Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by the four greatest
witches and wizards of the age:
Godric Gryffindor,
Helga Hufflepuff,
Rowena Ravenclaw
& Salazar Slytherin.
The founders chose to split the students up into four houses, based on the
qualities that each of them most prized.
They all placed a bit of their own magic into a hat – henceforth known as
the
Sorting Hat
– that would continue to sort the students into their houses, long after
they were gone.
Since then, at the beginning of every school year, a magical event called
the
Sorting Ceremony
takes place in the Great Hall of Hogwarts. All of the staff & students of
Hogwarts watch & celebrate, as each new student discovers their house by
trying on the Sorting Hat.
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You could be great, you know, it's all here in your head...~The Sorting Hat
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart!
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil!
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind!
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folks use any means
To achieve their ends!
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It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities...~Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore