Hogwarts

Galatea Merrythought • Character Galatea Merrythought was the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts from c. 1895 to c.1945. Soon after graduating from Hogwarts, Tom Riddle asked Headmaster Armando Dippet if he could remain and teach because Professor Merrythought was retiring after teaching for “nearly fifty years” (… Read More

Galatea Merrythought retires from Hogwarts • Event Merrythought has been the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for fifty years. Her impending retirement becomes known to Tom Riddle, who asks Headmaster Dippet for the position upon leaving school. Read More

Galatea Merrythought starts teaching at Hogwarts • Event She teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts for the next fifty years. Read More

Gargoyle • Creature Gargoyles are a semi-sentient stone creatures used as guards for rooms in Hogwarts. Read More

Garroting Gas • Magical effects Colorless gas which apparently knocks people unconscious. Read More

Corvinus Gaunt • Character An 18th-century descendant of Salazar Slytherin who made sure the hidden entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was well-protected when “new-fangled plumbing” was built around it, which later became Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom (Pm:Chamber of Secrets). Obviously Corvinus was a Parselmouth, like many in the Slytherin family line, including Tom Riddle. Read More

Gaunt family • Character The Gaunts are an ancient, in-bred, Pure-blood Wizarding family, direct descendants of Salazar Slytherin. The family is listed in the infamous Pure-Blood Directory from the 1930s as being one of the “Sacred Twenty-Eight” families which stayed true to pure-blood status. Most of the Gaunts were gifted with the ability to speak… Read More

Gemma Farley • Character Gemma Farley was a Slytherin prefect (Pm). Read More

Geoffrey Hooper • Character Geoffrey Hooper was a Gryffindor student at Hogwarts in the 1990s (OP13). Read More

GF11: Aboard the Hogwarts Express • Source Mad-Eye Moody jinxes dustbins and Mr. Weasley hustles off to sort out the mess. Mrs. Weasley takes the children to King’s Cross Station via Muggle taxis, and the trio meets old friends and enemies on the train.  … Read More

GF12: The Triwizard Tournament • Source The students arrive at Hogwarts in a gale and are soaked by Peeves‘ water balloons. The First Years are sorted, Hermione discovers that there are house elves at Hogwarts, and Moody is the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Dumbledore announces the… Read More

GF13: Mad-Eye Moody • Source The fourth-year students gather bubotuber pus in Herbology, study Blast-Ended Skrewts with Hagrid in Care of Magical Creatures class, study Astrology in Divination, and Draco Malfoy delights in pointing out that Mr. Weasley is in the paper again. In the argument… Read More

GF15: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang • Source Harry sends an owl to Sirius Black telling him everything is fine. In Defence Against the Dark Arts class, Professor Moody puts the Imperius Curse on everyone and only Harry can resist it, school work piles up, Hogwarts spruces up for the visitors,… Read More

GF16: The Goblet of Fire • Source The students learn about the Triwizard Tournament after dinner in the Great Hall. Next morning Fred and George fail to fool the Goblet of Fire. Harry, Ron and Hermione visit Hagrid, discovering that he fancies Madame Maxime of Beauxbatons. Read More

GF17: The Four Champions • Source The Triwizard Tournament judges try to decide how Harry was selected, argue and finally accept the fact. Few believe that Harry did not enter his own name; Ron is not one of the few. Read More

GF22: The Unexpected Task • Source The Yule Ball is announced, and Harry learns that he is expected to have a dance partner. Harry tries to get up the nerve to ask Cho Chang to the dance, but when he finally does finds that she already has a date with Cedric Diggory,… Read More

GF23: The Yule Ball • Source An owl arrives from Sirius Black, Dobby startles Harry on Christmas morning, presents are opened, the boys have a snowball fight, and all prepare for the Yule Ball. At the ball, emotions run high as Ron is angry with Hermione for consorting with… Read More

GF28: The Madness of Mr Crouch • Source Harry, Ron and Hermione visit the kitchens again, Hermione upsets Winky, and Harry sends owls with food to Sirius Black, Hermione gets threatening letters by owl, Hagrid has Nifflers for Care of Magical Creatures class, more hate mail arrives, Harry learns… Read More

GF31: The Third Task • Source Harry tells Ron and Hermione about the visit to Dumbledore’s office, Harry practices for the Third Task, Skeeter writes another article about Harry, and Hermione finally figures out how Rita gets her information. Mrs. Weasley and Bill arrive to watch Harry in the Tournament, the four champions enter… Read More

GF37: The Beginning • Source The school returns to normal, Harry, Ron and Hermione visit Hagrid, and the Leaving Feast takes place, at which Professor Dumbledore tells the students of Cedric Diggory’s death and warns them about Lord Voldemort’s return. Goodbyes are said, and on the train home,… Read More

Ghosts Council at Hogwarts • Organizations The ghosts’ council at Hogwarts is a group of ghosts including the House ghosts. They vote on matters that concern them. Read More

Ghsts: Ghosts (essays) • Source The reference “Ghsts” refers to a series of essays written by Rowling about ghosts. The essays originally appeared on Pottermore. The following essays are part of this collection: Ghosts Hogwarts Ghosts Peeves… Read More

Giant Chess Set • Magical objects One of the protections for the Philosopher’s Stone. Read More

Giant Squid • Creature The giant squid is a gigantic, relatively friendly cephalopod which lives in the Hogwarts Lake. The largest invertebrate known to Muggle science, the giant squid can grow to 70 feet in length. While the giant squid is a deep salt water creature, at least one giant squid lives… Read More

Gilderoy Lockhart starts his first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Ravenclaw • Event Much to his surprise and disappointment, he is not already famous; he is, in fact, just like all the other students beginning their studies at Hogwarts (Pm). Read More

Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, and Colin Creevey start their first year at Hogwarts • Event Ginny and Colin are sorted into Gryffindor (CS6), and Luna becomes a Ravenclaw (OP9). Harry and his friends, meanwhile, start their second year. Read More

Gloves • Clothing Gloves are a covering for the hand worn for protection against cold or dirt and typically having separate parts for each finger and the thumb. First-year students are required to buy a pair of thick protective gloves (dragon hide or similar) (PS5). The gloves have a protective function, for example when dealing… Read More

The Goblet of Fire selects the champions for the Triwizard Tournament • Event After the Halloween feast is over, the venerable Goblet of Fire is brought forward. One by one, the names of the chosen champions fly out of the Goblet. They are Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Cedric Diggory, and, to everyone’s surprise, Harry Potter. Read More

Rather good at magic • Quote “We teachers are rather good at magic, you know.”… Read More

Grades at Hogwarts • Hogwarts academics The grading scale for Hogwarts classes, Ordinary Wizarding Level (O.W.L.) exams, Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test Level (N.E.W.T.) exams, and the Wizards’ Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test (W.O.M.B.A.T.) are as follows (HBP5): Pass Grades: Outstanding (O) Exceeds Expectations (E) Acceptable (A) Fail Grades: Poor (P)… Read More

Graham Pritchard • Character Graham Pritchard was a Hogwarts student who was sorted into Slytherin in 1994 (GF12). Read More

Graves family • Character A family which remains influential in American wizarding politics (Pm). Members include: Gondolphus Graves Percival Graves Merton Graves… Read More

Great Hall • Rooms, chambers, and floors Vast chamber with an enchanted ceiling that mirrors the sky outside. Four long tables for the four houses. Closest to the doors from the Entrance Hall is Slytherin, then Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and next to the far wall, Gryffindor (GF12). The teachers sit at the High Table, a table on… Read More

The Great Lake • Hogwarts castle and grounds • Lakes and marshes A large, freshwater lake (a loch, actually, since this is Scotland) lies to the south of Hogwarts castle, which stands on a cliff overlooking the water. The lake has a number of very unusual inhabitants, including a giant squid, a village of merfolk, and many grindylows. The lake is approximately a half-mile in… Read More

Daphne Greengrass • Character Daphne is a witch in Harry’s year at Hogwarts. She took her O.W.L.s at the same time as Hermione (OP31). Read More

Greenhouse Three • Hogwarts castle and grounds Greenhouse Three is where second-year and subsequent-year students take Herbology. There are “far more interesting and dangerous plants” in this Greenhouse than in Greenhouse One (CS6). It is kept locked; Professor Sprout has the keys (CS6). When Harry first comes near the Greenhouses he notices “a whiff of damp earth and fertilizer, mingling… Read More

Gregory Goyle • Character Gregory Goyle is one of Draco Malfoy’s thuggish cronies. Goyle has short, bristly hair that extends down onto his forehead. His eyes are small, dull, and deep set, and he speaks with a low, raspy voice. He’s a mean bully who enjoys whatever chance he gets to boss people around,… Read More

Grindylow • Creature Grindylows are found throughout Britain and Ireland, including the lake on the grounds of Hogwarts in Scotland. Pale green in colour, these water demons have sharp horns, pointed fangs and brittle spindly fingers. Grindylows show aggression towards humans, wizards or Muggles, but merpeople have been known to domesticate them. Read More

Grogan Stump starts Hogwarts • Event He is Sorted into Hufflepuff. Read More

Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank • Character Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank is an elderly witch with closely cropped gray hair and a very prominent chin who teaches Care of Magical Creatures. Professor Grubbly-Plank was the supply teacher (US: “substitute”) who covered for Hagrid when he was indisposed after Christmas break (January 1995, GF24) and again when he was off negotiating… Read More

Godric Gryffindor • Character Godric Gryffindor was the founder of Gryffindor House and one of the co-founders of Hogwarts, described as one of “the four greatest witches and wizards of the age” (along with the other three founders) (CS9). Read More

Gryffindor House • Hogwarts Gryffindor House is one of the four houses at Hogwart into which the students are Sorted when they start their first year. Gryffindor is the Hogwarts house of founder Godric Gryffindor. Gryffindor House places high value on traits such as courage, chivalry, and nerve. During Harry’s time at Hogwarts, the head… Read More

Gryffindor Quidditch team • Sports teams The Gryffindor Quidditch Team of Hogwarts is drawn from the students of Gryffindor House. The team wear robes of scarlet red. Gryffindor traditionally fields a strong team, although they lost the Quidditch Cup to Slytherin for seven years between 1985 and 1991. With the addition of Harry Potter… Read More

The Gryffindor Quidditch team prepares for the 1989-1990 season • Event The team includes Charlie Weasley, sixth year Seeker, and Oliver Wood, third year Keeper. Read More

The Gryffindor Quidditch team is looking very promising this year (1993-1994) • Event Oliver Wood says that “Gryffindor hasn’t won for seven years now.” He is taking into account the fact that no Cup was awarded last year when he says this (so that it agrees with other such comments in the book, quoted below). The last time Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup,… Read More

Gryffindors and Slytherins have their first flying lesson • Event Madam Hooch instructs the First Years in the basics of flying, using twenty of the school’s sub-par brooms. Neville injures himself falling off his his broom, and Madam Hooch escorts him to the Hospital Wing. While the class is thus unsupervised, Harry and Draco fight it out on brooms… Read More

The Gryffindors and Slytherins have their first flying lesson during the second week of term • Event Madam Hooch teaches the first flying lesson to the first year Gryffindor and Slytherin students. Rose Granger-Weasley and Yann Fredericks both are immediately successful commanding their school brooms. Everyone else manages on the second try, including Scorpius Malfoy, but excluding Albus Potter (who is unable… Read More

Gryffindor wins the House Cup; no Quidditch Cup is awarded (1993) • Event “Harry had been to several Hogwarts feasts, but never one quite like this. Everybody was in their pyjamas, and the celebrations lasted all night. Harry didn’t know whether the best bit was…. his and Ron’s four hundred points securing Gryffindor the House Cup for the second year running….” (CS18)… Read More

Gryffindor wins the Quidditch Cup (1984) • Event It is the last time Gryffindor will win until 1993-94. We don’t know who wins the House Cup. Read More

Davey Gudgeon • Character Davey Gudgeon was a Hogwarts student in the 1970s who almost lost an eye playing a game in which people tried to get close enough to the Whomping Willow to touch its trunk (PA10). Read More

Gwenog Jones • Character Gwenog Jones is the retired Captain and Beater of the only all-female professional Quidditch team, the Holyhead Harpies, and manager of the Welsh National Team in 2014. After a game she enjoys relaxing with friends, drinking butterbeer, and listening to The Weird Sisters (FW). Read More

Gwenog Jones starts her first year at Hogwarts • Event She soon becomes a favorite of Horace Slughorn, the Potions Master (HBP6). Read More