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|head=*[[Horace Slughorn]] (formerly as of 1980; currently as of 1997) |
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*[[Severus Snape]] (formerly) |
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|ghost=The [[Bloody Baron]] |
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{{Quote|Or perhaps in Slytherin,<br>You'll make your real friends,<br>Those cunning folk use any means,<br>To achieve their ends.|[[Sorting Hat|The Sorting Hat]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}} |
{{Quote|Or perhaps in Slytherin,<br>You'll make your real friends,<br>Those cunning folk use any means,<br>To achieve their ends.|[[Sorting Hat|The Sorting Hat]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}} |
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− | '''Slytherin''' is one of the four [[Hogwarts Houses|Houses]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry |
+ | '''Slytherin''' is one of the four [[Hogwarts Houses|Houses]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.]] Founded by [[Salazar Slytherin]], the house is composed mostly of [[pure-blood]] students, due to its founder's mistrust of [[Muggle-born]]s. The house is traditionally home to students who exhibit such traits as cunning, resourcefulness, and ambition. Its emblematic animal is a [[snake]] and its colours are {{Wplink|green}} and {{Wplink2|silver (color)|silver}}. The house [[ghost]] is the [[Bloody Baron]]. |
Slytherin corresponds roughly with the element of {{Wplink2|Water (classical element)|water}} with serpents being commonly associated with the sea and lochs in western European mythology as well as serpents being physically fluid and flexible animals.<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-3.htm The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling]</ref> The colours also correspond with waters around lakes and lochs often being green, and silver being often associated with grey rain water. |
Slytherin corresponds roughly with the element of {{Wplink2|Water (classical element)|water}} with serpents being commonly associated with the sea and lochs in western European mythology as well as serpents being physically fluid and flexible animals.<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-3.htm The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling]</ref> The colours also correspond with waters around lakes and lochs often being green, and silver being often associated with grey rain water. |
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==Traits and values== |
==Traits and values== |
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{{Quote|You could be great, you know, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that.|The Sorting Hat to [[Harry Potter]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}} |
{{Quote|You could be great, you know, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that.|The Sorting Hat to [[Harry Potter]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}} |
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Slytherins tend to be ambitious, shrewd, cunning, strong leaders, and achievement-oriented. They also have highly developed senses of self-preservation.<ref>[http://pottercast.the-leaky-cauldron.org/transcript/show/167?ordernum=2 Interview with J.K. Rowling] on [http://pottercast.the-leaky-cauldron.org Pottercast]</ref> This means that Slytherins tend to hesitate before acting, so as to weigh all possible outcomes before deciding exactly what should be done. |
Slytherins tend to be ambitious, shrewd, cunning, strong leaders, and achievement-oriented. They also have highly developed senses of self-preservation.<ref>[http://pottercast.the-leaky-cauldron.org/transcript/show/167?ordernum=2 Interview with J.K. Rowling] on [http://pottercast.the-leaky-cauldron.org Pottercast]</ref> This means that Slytherins tend to hesitate before acting, so as to weigh all possible outcomes before deciding exactly what should be done. |
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− | According to [[Albus Dumbledore]], the qualities which Salazar valued in the students he chose included cleverness, resourcefulness, determination, and "a certain disregard for the rules." Dumbledore noted that all of these were qualities possessed by [[Harry Potter]], who was in Gryffindor. |
+ | According to [[Albus Dumbledore]], the qualities which Salazar valued in the students he chose included cleverness, resourcefulness, determination, and "''a certain disregard for the rules''." Dumbledore noted that all of these were qualities possessed by [[Harry Potter]], who was in Gryffindor. |
===Blood purity=== |
===Blood purity=== |
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Contrary to the wishes of the other founders of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], [[Salazar Slytherin]] wanted a stricter policy of admission to the school —one limited strictly to [[pure-blood]] students. The controversy this created apparently led to him leaving the school and the [[Chamber of Secrets]] behind. A millennium later, the house's students are still considered affiliated with Salazar's reputed views, and open expression of pro-blood purity sentiment does seem to be more common in Slytherin than in other Houses. |
Contrary to the wishes of the other founders of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], [[Salazar Slytherin]] wanted a stricter policy of admission to the school —one limited strictly to [[pure-blood]] students. The controversy this created apparently led to him leaving the school and the [[Chamber of Secrets]] behind. A millennium later, the house's students are still considered affiliated with Salazar's reputed views, and open expression of pro-blood purity sentiment does seem to be more common in Slytherin than in other Houses. |
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− | This disagreement over blood purity, which caused Salazar Slytherin's friendship with [[Godric Gryffindor]] to break, is the origin of the feud between Slytherin and [[Gryffindor]], the two most competitive of the houses. Slytherin and Gryffindor are generally rivals in [[Quidditch]] and for the [[House Cup]], which the former had won seven years in a row prior to [[Harry Potter]]'s arrival at Hogwarts in [[1991]]. It is also rare for Slytherin and Gryffindor students to be friendly with one another, and common for them to share animosity. This was particularly the case during the [[First Wizarding War|First]] and [[Second Wizarding War]]s. During the latter conflict, no Slytherin students joined an association known as [[Dumbledore's Army]]; however, this could be explained by the fact that only those [[Hermione Granger]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], and [[Harry Potter]] trusted were invited. Some Slytherins declined to defend their school in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], with some joining the Death Eaters. However, there are exceptions, such as Slytherin [[Severus Snape]] and Gryffindor [[Lily Evans]], who were best friends until Snape's use of the slur "[[Mudblood]]" and his aspirations to be a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] caused Lily to sever their ties. |
+ | This disagreement over blood purity, which caused Salazar Slytherin's friendship with [[Godric Gryffindor]] to break, is the origin of the feud between Slytherin and [[Gryffindor]], the two most competitive of the houses. Slytherin and Gryffindor are generally rivals in [[Quidditch]] and for the [[House Cup]], which the former had won seven years in a row prior to [[Harry Potter]]'s arrival at Hogwarts in [[1991]]. It is also rare for Slytherin and Gryffindor students to be friendly with one another, and common for them to share animosity. This was particularly the case during the [[First Wizarding War|First]] and [[Second Wizarding War]]s. During the latter conflict, no Slytherin students joined an association known as [[Dumbledore's Army]]; however, this could be explained by the fact that only those [[Hermione Granger]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], and [[Harry Potter]] trusted were invited. Some Slytherins declined to defend their school in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], with some joining the Death Eaters. However, there are exceptions, such as Slytherin [[Severus Snape]] and Gryffindor [[Lily Evans]], who were best friends until Snape's use of the slur ''"[[Mudblood]]''" and his aspirations to be a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] caused Lily to sever their ties. |
==Reputation== |
==Reputation== |
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It is said that all [[Dark Wizard]]s were in Slytherin (though it is untrue, as Peter Pettigrew was a Gryffindor and [[Quirinus Quirrell]] was a Ravenclaw), though how many were from this house before [[Tom Riddle|Tom Marvolo Riddle]] began recruiting [[Death Eaters]] there is unstated. As Slytherin was his own House, it was certainly most easy for him to recruit there. |
It is said that all [[Dark Wizard]]s were in Slytherin (though it is untrue, as Peter Pettigrew was a Gryffindor and [[Quirinus Quirrell]] was a Ravenclaw), though how many were from this house before [[Tom Riddle|Tom Marvolo Riddle]] began recruiting [[Death Eaters]] there is unstated. As Slytherin was his own House, it was certainly most easy for him to recruit there. |
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− | It might also be possible (though unlikely) that the Sorting Hat simply sorts anyone with ill intentions into Slytherin, regardless of whether they possess cunning and ambition. [[Vincent Crabbe]] and [[Gregory Goyle]] were both incredibly stupid and did not have clever, cunning minds, but were still sorted into Slytherin. Though it does appear that perhaps they had more of the minor Slytherin traits, since the cowardly Peter Pettigrew was obviously not brought into Gryffindor by bravery, but by chivalry instead. |
+ | It might also be possible (though unlikely) that the Sorting Hat simply sorts anyone with ill intentions into Slytherin, regardless of whether they possess cunning and ambition. [[Vincent Crabbe]] and [[Gregory Goyle]] were both incredibly stupid and did not have clever, cunning minds, but were still sorted into Slytherin. Though it does appear that perhaps they had more of the minor Slytherin traits, since the cowardly Peter Pettigrew was obviously not brought into Gryffindor by bravery, but by chivalry instead. It is also likely that Crabbe and Goyle were simply placed there by process of elimination, since they exhibited virtually none of the qualities valued by any of the other houses (lacking the work ethic or honesty of [[Hufflepuff]], the academic prowess of [[Ravenclaw]], or the bravery of [[Gryffindor]]). |
However, it must be noted that Slytherins who oppose use of the [[Dark Arts]] and discrimination based on [[blood purity]] do exist, such as [[Horace Slughorn]] and [[Andromeda Tonks]]; the latter was related to many different Dark wizards and witches (most notably her sister [[Bellatrix Lestrange]], her brother-in-law [[Lucius Malfoy]], and her nephew [[Draco Malfoy]]), but chose to forsake the loyalty to her [[House of Black|family]] in marrying the [[Muggle-born]] [[Edward Tonks|Ted Tonks]]. Also, the allegiance of [[Severus Snape]] was found to be ultimately towards [[Albus Dumbledore]], serving as a triple agent for the [[Order of the Phoenix]]. Furthermore, there have been Dark wizards from other houses; [[Peter Pettigrew]], who betrayed [[James and Lily Potter]] to Voldemort, was a [[Gryffindor]] |
However, it must be noted that Slytherins who oppose use of the [[Dark Arts]] and discrimination based on [[blood purity]] do exist, such as [[Horace Slughorn]] and [[Andromeda Tonks]]; the latter was related to many different Dark wizards and witches (most notably her sister [[Bellatrix Lestrange]], her brother-in-law [[Lucius Malfoy]], and her nephew [[Draco Malfoy]]), but chose to forsake the loyalty to her [[House of Black|family]] in marrying the [[Muggle-born]] [[Edward Tonks|Ted Tonks]]. Also, the allegiance of [[Severus Snape]] was found to be ultimately towards [[Albus Dumbledore]], serving as a triple agent for the [[Order of the Phoenix]]. Furthermore, there have been Dark wizards from other houses; [[Peter Pettigrew]], who betrayed [[James and Lily Potter]] to Voldemort, was a [[Gryffindor]] |
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+ | [[File:Serpentard.jpg|thumb|left|200x200px|The [[Slytherin Dungeon]]]] |
− | Cunning and ambition are easily turned towards ill purposes, but are not inherently negative; furthermore, daring, intelligence, and loyalty can as easily become negative. A reason Slytherins may be thought less of by people is perhaps because many of them seem to value their own lives more than the lives of others. When Harry was trying to run away, because he was afraid that his presence was putting his friends in danger, [[Phineas Nigellus]] saw him and said, "We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, when given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks". There are exceptions to this rule however, such as [[Snape]] |
+ | Cunning and ambition are easily turned towards ill purposes, but are not inherently negative; furthermore, daring, intelligence, and loyalty can as easily become negative. A reason Slytherins may be thought less of by people is perhaps because many of them seem to value their own lives more than the lives of others. When Harry was trying to run away, because he was afraid that his presence was putting his friends in danger, [[Phineas Nigellus]] saw him and said, "''We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, when given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks''". There are exceptions to this rule however, such as [[Snape]], who Harry said was a "''Slytherin and... probably the bravest man I ever knew''"'', ''and [[Regulus Black]], who gave his life in an attempt to destroy one of the [[Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes|Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort]]. |
− | The truth is that while most [[Dark wizards]] are Slytherins, many members of Slytherin House do not have Dark leanings, and smaller groups of [[Voldemort]] 's supporters are aligned with other Houses. During the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], while all of the Slytherin students left the school before the fighting started, several of them did return with [[Horace Slughorn|Professor Slughorn]] and the [[Hogsmeade]] reinforcements to join the fight against Voldemort and his Death Eaters; |
+ | The truth is that while most [[Dark wizards]] are Slytherins, many members of Slytherin House do not have Dark leanings, and smaller groups of [[Voldemort]] 's supporters are aligned with other Houses. During the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], while all of the Slytherin students left the school before the fighting started, several of them did return with [[Horace Slughorn|Professor Slughorn]] and the [[Hogsmeade]] reinforcements to join the fight against Voldemort and his Death Eaters; furthermore, it should be noted that the acting head at the time ''ordered'' the entire house to leave due to a [[Pansy Parkinson|single Slytherin student suggesting]] the student body hand [[Harry Potter]] to [[Voldemort]] (although none of the Slytherins present moved to defend Harry from the suggestion, as the other three houses did).<ref>[[J.K. Rowling PotterCast Interview]]</ref> |
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==Common room== |
==Common room== |
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{{Main|Slytherin Dungeon}} |
{{Main|Slytherin Dungeon}} |
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⚫ | The Slytherin common room is found in the dungeons of [[Hogwarts Castle]], and is located underneath the [[Black Lake]]. Because of its location, the light in the common room is green. [[Harry Potter]] along with [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] entered the common room in his [[second year]] to find out if [[Draco Malfoy]] was the one opening the [[Chamber of Secrets]]. To enter the |
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⚫ | The Slytherin common room is found in the dungeons of [[Hogwarts Castle]], and is located underneath the [[Black Lake]]. Because of its location, the light in the common room is green. [[Harry Potter]] along with [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] entered the common room in his [[second year]] to find out if [[Draco Malfoy]] was the one opening the [[Chamber of Secrets]]. To enter the Slytherin common room one must merely speak aloud the current password in front of a stretch of damp stone wall; once the word is uttered a concealed stone door will slide aside leaving a rectangular hole in the wall leading to the Slytherin common room. The only known Slytherin password is pureblood, used in 1992. |
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==Head of House== |
==Head of House== |
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==List of known Slytherins== |
==List of known Slytherins== |
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− | PR_007_005-e1313269785740.jpg|[[Salazar Slytherin]] |
+ | PR_007_005-e1313269785740.jpg|[[Salazar Slytherin]] † |
− | BaronHP.jpg|[[Bloody Baron]] |
+ | BaronHP.jpg|[[Bloody Baron]] † |
− | Merlin1.jpg|[[Merlin]] |
+ | Merlin1.jpg|[[Merlin]] † |
− | Elizabeth Burke full.jpg|[[Elizabeth Burke]] |
+ | Elizabeth Burke full.jpg|[[Elizabeth Burke]] † |
− | Blackfamilytreeootp5.jpg|[[House of Black]] |
+ | Blackfamilytreeootp5.jpg|[[House of Black]] <nowiki>{{</nowiki>c|except [[Sirius Black]]}} |
− | PhineasNBlack.jpg|[[Phineas Nigellus Black]] |
+ | PhineasNBlack.jpg|[[Phineas Nigellus Black]] † |
Horis.jpg|[[Horace Slughorn]] |
Horis.jpg|[[Horace Slughorn]] |
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File:Dolores Umbridge.JPG|[[Dolores Umbridge]] |
File:Dolores Umbridge.JPG|[[Dolores Umbridge]] |
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− | Dorea_Potter.JPG|[[Dorea Black|Dorea Potter |
+ | Dorea_Potter.JPG|[[Dorea Black|Dorea Potter]] <nowiki>{{</nowiki>c|née [[Black]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> † |
− | Avery.jpg|[[Avery (Riddle-era)|Avery]] |
+ | Avery.jpg|[[Avery (Riddle-era)|Avery]] |
− | Tom Riddle (16 years old).jpg|[[Tom Riddle]] |
+ | Tom Riddle (16 years old).jpg|[[Tom Riddle]] † |
Lestrange.jpg|[[Lestrange]] |
Lestrange.jpg|[[Lestrange]] |
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− | Cygnus Black 1938-1992.jpg|[[Cygnus Black III]] |
+ | Cygnus Black 1938-1992.jpg|[[Cygnus Black III]] † |
− | Orion Black.jpg|[[Orion Black]] |
+ | Orion Black.jpg|[[Orion Black]] † |
− | Walburga Black.jpg|[[Walburga Black]] |
+ | Walburga Black.jpg|[[Walburga Black]] † |
− | Bellatrix Lestrange Profile.jpg|[[Bellatrix Lestrange |
+ | Bellatrix Lestrange Profile.jpg|[[Bellatrix Lestrange]] <nowiki>{{</nowiki>c|née [[Black]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> † |
Rodolphus_Lestrange_mark.jpg|[[Rodolphus Lestrange]] |
Rodolphus_Lestrange_mark.jpg|[[Rodolphus Lestrange]] |
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− | Andromeda Black.jpg|[[Andromeda Tonks |
+ | Andromeda Black.jpg|[[Andromeda Tonks]] <nowiki>{{</nowiki>c|née [[Black]]}} |
450px-Lucius_from_Order_of_the_Phoenix.jpg|[[Lucius Malfoy]] |
450px-Lucius_from_Order_of_the_Phoenix.jpg|[[Lucius Malfoy]] |
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− | Narcissa card HBP 1.jpg|[[Narcissa Malfoy]] |
+ | Narcissa card HBP 1.jpg|[[Narcissa Malfoy]] <nowiki>{{</nowiki>c|née [[Black]]}} |
− | RegulusBlackCloseUp.jpg|[[Regulus Black]] |
+ | RegulusBlackCloseUp.jpg|[[Regulus Black]] † |
− | SeverusSnape.jpg|[[Severus Snape]] |
+ | SeverusSnape.jpg|[[Severus Snape]] † |
Scabior_DH_profile.jpg|[[Scabior]] |
Scabior_DH_profile.jpg|[[Scabior]] |
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Flint.png|[[Marcus Flint]] |
Flint.png|[[Marcus Flint]] |
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Blaise zib.PNG|[[Blaise Zabini]] |
Blaise zib.PNG|[[Blaise Zabini]] |
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Draco Malfoy PoA.jpg|[[Draco Malfoy]] |
Draco Malfoy PoA.jpg|[[Draco Malfoy]] |
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− | Goyle.PNG|[[Gregory Goyle]] |
+ | Goyle.PNG|[[Gregory Goyle]] |
− | CrabbeHBP.png|[[Vincent Crabbe]] |
+ | CrabbeHBP.png|[[Vincent Crabbe]] † |
Pansy_HBP.PNG|[[Pansy Parkinson]] |
Pansy_HBP.PNG|[[Pansy Parkinson]] |
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Unknown.jpeg|[[Miles Bletchley]] |
Unknown.jpeg|[[Miles Bletchley]] |
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|The [[Bloody Baron]]<ref>[http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=62 F.A.Q. question] on J. K. Rowling's Official Site</ref> |
|The [[Bloody Baron]]<ref>[http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=62 F.A.Q. question] on J. K. Rowling's Official Site</ref> |
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|[[Phineas Nigellus Black]] |
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|In later years he was a [[Headmaster]], his portrait hangs in the [[Headmaster's office]]. |
|In later years he was a [[Headmaster]], his portrait hangs in the [[Headmaster's office]]. |
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*Slytherin students also seem to be gifted in [[Occlumency]]. Most of the known Occlumens in the books come from Slytherin (namely [[Voldemort]], [[Severus Snape]], [[Bellatrix Lestrange]], [[Draco Malfoy]], and [[Horace Slughorn]]). |
*Slytherin students also seem to be gifted in [[Occlumency]]. Most of the known Occlumens in the books come from Slytherin (namely [[Voldemort]], [[Severus Snape]], [[Bellatrix Lestrange]], [[Draco Malfoy]], and [[Horace Slughorn]]). |
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*[[Elizabeth Burke]] was most likely a Slytherin. |
*[[Elizabeth Burke]] was most likely a Slytherin. |
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− | *[[J. K. Rowling]] stated in a [[J.K. Rowling PotterCast Interview|PotterCast interview]] that some Slytherins were among the reinforcements brought by Slughorn during the Battle of Hogwarts. |
+ | *[[J. K. Rowling]] stated in a [[J.K. Rowling PotterCast Interview|PotterCast interview]] that some Slytherins were among the reinforcements brought by Slughorn during the Battle of Hogwarts.[[File:Screenshot_884.png|thumb]] |
*[[J. K. Rowling]] stated that by 2017, Slytherin is no longer the pure-blood bastion that it once was. However, its dark reputation still lingers, hence Albus Potter's fears.<ref>http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript</ref> |
*[[J. K. Rowling]] stated that by 2017, Slytherin is no longer the pure-blood bastion that it once was. However, its dark reputation still lingers, hence Albus Potter's fears.<ref>http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript</ref> |
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*It is interesting to note that Slytherin is both the first Hogwarts house mentioned in the series (by [[Draco Malfoy]]), as well as the last mentioned in the series (by [[Albus Potter]]). |
*It is interesting to note that Slytherin is both the first Hogwarts house mentioned in the series (by [[Draco Malfoy]]), as well as the last mentioned in the series (by [[Albus Potter]]). |
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*In early drafts of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', members of the Slytherin house were known as "Slytherites".<ref>[http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/sources/jkr.com/jkr-com-trans-ps-draft1.html]</ref> |
*In early drafts of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', members of the Slytherin house were known as "Slytherites".<ref>[http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/sources/jkr.com/jkr-com-trans-ps-draft1.html]</ref> |
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*Slytherin House was the winner of the first house cup and the third house cup on ''[[Pottermore]]''.<ref name="slytherinwins">[http://insider.pottermore.com/2012/07/congratulations-slytherin-on-winning.html Congratulations Slytherin on Winning...]</ref> |
*Slytherin House was the winner of the first house cup and the third house cup on ''[[Pottermore]]''.<ref name="slytherinwins">[http://insider.pottermore.com/2012/07/congratulations-slytherin-on-winning.html Congratulations Slytherin on Winning...]</ref> |
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- "Or perhaps in Slytherin,
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means,
To achieve their ends." - — The Sorting Hat[src]
Slytherin is one of the four Houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Founded by Salazar Slytherin, the house is composed mostly of pure-blood students, due to its founder's mistrust of Muggle-borns. The house is traditionally home to students who exhibit such traits as cunning, resourcefulness, and ambition. Its emblematic animal is a snake and its colours are green and silver. The house ghost is the Bloody Baron.
Slytherin corresponds roughly with the element of water with serpents being commonly associated with the sea and lochs in western European mythology as well as serpents being physically fluid and flexible animals.[8] The colours also correspond with waters around lakes and lochs often being green, and silver being often associated with grey rain water.
Traits and values
Qualities
- "You could be great, you know, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that."
- — The Sorting Hat to Harry Potter[src]
Slytherins tend to be ambitious, shrewd, cunning, strong leaders, and achievement-oriented. They also have highly developed senses of self-preservation.[9] This means that Slytherins tend to hesitate before acting, so as to weigh all possible outcomes before deciding exactly what should be done.
According to Albus Dumbledore, the qualities which Salazar valued in the students he chose included cleverness, resourcefulness, determination, and "a certain disregard for the rules." Dumbledore noted that all of these were qualities possessed by Harry Potter, who was in Gryffindor.
Blood purity
- "I always knew Salazar Slytherin was a twisted old loony, but I never knew he started all this pure-blood stuff. I wouldn't be in his house if you paid me. Honestly, if the Sorting Hat had tried to put me in Slytherin, I'd've got the train straight back home..."
- — Ron Weasley expressing his claims about Slytherin's views.[src]
The Sorting Hat claims that blood purity, is a factor in selecting Slytherins. This suggests that it bases its decisions more upon the views of its members than on any accurate test of a student's lineage. Muggle-born Slytherins exist, but are very rare, as noted insultingly by Scabior the Snatcher.[10] There have also been definite examples of half-bloods sorted into the house, including Tom Marvolo Riddle and Severus Snape. Harry Potter was nearly sorted into Slytherin, but ended up in Gryffindor instead. Also, pure-bloods are not automatically placed in Slytherin. There have been various examples of pure-bloods sorted into other houses, including the Weasley family, Sirius Black, Neville Longbottom, and James Potter I all being sorted into Gryffindor house, Ernie Macmillan being sorted into Hufflepuff, and Morag MacDougal and Stephen Cornfoot being sorted into Ravenclaw.
Contrary to the wishes of the other founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Salazar Slytherin wanted a stricter policy of admission to the school —one limited strictly to pure-blood students. The controversy this created apparently led to him leaving the school and the Chamber of Secrets behind. A millennium later, the house's students are still considered affiliated with Salazar's reputed views, and open expression of pro-blood purity sentiment does seem to be more common in Slytherin than in other Houses.
This disagreement over blood purity, which caused Salazar Slytherin's friendship with Godric Gryffindor to break, is the origin of the feud between Slytherin and Gryffindor, the two most competitive of the houses. Slytherin and Gryffindor are generally rivals in Quidditch and for the House Cup, which the former had won seven years in a row prior to Harry Potter's arrival at Hogwarts in 1991. It is also rare for Slytherin and Gryffindor students to be friendly with one another, and common for them to share animosity. This was particularly the case during the First and Second Wizarding Wars. During the latter conflict, no Slytherin students joined an association known as Dumbledore's Army; however, this could be explained by the fact that only those Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter trusted were invited. Some Slytherins declined to defend their school in the Battle of Hogwarts, with some joining the Death Eaters. However, there are exceptions, such as Slytherin Severus Snape and Gryffindor Lily Evans, who were best friends until Snape's use of the slur "Mudblood" and his aspirations to be a Death Eater caused Lily to sever their ties.
Reputation
- "There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin."
- — Hagrid to Harry Potter[src]
It is said that all Dark Wizards were in Slytherin (though it is untrue, as Peter Pettigrew was a Gryffindor and Quirinus Quirrell was a Ravenclaw), though how many were from this house before Tom Marvolo Riddle began recruiting Death Eaters there is unstated. As Slytherin was his own House, it was certainly most easy for him to recruit there.
It might also be possible (though unlikely) that the Sorting Hat simply sorts anyone with ill intentions into Slytherin, regardless of whether they possess cunning and ambition. Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle were both incredibly stupid and did not have clever, cunning minds, but were still sorted into Slytherin. Though it does appear that perhaps they had more of the minor Slytherin traits, since the cowardly Peter Pettigrew was obviously not brought into Gryffindor by bravery, but by chivalry instead. It is also likely that Crabbe and Goyle were simply placed there by process of elimination, since they exhibited virtually none of the qualities valued by any of the other houses (lacking the work ethic or honesty of Hufflepuff, the academic prowess of Ravenclaw, or the bravery of Gryffindor).
However, it must be noted that Slytherins who oppose use of the Dark Arts and discrimination based on blood purity do exist, such as Horace Slughorn and Andromeda Tonks; the latter was related to many different Dark wizards and witches (most notably her sister Bellatrix Lestrange, her brother-in-law Lucius Malfoy, and her nephew Draco Malfoy), but chose to forsake the loyalty to her family in marrying the Muggle-born Ted Tonks. Also, the allegiance of Severus Snape was found to be ultimately towards Albus Dumbledore, serving as a triple agent for the Order of the Phoenix. Furthermore, there have been Dark wizards from other houses; Peter Pettigrew, who betrayed James and Lily Potter to Voldemort, was a Gryffindor .
Cunning and ambition are easily turned towards ill purposes, but are not inherently negative; furthermore, daring, intelligence, and loyalty can as easily become negative. A reason Slytherins may be thought less of by people is perhaps because many of them seem to value their own lives more than the lives of others. When Harry was trying to run away, because he was afraid that his presence was putting his friends in danger, Phineas Nigellus saw him and said, "We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, when given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks". There are exceptions to this rule however, such as Snape, who Harry said was a "Slytherin and... probably the bravest man I ever knew", and Regulus Black, who gave his life in an attempt to destroy one of the Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort.
The truth is that while most Dark wizards are Slytherins, many members of Slytherin House do not have Dark leanings, and smaller groups of Voldemort 's supporters are aligned with other Houses. During the Battle of Hogwarts, while all of the Slytherin students left the school before the fighting started, several of them did return with Professor Slughorn and the Hogsmeade reinforcements to join the fight against Voldemort and his Death Eaters; furthermore, it should be noted that the acting head at the time ordered the entire house to leave due to a single Slytherin student suggesting the student body hand Harry Potter to Voldemort (although none of the Slytherins present moved to defend Harry from the suggestion, as the other three houses did).[11]
Common room
The Slytherin common room is found in the dungeons of Hogwarts Castle, and is located underneath the Black Lake. Because of its location, the light in the common room is green. Harry Potter along with Ron Weasley entered the common room in his second year to find out if Draco Malfoy was the one opening the Chamber of Secrets. To enter the Slytherin common room one must merely speak aloud the current password in front of a stretch of damp stone wall; once the word is uttered a concealed stone door will slide aside leaving a rectangular hole in the wall leading to the Slytherin common room. The only known Slytherin password is pureblood, used in 1992.
Head of House
Slytherin's head of house for Harry's first six years of school was Severus Snape; however, as he fled with the Death Eaters in 1997, Potions master Horace Slughorn became the head of Slytherin House. Upon Snape's return as Headmaster later that year, he apparently approved of Slughorn's appointment, or at least did not assign any Death Eaters as a new head of house.
List of known Slytherins
Translations of the name
In many translations they have changed the name:
French | Serpentard |
Norwegian | Smygard |
Finnish | Luihuinen (taken from the adjective 'luihu' which means 'deceptive' or 'sneaky') |
Dutch | Zwadderich |
Afrikaans | Sibberin |
Portuguese (Brazil) | Sonserina (taken from "Sonso" a term to someone who pretends to be innocent or harmless) |
Czech | Zmijozel (taken from "Zmije" = viper snake) |
Hungarian | Mardekár |
Russian | Слизерин [Slizerin](Sleezerin - Слизь means slime), Слайзерин [Sluytherin], Пресмыкайс [Presmykais] (Пресмыкаться means to slither) |
Bulgarian | Слидерин [Sliderin] |
Greek | Σλίθεριν [Slitherin] |
Serbian | Слитерин/Sliterin |
Slovak | Slizolin |
Romanian | Viperini |
Italian | Serpeverde ("Green Serpent") |
Albanian | Gjarpërblertit (Green snake) |
Slovenian | Spolzgad |
Hindi | Nagshakti नगशक्ति (Sanskrit naga-shakti = "snake-power") |
Macedonian | Змијолик (Zmijolik, which means "Snakeface") |
Welsh | Slafenog |
Traditional Chinese | 史萊哲林 (Shi-lai-zhe-lin) |
Simplied Chinese | 斯莱特林 (Si-lai-te-lin) |
Thai | สลิธีริน (Sa-li-thee-rin) |
The same name is used for the Arabic, Croatian, German, Hebrew, Swedish, Spanish, Danish, Turkish, Icelandic, Irish, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), and Indonesia languages. | Slytherin |
Behind the scenes
- The fact that J. K. Rowling intended to place a character named Mafalda, a half-blood who was the daughter of a Squib and a Muggle, in Slytherin, suggests that Rowling at least does not view the Slytherin House desire for blood-purity as particularly influential upon the Sorting Hat. Also as Voldemort and Snape are both half-bloods there seems no reason to suspect a racially pure Slytherin.[16]
- Slytherin students might possess a certain skill in Potions. Harry's two Potions masters, Severus Snape and Horace Slughorn, both belonged to the Slytherin house. However, it is possible that this talent in Slytherin students could merely be a coincidence, as students from other houses at Hogwarts also shared this talent, such as Harry Potter's mother, Lily Potter (nee Evans) (whose skills were shown through Slughorn's many references to her skill in the subject throughout most of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and Hermione Granger who were both Gryffindors.
- Slytherin students also seem to be gifted in Occlumency. Most of the known Occlumens in the books come from Slytherin (namely Voldemort, Severus Snape, Bellatrix Lestrange, Draco Malfoy, and Horace Slughorn).
- Elizabeth Burke was most likely a Slytherin.
- J. K. Rowling stated in a PotterCast interview that some Slytherins were among the reinforcements brought by Slughorn during the Battle of Hogwarts.
- J. K. Rowling stated that by 2017, Slytherin is no longer the pure-blood bastion that it once was. However, its dark reputation still lingers, hence Albus Potter's fears.[17]
- It is interesting to note that Slytherin is both the first Hogwarts house mentioned in the series (by Draco Malfoy), as well as the last mentioned in the series (by Albus Potter).
- In early drafts of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, members of the Slytherin house were known as "Slytherites".[18]
- Slytherin House was the winner of the first house cup and the third house cup on Pottermore.[19]
- The Sorting Hat considered placing Gilderoy Lockhart in Slytherin. It finally chose Ravenclaw. [20]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter for Kinect
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells
- Pottermore
See also
- Salazar Slytherin
- Salazar Slytherin's Locket
- Slytherin Quidditch team
- Gryffindor
- Hufflepuff
- Ravenclaw
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Slytherin House Pride post on the Pottermore Insider
- ↑ Interview with J.K. Rowling on Pottercast
- ↑ Interview with J.K. Rowling on Pottercast
- ↑ As stated by Dumbledore in Chapter 18 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- ↑ As stated by Dumbledore in Chapter 18 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Pottermore introduction for Slytherins (transcription available here)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Leaky Surprise
- ↑ The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- ↑ Interview with J.K. Rowling on Pottercast
- ↑ Deathly Hallows, Chapter 23
- ↑ J.K. Rowling PotterCast Interview
- ↑ F.A.Q. question on J. K. Rowling's Official Site
- ↑ Black family tree
- ↑ F.A.Q. at J. K. Rowling's Official Site
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Flora and Hestia Carrow have only appeared in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Extra Stuff: Mafalda at J. K. Rowling's Official Site
- ↑ http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Congratulations Slytherin on Winning...
- ↑ Pottermore biography of Gilderoy Lockhart. audio clip by J. K. Rowling