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Originally published on
Pottermore

Published on Jan 1st 2018

W e can’t all go to
Hogwarts and don the
Sorting Hat, but here’s
the next best thing – Wizarding
World's very own Sorting
Experience, previously on
Pottermore! So, which house do you
belong to?

Are you Gryffindor? Are you Hufflepuff? Are

you Slytherin? Are you Ravenclaw?

Find out with the Hogwarts Sorting Experience

created by J.K. Rowling.

Now, we’re assuming you’re more than

familiar with the four houses of Hogwarts, but
here’s a quick refresher, just in case.

Hogwarts was founded over a thousand

years ago by four powerful wizards: Godric
Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena
Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. They chose
to split the students into four ‘houses’, each
bearing their surnames and featuring young
wizards and witches who displayed abilities
and personalities they wanted to nurture.

To do this, Godric Gryffindor used his magical

hat – henceforward known as the Sorting Hat
– to decide which children should go into
which house, and so it has been ever since
with a yearly Sorting Ceremony that places
each new pupil into their own new home.

The four houses have different entry

requirements, and nobody summed them up
better than the old Sorting Hat itself in its
welcoming song...

Gryffindor
Notable members include (of course) Harry
Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.

‘You might belong in Gryffindor,

Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart.’
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone

Hufflepuff
Notable members include Newt Scamander,
Cedric Diggory and Nymphadora Tonks.

‘You might belong in Hufflepuff

Where they are just and loyal
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil.’
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone

Ravenclaw
Notable members include Luna Lovegood,
Gilderoy Lockhart and Filius Flitwick.

‘Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw

If you’ve a ready mind
Where those of wit and learning
Will always find their kind.’
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone

Slytherin
Notable members include Severus Snape,
Draco Malfoy and (rather unfortunately) Lord
Voldemort.

‘Or perhaps in Slytherin

You’ll make your real friends
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.’
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone

Once you've tried the Hogwarts Sorting

Experience, you can find out more about your
house, and how the houses came to be in the
first place.

You can read more about the founders of

Hogwarts or the wily old Sorting Hat and even
your house ghost.

Originally published on
Pottermore

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