March 13, 2024
Harry Potter | Hogwarts Houses | Hufflepuff House Information, Guide, & Facts
Read about one of the best houses at Hogwarts: Hufflepuff! This guide has facts and information that every Harry Potter fan should know about.
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-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
Hufflepuff House, one of the four houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, is one of the least talked about houses in the Harry Potter series and the only one whose common room isn’t shown in the books.
In this article, we’ll be covering notable Hufflepuff characters, personality traits, history, and more. Read on to learn about what it means to be a Hufflepuff!
Basic Info
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House Colors: Yellow and Black
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Mascot: Badger
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Head of House: Professor Sprout
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House Ghost: Fat Friar
Characters In Hufflepuff
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Character Name |
Date of Birth |
Starting Year at Hogwarts |
Blood-Status |
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Cedric Diggory |
September 7, 1977 |
1989 |
Pure-Blood |
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Newt Scamander |
February 24, 1897 |
1908 |
Pure-Blood or Half-Blood |
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Nymphadora Tonks |
Between 1997-1973 |
1984 |
Half-Blood |
|
Hannah Abbot |
Between 1979-1980 |
1991 |
Half-Blood |
|
Susan Bones |
August 24, 1980 |
1991 |
Half-Blood |
|
Zacharias Smith |
Between 1979-1881 |
1991 |
Pure-Blood or Half-Blood |
|
Pomona Sprout |
May 15, 1931 |
1942 |
Half-Blood or Pure-Blod |
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Teddy Lupin |
April 11, 1998 |
2009 |
Half-Blood |
|
Theseus Scamander |
Between 1888-1889 |
1899-1900 |
Pure-Blood or Half-Blood |
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Justin Finch-Fletchley |
1979-1980 |
1991 |
Muggle-Born |
Hufflepuff Personality Traits | What kind of person is a Hufflepuff?
Hufflepuff is the house of hard-working, loyal, patient, and determined students, and it's the most inclusive among the four houses. Those sorted into Hufflepuff House are far more modest than others and they treat their peers as equals. The witches and wizards sorted into this house are seen as laid back in comparison to the other houses at Hogwarts, which are always fighting for the house cup in quidditch or the highest academic scores. They're content with enjoying life and going with the flow.
Hufflepuff students also tend to have an aptitude for Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures. This Hogwarts house aligns with the element of Earth.
Hufflepuff House History
Hufflepuff House was founded by Helga Hufflepuff when she and the three other founders, Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor, and Salazar Slytherin, founded Hogwarts. Hufflepuff valued fair play rather than a particular aptitude. She, along with the other founders, enchanted the sorting hat that would later sort students into different houses based on their traits during the start-of-term feast at Hogwarts. Her fate is unknown, but those who represent what she valued went on to achieve great things.
Hufflepuff's house ghost, Fat Friar, was born around 982 AD and taught by Helga Hufflepuff herself. He went on to join a clergy and devoted himself to religion. However, he was executed by senior churchmen who'd taken notice of his magical abilities. He returned to Hogwarts after his death.
Sometime during the middle ages, Hengist of Woodcroft, a Hufflepuff student, founded the village of Hogsmeade.
In the early 1900s, a young man named Newt Scamander, a true Hufflepuff, found a home in this house. During his time at Hogwarts, he was fascinated with creatures, but he took the blame for a friend after an incident and was expelled. He set out to study magical beasts and published the textbook Hogwarts students used in Harry Potter’s time called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Newt also aided Albus Dumbledore in taking down the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald.
Pomona Sprout was a student at Hogwarts in the 1940s-1950s. She became head of Hufflepuff House when she returned to Hogwarts to teach Herbology.
During the events of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, a Hufflepuff student at Hogwarts died tragically. During the final trial of the Triwizard Tournament, Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory, the Hufflepuff Champion of the tournament, came face to face with Voldemort and one of his Death Eaters, Peter Pettigrew. Cedric was killed and Harry returned his body back to Hogwarts so he could be laid to rest.
Hufflepuff’s heirloom, a goblet, eventually became one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, along with other heirlooms from the founders of Hogwarts. It was destroyed by Ron and Hermione inside the Chamber of Secrets during the Battle of Hogwarts.
Hufflepuff Common Room
Not much is known about Hufflepuff's common room from the Harry Potter books because it is the one common room that Harry never visited. However, the game Hogwarts Legacy gives us the perfect common room that any Hufflepuff would love.
Hufflepuff's entrance is closest to the kitchens in the basement of Hogwarts Castle and can be accessed through a pile of large barrels. To enter the room, one taps on the barrels nearby to the rhythm of Hel-ga Huff-le-puff. Should a student from another house try to enter, or tap the wrong barrel, then they'll be sprayed with vinegar.
When done correctly, a barrel the size of a door will open and allow the student entry into a warmly lit room filled with yellow, green, brown, and black. Their symbol, the badger, can be seen complementing the design. A set of stairs leading to the dormitories offers a great view of the various plants hanging from the ceiling or decorating the common space. The style of the room relies heavily on curves and circles, with round doors in the walls of the common room, similar to a Hobbit house from The Lord of the Rings.
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