immediately jump out as prime examples of Gryffindor courage in the beginning of the series, but they have both gained a tremendous amount of courage and confidence as they have grown. Hermione is even asked point-blank in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix why the hat didn't put her in Ravenclaw considering her intelligence. Her answer is that the hat "considered it, but decided on Gryffindor in the end."

House dynamics

The four houses are rather separate entities. Each has its own common room and dormitory, its own table at the Great Hall, and students mostly share lessons with classmates of their same house. There is no rule against students from different houses mingling, but in practice, a good majority of social interactions occur within the same house. Each house has one teacher who acts as its Head of House. Each house also has a house ghost. The function they serve (if any) is unknown, although they might be house mascots. Each Head of House and house ghost was previously a pupil within that house.

A great deal of rivalry exists between the houses, not always friendly, especially when Slytherin is involved. This rivalry is demonstrated in the Quidditch matches and the annual school competition for the House Cup which is determined by the amount of points earned or lost by each member of the rival houses. These points are awarded or taken based on students' conduct throughout the school year. All members of the faculty, prefects, and the Head Boy and Girl have the authority to grant and deduct points as they see fit in each instance. [1] Some, like Severus Snape, the former Potions master, tend to favour their own house, but that does not seem to be against the rules. He is despised by many students, other than those in Slytherin, where he is very popular.

It is commonly assumed that anything Slytherin is evil. It has been said that "only dark witches and wizards come out of Slytherin" though we have no proof of this. In fact, some Slytherin families are viewed as neutral in regards to the war. Other houses as well have produced evil witches and wizards, the prime example being Peter Pettigrew. In Harry Potter's first year, the sorting hat says that Harry could be great in Slytherin however he chooses to be sorted into Gryffindor instead. This of course, still does not take away from the fact that Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, had and has the potential to be great in Slytherin. To some, this may indicate that Harry is not completely immune to the dark path, but to others, it might show that Harry is extremely versatile and would be a good candidate for a leader in the upcoming battle. It has also been said that all four houses must band together and fight as one if Hogwarts is to stand.

House rivalry is most seen between Slytherin and Gryffindor ("Gryffindor and Slytherin students loathed each other on principle"^[HP6]). This rivalry likely to goes back to the days of Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin after they founded Hogwarts, because the Sorting Hat said that they were the best of friends before they founded the school.^[HP5]

Usually, though not always, the other two houses support Gryffindor in its rivalry with Slytherin, which again is reminiscent of how Slytherin was in the end opposed by all three other Founders. One exception to this occurred when Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin all initially supported Hufflepuff's Cedric Diggory instead of Gryffindor's Harry Potter in the Triwizard Tournament.^[HP4]

The four houses

Gryffindor

Gryffindor values courage, chivalry and boldness. Its emblematic animal is the lion and its colours are red and gold. Minerva McGonagall is the most recent Head of House. Nearly Headless Nick is the house ghost.

As this is the house to which Harry Potter belongs, its private quarters are the only ones that have been described in any detail (though Slytherin's common room was described briefly in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), and its members tend to get the most attention. These are located in one of the castle's towers, the entrance to which is located on the seventh floor 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 (regularly changing) password. Behind her is a large common room, with a fireplace, and two staircases leading up to the boys' and girls' dormitories.

According to J. K. Rowling, Gryffindor corresponds roughly to the element of fire, which may partly be the reason for its colours.

A few notable Gryffindors (for a complete list, see List of characters in the Harry Potter books):

• Harry Potter
• Ron Weasley and the rest of the Weasley family (Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred and George, Ginny, Molly, and Arthur)
• Hermione Granger
• The Marauders (Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter)
• Lily (Evans) Potter
• Neville Longbottom
• Seamus Finnigan
• Dean Thomas
• Parvati Patil
• Lavender Brown
• Colin Creevey
• Cormac McLaggen
• Romilda Vane
• Angelina Johnson
• Alicia Spinnet
• Katie Bell
• Oliver Wood
• Rubeus Hagrid
• Minerva McGonagall
• Albus Dumbledore

Hufflepuff

Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four houses, valuing hard work and patience, loyalty and friendship, and justice and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members. Its emblematic animal is the badger, and yellow and black are its colours (purple and yellow in the video games.) Professor Pomona Sprout is the head of Hufflepuff. The Fat Friar is its ghost. According to Rowling, Hufflepuff corresponds roughly to the element of earth. The Hufflepuff common room and dormitories are located somewhere in the basement, near the castle's kitchens.

Perhaps as a consequence of the broad principles of acceptance upon which it is founded, Hufflepuff has been stereotyped as the house of the unexceptional (or, more unkindly, as "a lot o' duffers"). One Hufflepuff of note is Cedric Diggory, who brought his house rare glory as its Quidditch captain and Seeker, and later as Hogwarts' champion in the Triwizard Tournament in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

A few notable Hufflepuffs (for a complete list, see List of characters in the Harry Potter books. Also see Minor Hufflepuffs):

• Hannah Abbott
• Susan Bones
• Cedric Diggory
• Justin Finch-Fletchley
• Ernie Macmillan
• Zacharias Smith
• Pomona Sprout

Ravenclaw

Ravenclaw values intelligence, knowledge, and wit. Its emblematic animal is the eagle, and its colours are blue and bronze (silver in the films). The Ravenclaw head is Filius Flitwick. The house ghost is the Grey Lady. According to J. K. Rowling, Ravenclaw corresponds roughly to the element of air. The Ravenclaw common room and dormitories are located in a tower on the west side of the school.

A few notable Ravenclaws (for a complete list, see List of characters in the Harry Potter books. Also see Minor Ravenclaws):

• Terry Boot
• Cho Chang
• Penelope Clearwater
• Michael Corner
• Roger Davies
• Marietta Edgecombe
• Filius Flitwick
• Luna Lovegood
• Padma Patil
• Anthony Goldstein

Slytherin

Slytherin values ambition and cunning. Its emblematic animal is the serpent and its colours are green and silver. Severus Snape and Horace Slughorn have been heads of Slytherin. The Bloody Baron is the house ghost. According to J. K. Rowling, Slytherin corresponds roughly to the element of water. The Slytherin common room and dormitories are located underneath the Hogwarts lake, and are reached through a bare stone wall in the dungeons. The Slytherin common room is a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and round, greenish lamps hanging from the ceiling.

Contrary to the beliefs of the others, Salazar Slytherin wanted a stricter policy of admittance—one limited to pureblood students. The controversy this created eventually led to Salazar leaving the school, leaving the Chamber of Secrets behind. A millennium later, the house's students are still considered affiliated with Salazar's views (though some half-bloods, most notably Voldemort and Snape, have been in Slytherin). Blood purity is certainly one of the things in Voldemort's agenda. It is often mentioned in the novels (especially in Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets) that most of the dark wizards were in Slytherin. However, good Slytherin wizards also exist. One reason Slytherins are commonly not thought of as the best kind of people is because they value their own lives more than the lives of others. When Harry is trying to run away, because he is afraid that his presence is putting his friends' lives in danger in chapter twenty-three of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Phineas Nigellus sees him and says, "We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, when given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks."

A few notable Slytherins (for a complete list, see List of characters in the Harry Potter books. Also see Minor Slytherins):

• The Black family (with the exception of Sirius Black)
• Millicent Bulstrode
• Vincent Crabbe
• Marcus Flint
• Gregory Goyle
• The Malfoy family
• Bellatrix Lestrange
• Rodolphus Lestrange
• Pansy Parkinson
• Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort
• Horace Slughorn
• Severus Snape
• Blaise Zabini

J.K. Rowling wrote a character named Mafalda, who was a cousin of the Weasleys. The character never made it into the series, but if she had, Mafalda would have been in Slytherin.

Reference

• JKR Interview

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