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+ | |job=[[Head of Gryffindor House]]<ref name="TMOHP">"Each [[portrait]] on the [[Gryffindor Tower|Gryffindor common room]] walls depicts one of the former Gryffindor [[Head of House|Heads of House]], including [[Minerva McGonagall]]" as seen from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/karen_roe/7366145410/in/set-72157630012281279/ this site].</ref> |
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+ | '''Professor Valeria Myriadd''' was a [[Wizardkind|witch]] and a [[Head of Gryffindor House]] during her life. After she died, numerous [[portraits]] were hung of her at [[Hogwarts Castle]]. |
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+ | Valeria was born someplace in either [[Great Britain]] or [[Ireland]],<ref name="PLACE">"Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland" from the South West News Service on [[8 July]], [[2000]] (transcript available [http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-swns-alfie.htm here])</ref> and when she was eleven years old began attending [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], where she was sorted into [[Gryffindor]] [[Hogwarts Houses|House]]. |
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+ | She graduated at the end of her [[seventh year]] with good enough grades that she could return as a [[professor]],<ref name="TMOHP"/> and eventually rose to the position of [[Head of Gryffindor House]].<ref name="TMOHP"/> She died sometime prior to [[September]] [[1991]]<ref name="DEATH"/> |
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+ | ===[[1991–1992 school year]]=== |
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+ | By [[1991]], several portraits of Valeria hung at the main halls of [[Hogwarts Castle]], such as the [[Grand Staircase]]. In [[Gryffindor Tower]], one of her portraits guarded a secret passage to a [[Disused seventh floor bathroom|disused bathroom]]. The password for said passage was "''Pig Snout''".<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' - PS2 version</ref> |
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+ | ===[[1992-1993 school year]]=== |
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⚫ | By the [[1992-1993 school year|next school year]], her place in the Gryffindor Tower had been taken by [[Oraclitus Spheer]]. Her portrait was moved to the [[Hogwarts Library]] Annexe, hiding a shortcut to a section containing the original hand-written manuscript of ''[[Hogwarts: A History]]'', by [[Chroniculus Punnet]]. The password was "''Bibliophile''".<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' - PS2 version</ref> |
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+ | "Valeria" is the feminine form of the name "''Valerius''", who was a Roman saint in the [[1100s|second century]].<ref name="ETYMOLOGY">[http://www.behindthename.com/name/valeria Valeria] on [http://www.behindthename.com/ Behind the Name]</ref> "''Myriad''" means "countless" or "extremely great in number".<ref name="ETYMOLOGY2">See [http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=What+does+myriad+mean&oq=What+does+myriad+mean&gs_l=hp.3..0j0i30j0i8i30j0i22.301.2689.0.3105.21.21.0.0.0.0.223.2671.8j11j2.21.0.les%3B..0.0...1.1.2.hp.Q3fbPcn8QNE&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42080656,d.b2U&fp=64d4a585716470bd&biw=1241&bih=584 this definition] provided by [http://www.google.ca/webhp?hl=en&tab=ww Google]</ref> |
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==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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+ | *For reasons currently unknown, Myriadd's portrait was painted depicting her standing by some snowy mountains, with her wearing a dark blue, fur-lined cloak and holding a [[fairy]]. |
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− | *Myriadd may have died sometime prior to [[1992]], as many portraits hung at [[Hogwarts Castle]] depict deceased individuals. |
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==Appearances== |
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==Notes and references== |
==Notes and references== |
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[[Category:Females|Myriadd, Valeria]] |
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Revision as of 10:39, 13 August 2015
Professor Valeria Myriadd was a witch and a Head of Gryffindor House during her life. After she died, numerous portraits were hung of her at Hogwarts Castle.
Biography
Life
Valeria was born someplace in either Great Britain or Ireland,[4] and when she was eleven years old began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was sorted into Gryffindor House. She graduated at the end of her seventh year with good enough grades that she could return as a professor,[3] and eventually rose to the position of Head of Gryffindor House.[3] She died sometime prior to September 1991[2]
1991–1992 school year
By 1991, several portraits of Valeria hung at the main halls of Hogwarts Castle, such as the Grand Staircase. In Gryffindor Tower, one of her portraits guarded a secret passage to a disused bathroom. The password for said passage was "Pig Snout".[5]
1992-1993 school year
By the next school year, her place in the Gryffindor Tower had been taken by Oraclitus Spheer. Her portrait was moved to the Hogwarts Library Annexe, hiding a shortcut to a section containing the original hand-written manuscript of Hogwarts: A History, by Chroniculus Punnet. The password was "Bibliophile".[6]
Etymology
"Valeria" is the feminine form of the name "Valerius", who was a Roman saint in the second century.[7] "Myriad" means "countless" or "extremely great in number".[8]
Behind the scenes
- For reasons currently unknown, Myriadd's portrait was painted depicting her standing by some snowy mountains, with her wearing a dark blue, fur-lined cloak and holding a fairy.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Appears in portrait(s)) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
Notes and references
- ↑ Evidently, she had been born sometime before her death.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J. K. Rowling on the subject of portraits: "They are all of dead people", from the Edinburgh Book Festival (transcript available here)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Each portrait on the Gryffindor common room walls depicts one of the former Gryffindor Heads of House, including Minerva McGonagall" as seen from this site.
- ↑ "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland" from the South West News Service on 8 July, 2000 (transcript available here)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - PS2 version
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS2 version
- ↑ Valeria on Behind the Name
- ↑ See this definition provided by Google