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'''Boris the Bewildered''' was a [[Wizards|wizard]] from an unknown time period. A statue of him stands on the fifth floor of [[Hogwarts Castle]], near the [[Prefects' bathroom]]. His statue featured a lost-looking wizard with his gloves on the wrong hands.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 25 (''The Egg and the Eye'')</ref> A portrait of Boris also hangs on [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts']] walls, guarding a secret passageway between the second floor corridor and the [[third floor corridor]]. The password was ''Forget-Me-Never''.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]''</ref>
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'''Boris the Bewildered''' was a [[Wizardkind|wizard]] from an unknown time period. A statue of him stands on the fifth floor of [[Hogwarts Castle]], near the [[Prefects' bathroom]]. His statue featured a lost-looking wizard with his gloves on the wrong hands.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 25 (''The Egg and the Eye'')</ref> A portrait of Boris also hangs on [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts']] walls, guarding a secret passageway between the second floor corridor and the [[third floor corridor]]. The password was ''Forget-Me-Never''.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]''</ref>
   
 
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Revision as of 00:29, 4 June 2012

Boris the Bewildered was a wizard from an unknown time period. A statue of him stands on the fifth floor of Hogwarts Castle, near the Prefects' bathroom. His statue featured a lost-looking wizard with his gloves on the wrong hands.[1] A portrait of Boris also hangs on Hogwarts' walls, guarding a secret passageway between the second floor corridor and the third floor corridor. The password was Forget-Me-Never.[2]

Behind the scenes

  • Boris may have died sometime prior to 1995, as many portraits hung at Hogwarts depict deceased individuals.

Etymology

"Boris" is from the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf".

Appearances

Notes and references

Fifth-floor of Hogwarts Castle
Bathrooms
Boys' restroom · Prefects' Bathroom
Classrooms
Abandoned classroom · Art Classroom · Classroom 5B · Music Classroom
Corridors
Astronomy Corridor · Cursed Corridor · Fifth-floor corridor · Hospital tower corridor · Icy Corridor
Halls and rooms
Astronomy reading room · Fifth-floor hall · Floor 5 Bonus · Locked Room · Muggle Studies showroom · Satyavati Shah's bedroom · Secret Muggle Room · Upper Hall
Other locations
Vault of Ice · Weasley Candy Emporium · Weasley Supplies Bargain Basement
Portraits, statues and other artwork
Boris the Bewildered · Norvel Twonk · Timothy the Timid
Staircases
Clock Tower staircase · Grand Staircase · Ravenclaw Tower staircase · Staircase to the fourth-floor landing · Turris Magnus staircase · Vanished Stairs
Storerooms
Storeroom