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'''Helga Hufflepuff's Cup''' was a [[magic]]al item created by one of the founders of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], [[Helga Hufflepuff]]. It was a small golden cup with two finely-wrought handles with a badger engraved on the side and a few jewels. The badger is the symbol of [[Hufflepuff]] [[Hogwarts Houses|House]]. The cup also has the dubious distinction of being the only object known to have been [[Break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank (1998)|stolen]] from a vault (specifically the [[Lestrange Vault|vault of the Lestrange family]]) at [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank]].
   
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==History==
''Recuerde que la copa está enjoyada con dos asas delgadas y un tejón grabado en el centro''
 
 
[[File:Wallofportraits2.jpg|thumb|left|Helga Hufflepuff with her cup.]]
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===Creation===
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The cup was a creation of [[Helga Hufflepuff]], the celebrated Founder of Hufflepuff House. It was described as a shining golden cup with two finely wrought handles on either side and a badger engraved on its surface.The cup was said to possess many magical powers, though the exact nature of those powers is not known. Hufflepuff was brilliant with food-related charms and with [[house-elf|house-elves]], so the cup may have been the very first dining utensil at Hogwarts to assist in the magical transportation of food from the House-Elf Kitchens. The cup remained with Hufflepuff until the time of her death.
   
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===Horcrux transformation===
''Harrydescribing la copa a Ron y Hermione''
 
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The cup was passed down through the Hufflepuff family, and through the centuries made its way to [[Hepzibah Smith]], a descendant who kept the cup as a priceless heirloom. In [[1940s|1946]], Smith showed the cup to [[Tom Riddle|Tom Marvolo Riddle]], who was at that time employed at [[Borgin and Burkes]]. She dazzled Riddle with the cup and fondly stated she could never part with it. Along with the cup, Smith possessed [[Salazar Slytherin]]'s [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket|Locket]]. She kept them well hidden even from her family members.
   
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[[File:HepzibahSmith.png|thumb|right|[[Hepzibah Smith]]]]
'''Copa de Helga Hufflepuff''' era un [[magic|mágico]] elemento creado por uno de los fundadores del [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Colegio Hogwarts de Magia y Hechicería]] , [[Helga Hufflepuff]] . Era una pequeña copa de oro con dos asas finamente trabajadas con un tejón grabado en el lado y algunas joyas. El tejón es el símbolo de [[Hufflepuff|Hufflepuff ]] [[Hogwarts Houses|Casa]] . La copa también tiene la dudosa distinción de ser el único objeto conocido que ha sido [[Break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank (1998)|robado]] de una bóveda (específicamente la [[Lestrange Vault|bóveda de la familia Lestrange]] ) en el [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank|Banco Gringotts]] .
 
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Smith was found dead two days later. Her elderly house-elf, [[Hokey]], recalled mistakenly putting poison in Smith's cocoa, however, Riddle had embedded a false memory in Hokey as he himself had murdered Smith for the artefacts. Riddle fled with the cup and the locket. Smith's family realised the cup and the locket were missing shortly after her death, but by that time Riddle had resigned his post at Borgin and Burkes. Riddle was neither seen nor heard of for a decade.
   
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[[File:Screen_shot_2012-04-29_at_11.29.49_PM.png|thumb|left|Bellatrix places the cup in her vault at Gringotts.]]Riddle, or [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] as he called himself at that point, transformed the cup into his fourth [[Horcrux]], using Smith's murder as the tool. Many years later he left it in the care of his trusted [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]], [[Bellatrix Lestrange]]. Although she did not know that the cup was a Horcrux, Lestrange treated the object with extreme priority, storing it in her [[Lestrange Vault|family vault]] at [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank]], considered to be impossible to plunder. In addition to the bank's extensive security measures, it was protected there by a spell which would cause any object to [[Gemino Curse|multiply exponentially]] if touched by anyone other than the vault's owners. In addition to this, a further protective curse was placed on the vault to cause the objects to glow hot as fire and [[Flagrante Curse|burn]] the flesh of anyone trying to remove them without authorization.
==Historia==
 
[[File:Wallofportraits2.jpg|thumb|left|Helga Hufflepuff with her cup.]]
 
===Creación===
 
La copa fue una creación de [[Helga Hufflepuff]] , el Fundador de la célebre Casa de Hufflepuff. Fue descrito como un cáliz de oro que brilla con dos asas finamente labrados a ambos lados y un tejón grabado en su taza surface.The se dice que posee muchos poderes mágicos, aunque no se conoce la naturaleza exacta de esos poderes. Hufflepuff era fantástico, con encantos relacionados con los alimentos y con [[house-elf|los elfos domésticos]] , por lo que la copa puede haber sido el primer utensilio comedor de Hogwarts para ayudar en el transporte mágico de comida de las cocinas elfo doméstico. La copa se quedó con Hufflepuff hasta el momento de su muerte.
 
   
===Transformación Horrocrux===
 
La copa se transmite de padres a la familia de Hufflepuff, ya través de los siglos se abrió camino a [[Hepzibah Smith]] , un descendiente que mantuvo la copa como una reliquia de valor incalculable. En [[1940s|1946]] , Smith mostró la copa a [[Tom Riddle|Tom Marvolo Riddle]] , quien era en ese tiempo empleado en [[Borgin and Burkes|Borgin y Burkes]] . Ella deslumbró Riddle con la taza y el cariño manifestado que ella nunca podría separarse de él. Junto con la copa, Smith poseía [[Salazar Slytherin]] 's [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket|L]]
 
[[Salazar Slytherin's Locket|ocket]] . Ella los mantuvo bien 
 
escondido incluso de miembros de su familia.[[File:Borgin_y_burke.jpg|thumb|Borgin y Burke]]Smith fue encontrado muerto dos días después. Su anciano elfo doméstico, [[Hokey]] , recordó por error poner veneno en el cacao de Smith, sin embargo, Riddle había incrustado un falso recuerdo de Hokey como él mismo había asesinado a Smith por los artefactos. Riddle huyó con la taza y el medallón. La familia de Smith se dio cuenta de la taza y el medallón faltaban poco después de su muerte, pero en ese momento Riddle había renunciado a su puesto en Borgin y Burkes. Riddle no fue visto ni oído hablar de una década.Riddle, o [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] mientras él llamaba a sí mismo en ese punto, transformaron la copa en su cuarto [[Horcrux|Horrocrux]] , con el asesinato de Smith como la herramienta. Muchos años después lo dejó al cuidado de su confianza [[Death Eaters|mortífago]] , [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] . Aunque ella no sabía que la copa era un Horrocrux, Lestrange tratado el objeto con suma prioridad, almacenándola en su [[Lestrange Vault|panteón familiar]] en [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank|Gringotts Banco]] , considerada imposible para saquear.
 
   
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===Search to reclaim the cup===
Además de amplias medidas de seguridad del banco, que estaba protegida no por un hechizo que haría que cualquier objeto que [[Gemino Curse|se multiplican de manera exponencial]] si se toca por nadie más que los propietarios de la bóveda. Además de esto, una maldición de protección más fue colocado en la bóveda para hacer que los objetos brillen caliente como el fuego y [[Flagrante Curse|quemar]] la carne de cualquiera que trate de eliminarlos sin autorización.
 
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[[File:DH2_Harry_Potter_in_Bellatrix_Lestrange's_vault.jpg|thumb|260px|Harry Potter reaching out for Helga Hufflepuff's Cup using [[Godric Gryffindor's sword]] inside the Lestrange vault.]]
 
===Buscar para recuperar la copa===
 
 
{{Main|Horcrux hunt|Break-In of Gringotts Wizarding Bank (1998)}}
 
{{Main|Horcrux hunt|Break-In of Gringotts Wizarding Bank (1998)}}
Años más tarde, [[Albus Dumbledore]] y [[Harry Potter]] la teoría de que Lord Voldemort había elegido la Copa de Hufflepuff como objeto de uno de sus Horcruxes. No, sin embargo, saben donde pueda ser localizado.
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Years later, [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Harry Potter]] theorized that Lord Voldemort had chosen Hufflepuff's Cup as an object for one of his Horcruxes. They did not, however, know where it might be located.
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====<span style="font-size:14px;">[[File:Gemino.jpg|thumb|left|322px|Harry en la boveda de Bellatix]]</span>====
 
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During the hunt for the Horcruxes, Harry, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] were captured by [[Snatchers]] and brought to [[Malfoy Manor]], where Bellatrix Lestrange panicked at the sight of [[Godric Gryffindor]]'s [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword|Sword]] — which she had believed to be in her vault as well — in their possession. She interrogated and tortured Hermione with the [[Cruciatus Curse]] demanding to know what else they had taken. This made Harry suspect that Hufflepuff's Cup might be the other item in her [[Lestrange vault|vault]].
   
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[[File:Dragon_attack_Gringotts.JPG|thumb|left|260px|The dragon breathing fire as it escaped]]
Durante la búsqueda de los Horrocruxes, Harry, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] y [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] fueron capturados por [[Snatchers|ladrones]] y llevados a [[Malfoy Manor|la Mansión Malfoy]] , donde Bellatrix Lestrange en pánico ante la visión de [[Godric Gryffindor]] 's [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword|Espada]] - que ella había creído estar en su bóveda, así - en su posesión. 
 
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Later, Harry, Hermione and Ron infiltrated Gringotts with the assistance of the [[goblin]] [[Griphook]] and the use of [[Polyjuice Potion]]. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Griphook, and Bogrod hurried to the door, whereupon they see an aged, half-blind [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon dragon] guarding the vault, which Griphook subdues by using the Clankers; Harry guessed that the cowering Dragon associated the noise of Clankers with pain. Hearing pursuit approaching, Harry forced Bogrod to open the vault, which was filled with precious objects. The vault closed shut behind them, and Griphook said Bogrod could release them, but they must search quickly. Hermione then screamed in pain; the vault's protective charm causes the contents to start [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Gemino_Curse multiplying] exponentially and[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Flagrante_Curse become searing hot] every time something was touched.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DH26_4-4">[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Break-in_of_Gringotts_Wizarding_Bank_(1998)#cite_note-DH26-4 [5]]</sup> As they searched, the amount of treasure started to grow and the heat began to rise with them stuck inside it, burning their skin every time a piece of gold touched them.
   
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Griphook grabbed Gryffindor's Sword, and flipped Hufflepuff's Cup up into the air. Harry caught it, ignoring as it seared his flesh and thousands of replica cups burst forth from it. Borne by a treasure avalanche spilling from the now-opened vault, Griphook betrayed the trio by running off clutching Gryffindor's Sword and yelling that thieves were in the vault as a crowd of armed goblins and wizards approached them.Harry spotted [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Helga_Hufflepuff%27s_Cup Helga Hufflepuff’s Cup], but it was out of reach. Hermione levitated Harry close to it with the [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Levicorpus Levicorpus] spell, and he snagged the Cup with Gryffindor's Sword, while Hermione, Ron, Griphook, and Bogrod struggled to stay above the hot multiplying objects below. As Harry [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Liberacorpus sets himself down], he dropped the Sword and the Cup.
Ella interrogado y torturado Hermione con la [[Cruciatus Curse|maldición Cruciatus]] exigiendo saber qué otra cosa que habían tomado. Esto hizo que Harry sospecha que la Copa de Hufflepuff podría ser el otro elemento en su [[Lestrange vault|bóveda]] .
 
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===Escape[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Break-in_of_Gringotts_Wizarding_Bank_(1998)?action=edit&section=9 Edit]===
====<span style="font-size:14px;">Más tarde, Harry, Hermione y Ron se infiltraron en Gringotts, con la ayuda del </span>[[goblin|duende ]]<span style="font-size:14px;"> </span>[[Griphook]]<span style="font-size:14px;"> y el uso de </span>[[Polyjuice Potion|la poción multijugos]]<span style="font-size:14px;"> . Callejón Diagon Hermione se encontró con travers cuando llegué a Harry vestivulo tuvimos que usar el imperio maldiciones sobre Bogrod elfo que llamó el más caro que los llevara a la bóveda, mientras bajavan reunió con la caída del ladrón y eliminar los hechisos sobre Ron y Hermione .</span>====
 
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:"''it took off, and with [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Harry Harry], [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ron Ron], and [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hermione Hermione] still clinging to its back.... it staggered into [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Diagon_Alley Diagon Alley] and launched itself into the sky.''"
[[File:Dragon.jpg|thumb|254px|El trio escapando de Gringotts]]
 
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:—The Trio's escape<sup class="noprint">[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows [src]]</sup>
   
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:Harry, Ron and Hermione all hurled [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Stunning_Spell Stunning Spells] and curses at the oncoming goblins throng to hold them off. Harry then used a[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Revulsion_Jinx Revulsion Jinx] to release the half-blind dragon from its chains and the trio jump onto its back. The dragon began to breathe fire at the goblins and to fly through the corridor that was almost too narrow for it, while the goblins threw daggers at them.
Al llegar a la voveda vieron que estaba protegida por un dragón ciego promedio que escapó gracias a los clankers.En bóveda todo estava maldecido con Gemio y flagrantes de los objetos se multiplican y se quema al tocarlo. Mientras Harry miraba sintió una sacudida en su corazón cuando su luz de la varita pasó sobre la copa de Helga Hufflepuff, que se mantuvo en un nivel superior.Se las arreglaron para eludir estrecho de valores de la bóveda antes de [[Griphook]] traicionó el trío y afirmó [[Godric Gryffindor]] 's [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword|Espada]] así como alertar a los otros duendes a su presencia. El trío se vio obligado a huían [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank|Gringotts]] en [[Ukrainian Ironbelly at Gringotts|uno de los&nbsp;]][[Ukrainian Ironbelly at Gringotts|dragones del banco]] .
 
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Hermione used ''[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Gouging_Spell Defodio]'' to enlarge the passageway for the dragon, and Harry and Ron copied her. Their combined efforts and the dragon’s violent thrashing allow them to break into the main hallway. As customers and employees fled, the dragon burst out of the doors into [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Diagon_Alley Diagon Alley], and launched itself into the sky.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DH26_4-5">[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Break-in_of_Gringotts_Wizarding_Bank_(1998)#cite_note-DH26-4 [5]]</sup>
==<span style="font-size:20px;">Destrucción</span>==
 
[[File:Dos.jpg|thumb|left|318px|El tsunami de la copa]]El trío regresó a [[Hogwarts Castle|Hogwarts]] para encontrar una posible [[Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem|Horrocrux&nbsp;]][[Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem|relacionados con Ravenclaw]] , y los mortífagos y Voldemort lanzó un ataque conocido como la [[Battle of Hogwarts|Batalla de Hogwarts]] . Durante la batalla, Ron y Hermione se aventuraron hacia abajo en la [[Chamber of Secrets|cámara secreta]] (con Ron haciendo una imitación pasable de Harry [[Parseltongue|Parsel]] para entrar) y se recuperan varios [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|Basilisk]] colmillos. Hermione utilizó uno de los colmillos de destruir la Copa dentro de la Cámara, como Basilisk veneno es una de las propiedades capaces de destruir un Horcrux.In la película cuando Ron le dice a Hermione para destruir el Horrocrux ella dice que no va a ser capaz de destruirlo, la copa comienza a hablar de paquetes y cuando hermione apuñala el colmillo de basilisco su destrucción es sentida por Voldemort, mientras la copa forma un tsunami con agua de la cámara en la que dos caras parecen ser destruido Horrocrux de Voldemort
 
   
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[[File:Do.png|thumb|300px|Ron y Hermione escapando del tsunami de Voldemort]]
 
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[[File:Ronhermionechamber.png|thumb|[[Hermione Granger]] and [[Ron Weasley]] in the Chamber of Secrets preparing to destroy the cup.]]
==<span style="font-size:20px;">Potestades</span>==
 
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The trio returned to [[Hogwarts Castle]] to find a possibly [[Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem|Ravenclaw-related Horcrux]], and the Death Eaters and Voldemort launched an attack known as the [[Battle of Hogwarts]]. During the battle, Ron and Hermione ventured down into the [[Chamber of Secrets]] (with Ron doing a passable imitation of Harry's [[Parseltongue]] to enter) and retrieved several [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|Basilisk]] fangs. Hermione used one of the fangs to destroy the Cup inside the Chamber, as Basilisk venom is one of the properties capable of destroying a Horcrux.in the film when the cup is destroyed creates a tsunami where two faces of voldemort to the destruction of the Horcrux
Según Hepzibah Smith taza tiene muchos powers.When mágico transformado enHorrocrux, la copa podía hablar Parsel y cuándo fue Gringgotts, colocado dos escudos, el Flagrate y hechizos Gemino y cuando se les toca a arder y se multiplican.  Cuando Harry agarra la bóveda se incinera y manos varias copas de Hufflepuff. En la película, cuando él es apuñalado forma un tsunami con cámara de agua dos caras del fragmento aparecen como destruyó a 
 
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[[File:Tumblr_luesezL0811qempzto6_2505.gif|thumb|el Tsunami de la copa]]
Voldemort Horrocrux
 
   
==Entre bastidores==
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==Behind the scenes==
*Copa de Hufflepuff ni se ve ni se menciona en la [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|versión cinematográfica]] de ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|Harry Potter y el Misterio del Príncipe]]'' . Del mismo modo, los Horrocruxes hipotéticos de [[Nagini]] y [[Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem|un artefacto desconocido de Ravenclaw]] nunca se sugieren a Harry por Dumbledore antes de su muerte. Esto deja a Harry en una situación mucho más difícil en el final de la sexta película que en el libro, ya que sólo tiene una ventaja de seguir introduciendo el final de la película: la original, robado [[Regulus Black's locket|medallón]] del [[Horcrux|Horrocrux ]] [[Horcrux cave|cueva]] . La pista que recibió en la película era de Bellatrix, que estaba en un frenesí frenético cuando ella pensaba que su bóveda ha sido forzado.
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*Hufflepuff's Cup is neither seen nor mentioned in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''. Similarly, the hypothetical Horcruxes of [[Nagini]] and [[Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem|an unknown artefact of Ravenclaw's]] are never suggested to Harry by Dumbledore prior to his death. This leaves Harry in a significantly more challenging predicament at the end of the sixth film than in the book, as he has only one lead to follow entering the final film: the original pilfered [[Regulus Black's locket|locket]] from the [[Horcrux]] [[Horcrux cave|cave]]. The clue he received in the film was from Bellatrix, who was in a frantic frenzy when she thought her vault was broken into.
*En la película, Harry encuentra el Horrocrux detectando que debido a su condición de proto-Horrocrux. También es capaz de encontrar la diadema de esta manera.
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*In the film, Harry finds the Horcrux by sensing it due to his status as a proto-Horcrux. He is also able to find the diadem this way.
*En la película la copa nunca se nombra; sólo se le llama "El Horrocrux" o "La Copa", y su historia de fondo de Helga Hufflepuff ser dueño de ella no se menciona, aunque no hay una imagen de un tejón en el lateral.
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*In the film the cup is never named; it is only called "The Horcrux" or "The Cup", and its back-story of Helga Hufflepuff owning it goes unmentioned, although there is a picture of a badger on the side.
*En la película, cuando se destruye la copa, su destrucción provoca un tsunami que se forman en la cercana [[water|de agua]] , y la cara de Voldemort a aparecer en el tsunami como el fragmento de su alma se libera y destruye.
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*In the film, when the cup is destroyed, its destruction causes a tsunami to form in the nearby [[water]], and Voldemort's face to appear in the tsunami as the fragment of his soul is released and destroyed.
*La Copa ya está disponible para su compra a partir de la [[Noble Collection|Colección Noble]] .
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*The Cup is now avaliable for purchase from the [[Noble Collection]].
   
==Apariciones==
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==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|Harry Potter y el Misterio del Príncipe]]'' {{1st}} {{Flashback}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{1st}} {{Flashback}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2|Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte: Parte 2]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)|Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte: Parte 2 (juego video)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]''
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7|LEGO Harry Potter: Años 5-7]]''
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey|Harry Potter y el Viaje Prohibido]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey]]''
   
==Ver también==
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==See also==
*[[Sorting Hat|Sombrero Seleccionador]]
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*[[Sorting Hat]]
*[[Godric Gryffindor's Sword|Espada de Godric Gryffindor]]
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*[[Godric Gryffindor's Sword]]
*[[Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem|Diadema de Rowena Ravenclaw]]
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*[[Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem]]
*[[Salazar Slytherin's Locket|Locket de Salazar Slytherin]]
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*[[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]]
   
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Helga Hufflepuff's Cup was a magical item created by one of the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Helga Hufflepuff. It was a small golden cup with two finely-wrought handles with a badger engraved on the side and a few jewels. The badger is the symbol of Hufflepuff House. The cup also has the dubious distinction of being the only object known to have been stolen from a vault (specifically the vault of the Lestrange family) at Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

History

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Helga Hufflepuff with her cup.

Creation

The cup was a creation of Helga Hufflepuff, the celebrated Founder of Hufflepuff House. It was described as a shining golden cup with two finely wrought handles on either side and a badger engraved on its surface.The cup was said to possess many magical powers, though the exact nature of those powers is not known. Hufflepuff was brilliant with food-related charms and with house-elves, so the cup may have been the very first dining utensil at Hogwarts to assist in the magical transportation of food from the House-Elf Kitchens. The cup remained with Hufflepuff until the time of her death.

Horcrux transformation

The cup was passed down through the Hufflepuff family, and through the centuries made its way to Hepzibah Smith, a descendant who kept the cup as a priceless heirloom. In 1946, Smith showed the cup to Tom Marvolo Riddle, who was at that time employed at Borgin and Burkes. She dazzled Riddle with the cup and fondly stated she could never part with it. Along with the cup, Smith possessed Salazar Slytherin's Locket. She kept them well hidden even from her family members.

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Hepzibah Smith

Smith was found dead two days later. Her elderly house-elf, Hokey, recalled mistakenly putting poison in Smith's cocoa, however, Riddle had embedded a false memory in Hokey as he himself had murdered Smith for the artefacts. Riddle fled with the cup and the locket. Smith's family realised the cup and the locket were missing shortly after her death, but by that time Riddle had resigned his post at Borgin and Burkes. Riddle was neither seen nor heard of for a decade.

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Bellatrix places the cup in her vault at Gringotts.

Riddle, or Lord Voldemort as he called himself at that point, transformed the cup into his fourth Horcrux, using Smith's murder as the tool. Many years later he left it in the care of his trusted Death Eater, Bellatrix Lestrange. Although she did not know that the cup was a Horcrux, Lestrange treated the object with extreme priority, storing it in her family vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank, considered to be impossible to plunder. In addition to the bank's extensive security measures, it was protected there by a spell which would cause any object to multiply exponentially if touched by anyone other than the vault's owners. In addition to this, a further protective curse was placed on the vault to cause the objects to glow hot as fire and burn the flesh of anyone trying to remove them without authorization.


Search to reclaim the cup

DH2 Harry Potter in Bellatrix Lestrange's vault

Harry Potter reaching out for Helga Hufflepuff's Cup using Godric Gryffindor's sword inside the Lestrange vault.

Years later, Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter theorized that Lord Voldemort had chosen Hufflepuff's Cup as an object for one of his Horcruxes. They did not, however, know where it might be located.

During the hunt for the Horcruxes, Harry, Ron and Hermione were captured by Snatchers and brought to Malfoy Manor, where Bellatrix Lestrange panicked at the sight of Godric Gryffindor's Sword — which she had believed to be in her vault as well — in their possession. She interrogated and tortured Hermione with the Cruciatus Curse demanding to know what else they had taken. This made Harry suspect that Hufflepuff's Cup might be the other item in her vault.

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The dragon breathing fire as it escaped

Later, Harry, Hermione and Ron infiltrated Gringotts with the assistance of the goblin Griphook and the use of Polyjuice Potion. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Griphook, and Bogrod hurried to the door, whereupon they see an aged, half-blind dragon guarding the vault, which Griphook subdues by using the Clankers; Harry guessed that the cowering Dragon associated the noise of Clankers with pain. Hearing pursuit approaching, Harry forced Bogrod to open the vault, which was filled with precious objects. The vault closed shut behind them, and Griphook said Bogrod could release them, but they must search quickly. Hermione then screamed in pain; the vault's protective charm causes the contents to start multiplying exponentially andbecome searing hot every time something was touched.[5] As they searched, the amount of treasure started to grow and the heat began to rise with them stuck inside it, burning their skin every time a piece of gold touched them.

Griphook grabbed Gryffindor's Sword, and flipped Hufflepuff's Cup up into the air. Harry caught it, ignoring as it seared his flesh and thousands of replica cups burst forth from it. Borne by a treasure avalanche spilling from the now-opened vault, Griphook betrayed the trio by running off clutching Gryffindor's Sword and yelling that thieves were in the vault as a crowd of armed goblins and wizards approached them.Harry spotted Helga Hufflepuff’s Cup, but it was out of reach. Hermione levitated Harry close to it with the Levicorpus spell, and he snagged the Cup with Gryffindor's Sword, while Hermione, Ron, Griphook, and Bogrod struggled to stay above the hot multiplying objects below. As Harry sets himself down, he dropped the Sword and the Cup.

EscapeEdit

"it took off, and with HarryRon, and Hermione still clinging to its back.... it staggered into Diagon Alley and launched itself into the sky."
—The Trio's escape[src]
Harry, Ron and Hermione all hurled Stunning Spells and curses at the oncoming goblins throng to hold them off. Harry then used aRevulsion Jinx to release the half-blind dragon from its chains and the trio jump onto its back. The dragon began to breathe fire at the goblins and to fly through the corridor that was almost too narrow for it, while the goblins threw daggers at them.

Hermione used Defodio to enlarge the passageway for the dragon, and Harry and Ron copied her. Their combined efforts and the dragon’s violent thrashing allow them to break into the main hallway. As customers and employees fled, the dragon burst out of the doors into Diagon Alley, and launched itself into the sky.[5]

Destruction

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Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in the Chamber of Secrets preparing to destroy the cup.

The trio returned to Hogwarts Castle to find a possibly Ravenclaw-related Horcrux, and the Death Eaters and Voldemort launched an attack known as the Battle of Hogwarts. During the battle, Ron and Hermione ventured down into the Chamber of Secrets (with Ron doing a passable imitation of Harry's Parseltongue to enter) and retrieved several Basilisk fangs. Hermione used one of the fangs to destroy the Cup inside the Chamber, as Basilisk venom is one of the properties capable of destroying a Horcrux.in the film when the cup is destroyed creates a tsunami where two faces of voldemort to the destruction of the Horcrux

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el Tsunami de la copa

Behind the scenes

  • Hufflepuff's Cup is neither seen nor mentioned in the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Similarly, the hypothetical Horcruxes of Nagini and an unknown artefact of Ravenclaw's are never suggested to Harry by Dumbledore prior to his death. This leaves Harry in a significantly more challenging predicament at the end of the sixth film than in the book, as he has only one lead to follow entering the final film: the original pilfered locket from the Horcrux cave. The clue he received in the film was from Bellatrix, who was in a frantic frenzy when she thought her vault was broken into.
  • In the film, Harry finds the Horcrux by sensing it due to his status as a proto-Horcrux. He is also able to find the diadem this way.
  • In the film the cup is never named; it is only called "The Horcrux" or "The Cup", and its back-story of Helga Hufflepuff owning it goes unmentioned, although there is a picture of a badger on the side.
  • In the film, when the cup is destroyed, its destruction causes a tsunami to form in the nearby water, and Voldemort's face to appear in the tsunami as the fragment of his soul is released and destroyed.
  • The Cup is now avaliable for purchase from the Noble Collection.

Appearances

See also