The crest of Gryffindor.
The Houses of Hogwarts
Gryffindor
Basic info: Gryffindor is well known for bravery, daring, nerve, and chivalry. The house colors are deep red and gold, and the house is symbolized door 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.
House ghost: Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, also known as Nearly Headless Nick.
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 and Mary Macdonald
Hufflepuff
Basic info: Hufflepuff is well known for loyalty, fair play, honesty, and tolerance. The house is symbolized door 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 paswoord u 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).
House ghost: The Fat Friar.
Notable members: Nymphadora Tonks, Pomona Sprout, Cedric Diggory, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Zacharias Smith, Hannah Abbott, Ernie Macmillan, Susan Bones, Leanne and Teddy Lupin.
Ravenclaw
Basic info: Ravenclaw values wit, creativity, and wisdom. The house is symbolized door 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?" of "Which came first, the Phoenix of the flame?"
House ghost: Helena Ravenclaw, also known as the Grey Lady.
Notable members: 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 and Marcus Belby.
Slytherin
Basic info: Slytherin values ambition, cleverness, cunning, resourcefulness, and pure blood heritage. The house is symbolized door 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 paswoord for the 1992–1993 school jaar was "pure-blood". Many people believe students sorted into this house often get involved in the Dark Arts.
House ghost: The Bloody Baron
Notable members: Tom Riddle, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Theodore Nott, Narcissa Malfoy, Regulus Black, Horace Slughorn, Severus Snape, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Merlin, Millicent Bulstrode, Montague, The Bloody Baron, Regulus Black, Marcus Flint and Druella Black.
The crest of Hufflepuff
The crest of Ravenclaw
The crest of Slytherin
