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'''Hengist of Woodcroft''' was a medieval [[Wizards|wizard]], best known as the founder of the village of [[Hogsmeade]] in [[Scotland]], the only all-wizarding village in [[Great Britain]].
'''Hengist of Woodcroft''' was a medieval [[Wizards|wizard]]. Tradition states that Hengist founded the village of [[Hogsmeade]] in medieval times after being driven from his home by [[Muggle]] persecutors. Popular rumour suggests that he used the [[Three Broomsticks Inn]] as a home.<ref>Hengist's Chocolate Frog Card in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''</ref> There was a bust of Hengist on the fourth-floor corridor of [[Hogwarts Castle]], near the [[Hospital wing]] and also appears on a Chocolate Frog card.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' - PS2 version</ref>
 
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===Early life===
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Hengist was born in the Middle Ages, no earlier than [[First millennium A.D.|982]],<ref name="birthdate"/> in [[Woodcroft]], [[England|Gloucestershire]]. In his youth, Hengist attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], where he was [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]] into [[Hufflepuff]].<ref name="pottermore"/>
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===Adulthood===
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[[File:Hengist_of_Woodcroft.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Hengist of Woodcroft, as pictured in his [[Chocolate Frog Cards|Chocolate Frog Card]].]]
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Hengist is traditionally credited with the founding of the village of [[Hogsmeade]] after being driven from his home by [[Muggle]] prosecutors. According to popular lore, Hengist used the [[Three Broomsticks Inn]] as a home.<ref name="PSvg">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''</ref>
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===Death and post-mortem===
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Hengist died at some point during the Middle Ages. Remembered for his founding of [[Hogsmeade]], he was immortalised in a [[Chocolate Frog Cards|Chocolate Frog Card]]<ref name="PSvg"/> There was also a bust of Hengist on the [[Fourth Floor Corridor]] of [[Hogwarts Castle]].<ref name="PAps2">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' - PS2 version</ref>
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On [[1 September]], [[1991]], [[Prefect]] [[Gabriel Truman]] welcomed the [[Hufflepuff]] [[first year]]s to [[Hufflepuff Basement]] with a short speech in which he mentioned Hengist of Woodcroft as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who were [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]], like them, into Hufflepuff.<ref name="pottermore"/>
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==Etymology==
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The name "Hengist" means "stallion" in Germanic. Hengist and his brother Horsa were the leaders of the first Germanic settlers in Britain. Hengist established a kingdom in Kent in the 5th century.
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==Behind the scenes==
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Hengist of Woodcroft's Chocolate Frog Card was one of the very first collected by [[Harry Potter]].<ref name="ps6">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', Chapter 6 - (''The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters'')</ref>
   
 
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Hengist of Woodcroft was a medieval wizard, best known as the founder of the village of Hogsmeade in Scotland, the only all-wizarding village in Great Britain.

Biography

Early life

Hengist was born in the Middle Ages, no earlier than 982,[1] in Woodcroft, Gloucestershire. In his youth, Hengist attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was Sorted into Hufflepuff.[2]

Adulthood

Hengist of Woodcroft

Hengist of Woodcroft, as pictured in his Chocolate Frog Card.

Hengist is traditionally credited with the founding of the village of Hogsmeade after being driven from his home by Muggle prosecutors. According to popular lore, Hengist used the Three Broomsticks Inn as a home.[3]

Death and post-mortem

Hengist died at some point during the Middle Ages. Remembered for his founding of Hogsmeade, he was immortalised in a Chocolate Frog Card[3] There was also a bust of Hengist on the Fourth Floor Corridor of Hogwarts Castle.[4]

On 1 September, 1991, Prefect Gabriel Truman welcomed the Hufflepuff first years to Hufflepuff Basement with a short speech in which he mentioned Hengist of Woodcroft as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who were Sorted, like them, into Hufflepuff.[2]

Etymology

The name "Hengist" means "stallion" in Germanic. Hengist and his brother Horsa were the leaders of the first Germanic settlers in Britain. Hengist established a kingdom in Kent in the 5th century.

Behind the scenes

Hengist of Woodcroft's Chocolate Frog Card was one of the very first collected by Harry Potter.[5]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Given Hogwarts was founded in around 993 A.D. and that Hengist attended it, he must have been eleven by or after the school's founding. So, the earliest date he could have possibly been born is 982.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pottermore introduction for Hufflepuffs (transcription available here)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
  4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) - PS2 version
  5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6 - (The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
Hogsmeade
Hogsmeade WW logo
Scotland, Great Britain
Founder: Hengist of Woodcroft
Shops and other businesses
Baby Witch · Batworthy Junk · Bewildering Blooms · Bingle & Blatch · Brews and Stews Café · Brood and Peck · Ceridwen's Cauldrons · Dervish and Banges · Dogweed and Deathcap · Dominic Maestro's Music Shop · Fickle Fabrics · Flutes and Lutes · Gladrags Wizardwear · The Haunted Hogsmeade Shop · Hayden family shop · Hog's Head Inn · Hogsmeade Post Office · Honeydukes · J. Pippin's Potions · Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop · Madam Snelling's Tress Emporium · The Magic Neep · McBloom & McMuck · McHavelock's Wizarding Headgear · The Old Fool · Ollivanders · Pedrus Pridgeon · Pets & Familiars · Renka Rabblehauser's shop · Rosa Lee Teabag · Scribbulus Writing Implements · Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop · Spintwitches Sporting Needs · Steepley and Sons · Three Broomsticks Inn · Tomes and Scrolls · Vladimir Plot Plumbing Supplies · Wizarding hairdressing salon · Zonko's Joke Shop
Other locations
Cave near Hogsmeade · Elphinstone Urquart and Minerva McGonagall's Hogsmeade cottage · High Street · Hogsmeade Graveyard · Hogsmeade Station · Merge Publications · Office 323 · River by Hogsmeade · Rivers Edge · Road to Hogsmeade · Road to Hogwarts · Shrieking Shack · Silvanus Kettleburn's house · Spire Alley · Wizarding Wireless Network Headquarters
Known residents and shop employees
Alice · Garnuff · Gwendoline Babcocke · Gwendoline Babcocke's mother · Archibald Bennett · Bilton Bilmes · Thomas Brown · Otto Dibble · Aberforth Dumbledore · Andre Egwu · Employee of the Hogsmeade Post Office · Fastidio · Mopsy Fleabert · Ambrosius Flume · Mrs Flume · Greebly · Beatrice Green · Corey Hayden's parents · Augustus Hill · Hogsmeade street sweeper · Hogsmeade town crier · Horace · Hrithvi · Betty Huxley · Richard Jackdaw · Silvanus Kettleburn · Lucy Lanyon · Dominic Maestro · Soleil le Marveillus · Cassandra Mason · Cassandra Mason's tenants · Minerva McGonagall · McHavelock · Agnes Nutt · Penny (house-elf) · Agabus Philbert · Dulcibella Philbert · Gabbey · J. Pippin · Parry Pippin · Vladimir Plot · Puddifoot · Renka Rabblehauser · Olivia Redding · Patrick Redding · Rosmerta · Sirona Ryan · Scrivenshaft · Calliope Snelling · Perdita Strix · Timothy Teasdale · Yubert Thorne · Thaddeus Travers · Jasper Trout · Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student · Unidentified mallowsweet seller · Unidentified Ollivander's assistant · Unidentified shop assistant · Elphinstone Urquart · Waiter at the Three Broomsticks · Ethel Wigley · Albie Weekes · Wally Wimbles · Zonko · Zonko's shopkeeper
Fourth-floor of Hogwarts Castle
Bathrooms
Bathroom · Washroom
Classrooms
Alchemy Rooms · Class 67 · Disused classroom · Music Room · Mycology
Corridors
Fourth-floor corridor · Hall of Mirrors · Hospital tower corridor · Incubation passage · Magical Theory hallway · Mirror passage · The West Bridge
Halls and rooms
Amulet Collection · The Dark Room · Drying Rooms · The Great Stove · Guest Rooms · Herbarium · Map Room · Mounting Room · Museum · The Old Theatre · Reptile House · Room overrun with mice · Skeleton Hall · Study Area
Offices
Cuthbert Binns's office · Eleazar Fig's office
Other locations
Balcony
Portraits, statues and other artwork
Barking Mad Male Gargoyle · Brutus Scrimgeour · Edward Rabnott · Famous Stuffed Owls · Hengist of Woodcroft · Landscape with trees · Temeritus Shanks
Staircases
Clock Tower staircase · Main Landing · Grand Staircase · Hospital tower staircase · Secret stairway to the seventh floor · Turris Magnus staircase
Storerooms
Bedpan Room · Old Wax Seals · Parchment Room · Parchment storage room · Scrying Stones · Seed Store · Spirit Collection