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− | + | The '''second-floor girls' lavatory''', more commonly known as '''Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom,'''<ref name="pottermore"/> was situated on the second floor of [[Hogwarts Castle]], just above the [[Great Hall]].<ref name="pottermore">{{PM}} - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/book2/chapter9/moment2/moaning-myrtles-bathroom From the story: Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom] {{dead link}}</ref> It had been out of order ever since a student named [[Myrtle Warren]] was [[Plot to open the Chamber of Secrets#First Stage|killed]] there.<ref name="COS9"/><ref name="COS16"/> Myrtle had haunted the bathroom ever since the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] stopped her from haunting [[Olive Hornby]] who had been teasing Myrtle just before her [[death]], leading it to be a place most students did not want to enter.<ref name="GOF25"/> |
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+ | This bathroom held the entrance to the [[Chamber of Secrets]]. To get in the Chamber, a person needed to say "''open''" in [[Parseltongue]], which would cause the tap with a [[snake]] on the side (a tap which incidentally, never worked) to move into the floor, revealing a tunnel which led downwards into the Chamber.<ref name="COS16">{{COS|B|16}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===Founding of Hogwarts=== |
===Founding of Hogwarts=== |
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+ | [[Hogwarts Castle]] and this bathroom were built by [[Godric Gryffindor]], [[Rowena Ravenclaw]], [[Helga Hufflepuff]] and [[Salazar Slytherin]]. It was built inside [[First floor girls' lavatory tower|a turret]].<ref>{{See image|file:Myrtles reference.jpg}}</ref> According to an ancient legend, [[Salazar Slytherin]] was responsible for the construction of the Chamber of Secrets beneath Hogwarts [[dungeons]]. The Chamber contained a [[Serpent of Slytherin|Basilisk]] which could only be controlled by [[Slytherin]]'s true heir, who would use it to purge the school of all [[Muggle-born]] students. Before being forced out of Hogwarts by the other founders, Slytherin hid the entrance to the Chamber in this bathroom.<ref name="COS9"/> |
+ | Several centuries later in the [[1700s]], a direct descendant of Slytherin, [[Corvinus Gaunt]], further concealed the passageway behind a bewitched sink that could be only opened by someone who spoke [[Parseltongue]].<ref name="WW">{{WW|chamber-of-secrets}}</ref> For centuries, the Castle was thoroughly searched and no such Chamber was found until one of Slytherin's [[Tom Riddle|descendants]] set foot in the Castle in the late [[1930s]].<ref name="COS9">{{COS|B|9}}</ref> |
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+ | In [[1938]], [[Tom Riddle]] (later known by the alias "Lord Voldemort") started his education at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. In his fifth year, he learned of his Slytherin ancestry and discovered the existence and entrance to the [[Chamber of Secrets]] and tamed the [[Serpent of Slytherin|Basilisk]] which dwelt within. |
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⚫ | As the Heir of Slytherin through [[House of Gaunt|his mother's family]], Tom was able to open the [[Chamber of Secrets]] and started purging the school "''of all those who were unworthy to study magic''" — in Riddle and Slytherin's eyes, those were [[Muggle-born]] students. Many students were attacked in [[1943]]. The attacks eventually stopped with the murder of a student named [[Myrtle Warren]] inside this bathroom.<ref name="COS13">{{COS|B|13}}</ref><ref name="COS17">{{COS|B|17}}</ref> |
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===Myrtle's ghost=== |
===Myrtle's ghost=== |
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− | After her death, [[Myrtle]]'s ghost (or Moaning Myrtle, as the students usually call her) haunted [[Olive Hornby]], the fellow student who |
+ | After her death, [[Myrtle Warren]]'s ghost (or Moaning Myrtle, as the students usually call her) haunted [[Olive Hornby]], the fellow student who forced her into the bathroom that evening. When the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] refrained her from doing so, Moaning Myrtle returned to the bathroom, haunting it from that day on.<ref name="GOF25">{{GOF|B|25}}</ref> |
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+ | {{Dialogue a-b-c|Harry Potter|What's the matter?|Ron Weasley|Can't go in there. That's a ''girls' ''toilet.|Hermione Granger|Oh, Ron, there won't be anyone in there. That's Moaning Myrtle's place. Come on, let's have a look.|The [[Trio]] enters Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom for the first time|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}} |
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+ | [[File:Brewing potions.jpg|250px|thumb|left|[[Hermione Granger]] brewing Polyjuice Potion in this bathroom]] |
− | On [[Hallowe'en]] night, [[1992]], [[Tom Riddle's Diary]] (one of Voldemort's [[Horcrux]]es), possessed student [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] and forced her to open the |
+ | On [[Hallowe'en]] night, [[1992]], [[T. M. Riddle's Diary|Tom Riddle's Diary]] (one of Voldemort's [[Horcrux]]es), possessed student [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] and forced her to open the Chamber of Secrets (which had been closed since 1943). She eventually tried to dispose of the diary in the bathroom stall where Myrtle died, but Harry later discovered the book, undamaged.<ref name="COS13"/><ref name="COS17"/> |
− | + | Hermione Granger brewed [[Polyjuice Potion]] there in her second year, in 1992. She, Harry Potter and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] used it as part of their unsuccessful plan to question [[Draco Malfoy]] about the opening of the Chamber of Secrets.<ref name="COS12">{{COS|B|12}}</ref> Later in the school year, [[Harry Potter]] and Ron Weasley discovered where the entrance to the Chamber was and they, along with [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], then-[[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] [[Professor]], entered the [[Chamber of Secrets]] via this bathroom.<ref name="COS16"/> |
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+ | In an [[alternate reality]] 2020, [[Scorpius Malfoy]] and [[Albus Potter]] visited the bathroom in search of a way to reach the [[Great Lake]]. The pair convinced [[Myrtle Warren|Moaning Myrtle]] to show them how to use the pipes to send themselves to the lake as she could.<ref name="CC219">{{CC|B|2|19}}</ref> |
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==Behind the scenes== |
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+ | **Hermione initially mentions it as being on the first floor,<ref>{{COS|B|8}} - "'She [Moaning Myrtle] haunts one of the toilets in the girls' bathroom on the first floor,' said Hermione."</ref> but later Harry is said to run up two floors from the Entrance Hall.<ref>{{COS|B|8}} - "'This way,' he shouted, and he began to run, up the stairs, into the entrance hall. [...] Harry sprinted up the marble staircase to the first floor, Ron and Hermione clattering behind him. [...] he ran up the next flight of steps three at a time [...] Harry hurtled around the whole of the second floor, Ron and Hermione panting behind him, not stopping until they turned a corner into the last, deserted passage."</ref> |
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+ | **Two years later, Harry also describes it as being on the second floor.<ref>{{GOF|B|22}} - "'I suppose there’s always Moaning Myrtle,' he said gloomily, referring to the ghost who haunted the girls' toilets on the second floor."</ref> |
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⚫ | **In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (GBC)|GBC version]] of the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|''Philosopher's Stone'' video game]], there is a locked doorway on the second floor with pavement around it which is flooded. The same doorway serves as the entrance to Myrtle's Bathroom in the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (GBC)|next instalment]]. |
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+ | **In {{HL}}, the bathroom housing the Chamber of Secrets's entrance is located in the dungeons, not far from the [[Slytherin common room]]. |
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+ | **In {{OOTP|GA}} and {{HBP|GA}}, Myrtle's Bathroom is located on the first floor, but across the [[Stone Bridge]]. |
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+ | *On {{PM}}, it was simply called "Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom". |
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⚫ | *In {{HBP|GA}}, this lavatory is replaced by a male bathroom, with different sinks and urinals instead of stalls. In the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]], however, it can be seen that the corridor outside the male bathroom is different from the corridor outside Myrtle's bathroom. |
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==Notes and references== |
==Notes and references== |
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Latest revision as of 14:41, 23 December 2023
Warning!
At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery & Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells & Harry Potter: Magic Awakened & Hogwarts Legacy. |
- "It was the gloomiest, most depressing bathroom Harry had ever set foot in. Under a large, cracked, and spotted mirror were a row of chipped sinks. The floor was damp and reflected the dull light given off by the stubs of a few candles, burning low in their holders; the wooden doors to the stalls were flaking and scratched and one of them was dangling off its hinges."
- — The inside of Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom[src]
The second-floor girls' lavatory, more commonly known as Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom,[3] was situated on the second floor of Hogwarts Castle, just above the Great Hall.[3] It had been out of order ever since a student named Myrtle Warren was killed there.[1][2] Myrtle had haunted the bathroom ever since the Ministry of Magic stopped her from haunting Olive Hornby who had been teasing Myrtle just before her death, leading it to be a place most students did not want to enter.[4]
This bathroom held the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets. To get in the Chamber, a person needed to say "open" in Parseltongue, which would cause the tap with a snake on the side (a tap which incidentally, never worked) to move into the floor, revealing a tunnel which led downwards into the Chamber.[2]
History
Founding of Hogwarts
Hogwarts Castle and this bathroom were built by Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin. It was built inside a turret.[5] According to an ancient legend, Salazar Slytherin was responsible for the construction of the Chamber of Secrets beneath Hogwarts dungeons. The Chamber contained a Basilisk which could only be controlled by Slytherin's true heir, who would use it to purge the school of all Muggle-born students. Before being forced out of Hogwarts by the other founders, Slytherin hid the entrance to the Chamber in this bathroom.[1]
Several centuries later in the 1700s, a direct descendant of Slytherin, Corvinus Gaunt, further concealed the passageway behind a bewitched sink that could be only opened by someone who spoke Parseltongue.[6] For centuries, the Castle was thoroughly searched and no such Chamber was found until one of Slytherin's descendants set foot in the Castle in the late 1930s.[1]
1943 Chamber of Secrets opening
In 1938, Tom Riddle (later known by the alias "Lord Voldemort") started his education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In his fifth year, he learned of his Slytherin ancestry and discovered the existence and entrance to the Chamber of Secrets and tamed the Basilisk which dwelt within.
As the Heir of Slytherin through his mother's family, Tom was able to open the Chamber of Secrets and started purging the school "of all those who were unworthy to study magic" — in Riddle and Slytherin's eyes, those were Muggle-born students. Many students were attacked in 1943. The attacks eventually stopped with the murder of a student named Myrtle Warren inside this bathroom.[7][8]
Myrtle's ghost
After her death, Myrtle Warren's ghost (or Moaning Myrtle, as the students usually call her) haunted Olive Hornby, the fellow student who forced her into the bathroom that evening. When the Ministry of Magic refrained her from doing so, Moaning Myrtle returned to the bathroom, haunting it from that day on.[4]
1992-1993 Chamber of Secrets openings
On Hallowe'en night, 1992, Tom Riddle's Diary (one of Voldemort's Horcruxes), possessed student Ginny Weasley and forced her to open the Chamber of Secrets (which had been closed since 1943). She eventually tried to dispose of the diary in the bathroom stall where Myrtle died, but Harry later discovered the book, undamaged.[7][8]
Hermione Granger brewed Polyjuice Potion there in her second year, in 1992. She, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley used it as part of their unsuccessful plan to question Draco Malfoy about the opening of the Chamber of Secrets.[9] Later in the school year, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley discovered where the entrance to the Chamber was and they, along with Gilderoy Lockhart, then-Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, entered the Chamber of Secrets via this bathroom.[2]
Altering history
In an alternate reality 2020, Scorpius Malfoy and Albus Potter visited the bathroom in search of a way to reach the Great Lake. The pair convinced Moaning Myrtle to show them how to use the pipes to send themselves to the lake as she could.[10]
Behind the scenes
- The location of Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom has been described inconsistently.
- Hermione initially mentions it as being on the first floor,[11] but later Harry is said to run up two floors from the Entrance Hall.[12]
- Two years later, Harry also describes it as being on the second floor.[13]
- In the GBC version of the Philosopher's Stone video game, there is a locked doorway on the second floor with pavement around it which is flooded. The same doorway serves as the entrance to Myrtle's Bathroom in the next instalment.
- In Hogwarts Legacy, the bathroom housing the Chamber of Secrets's entrance is located in the dungeons, not far from the Slytherin common room.
- In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Myrtle's Bathroom is located on the first floor, but across the Stone Bridge.
- On Pottermore, it was simply called "Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom".
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, all the sinks in the bathroom are arranged in a column, which separates before the snake-engraved sink descends into the ground to create the passage into the Chamber of Secrets.
- In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, this lavatory is replaced by a male bathroom, with different sinks and urinals instead of stalls. In the film adaptation, however, it can be seen that the corridor outside the male bathroom is different from the corridor outside Myrtle's bathroom.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (GBC version only) (Entrance only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Appears in an alternate reality)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (Appears in an alternate reality)
- Pottermore
- Wizarding World
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- LEGO Harry Potter
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
- The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 9 (The Writing on the Wall)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16 (The Chamber of Secrets)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pottermore - From the story: Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom dead link
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 25 (The Egg and the Eye)
- ↑ (see this image)
- ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Chamber of Secrets" at Wizarding World
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 13 (The Very Secret Diary)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 17 (The Heir of Slytherin)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 12 (The Polyjuice Potion)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Two, Scene Nineteen
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8 (The Deathday Party) - "'She [Moaning Myrtle] haunts one of the toilets in the girls' bathroom on the first floor,' said Hermione."
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8 (The Deathday Party) - "'This way,' he shouted, and he began to run, up the stairs, into the entrance hall. [...] Harry sprinted up the marble staircase to the first floor, Ron and Hermione clattering behind him. [...] he ran up the next flight of steps three at a time [...] Harry hurtled around the whole of the second floor, Ron and Hermione panting behind him, not stopping until they turned a corner into the last, deserted passage."
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 22 (The Unexpected Task) - "'I suppose there’s always Moaning Myrtle,' he said gloomily, referring to the ghost who haunted the girls' toilets on the second floor."