Harry Potter Houses: What Makes Each Hogwarts House Distinct

At Hogwarts, new students are sorted on arrival by the enchanted Sorting Hat, which looks into a person’s mind and declares their house based on personality, ambition and values. Students remain in their house for life; as the story shows, the Hat can also take personal preference into account—Harry famously asks for "anything but Slytherin." Ravenclaw, identified by blue and bronze and symbolized by the eagle, values learning and knowledge above all and includes fewer characters in the series; curiosity can sometimes make Ravenclaws isolate themselves or belittle others.

Hufflepuff, with yellow and black and the badger as its emblem, stands for loyalty and justice; Newt Scamander represents the house’s positive outlook and willingness to help, and Hufflepuffs were among the first to defend Hogwarts and the fewest to turn to evil.

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