Welcome to Ravenclaw House!
avenclaw values intelligence, knowledge, and wit.
"Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, where those of wit and learning, will always find their kind." (Sorting Hat)Ravenclaw is the house of the smart Hogwarts kids and was founded by Rowena Ravenclaw.
Rowena Ravenclaw was born in a glen, and therefore was almost certainly Scottish. A great friend of Helga Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw was admired for her incredible creativity - she is said to have thought out and designed the plans of the moving floors and staircases in Hogwarts. Ravenclaw House thus values in its members a sharp mind, wisdom, and cleverness.
She is described as "fair", that is, beautiful, a trait her house appears to have inherited. Harry Potter, Percy Weasley and Dean Thomas have all developed crushes on Ravenclaw girls, and when the delegation of Beauxbatons, home of the ravishing Fleur Delacour, arrived in the Great Hall, they were seated at the Ravenclaw table. If we are to judge by the films, even the Ravenclaw ghost is a beautiful woman.
Her name, Rowena, is Gaelic and means "red-haired". (View our Rowena Ravenclaw Image Gallery)
"The Grey Lady" is the Ravenclaw ghost. Like the Fat Friar of Hufflepuff, we do not know The Grey Lady's real name.
Ravenclaw's Common Room and dormitories are in Ravenclaw Tower, located on the west side of the school. Their dormitory resides behind a suit of armour.
The House of Ravenclaw is headed by Professor Filius Flitwick, the Charms teacher, and has the colors of blue and bronze. The mascot of Ravenclaw is an Eagle and its official animal, the Badger.
Did you know?
Ravenclaw seems to have been second-best preference (behind Gryffindor) for Hermione Granger.
