Ravenclaw

Ravenclaw House
Ravenclaw is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Rowena Ravenclaw. Members of this house are characterised by their wit, learning, and wisdom. Its house colours are blue and bronze, and its symbol is the eagle. The house ghost, who in life was the daughter of the house's founder Rowena Ravenclaw, is the Grey Lady. Many great wizards and witches have come from this house, including Filius Flitwick, Garrick Ollivander and Luna Lovegood. Ravenclaw roughly corresponds with the element of air.

Ravenclaw House prizes learning, wisdom, wit, and intellect in its members. Thus, many Ravenclaws tend to be academically motivated and talented students. Hermione Granger, an extremely intelligent witch and the top student in her year, was sorted into Gryffindor, though she admitted that the Sorting Hat had seriously considered placing her in Ravenclaw.

Slytherin prefect Gemma Farley did note that Ravenclaws are so competitive when it comes to academic success that they are known to backstab each other, and likely other students, in order to get the top marks, while Hufflepuff prefect Gabriel Truman noted that they are so proud of the success of famous members, such as Laverne de Montmorency, that they claim any intelligent wizard as a member of Ravenclaw, such as Bridget Wenlock, who was in fact a Hufflepuff.

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Founder: Rowena Ravenclaw House colors: Blue and bronze

Animal:  Eagle

Element: Air

﻿﻿Traits: Head: Ghost:  Helena Ravenclaw
 * Intelligence
 * Wit
 * Wisdom
 * Creativity
 * Originality
 * Individuality
 * 1) ﻿Filius Flitwick
 * 2) Rowena Ravenclaw

Common room: Ravenclaw Tower

Other interesting facts:

 * The Ravenclaw colours in the films are blue and silver. In the books, Ravenclaw colours are blue and bronze. Likewise, Ravenclaw's symbol is an eagle in the books and a raven in the films.
 * Eagles are a symbol for a broader vision and strength of mind and heart.
 * In the Romanian version, the Ravenclaw house is changed to "Ochi-de-soim", literally "Eye-of-Hawk", possibly because ravens are better known as signs of death or danger, and the members of the house have a broader way of thinking, being smart and witty, thus the name of the house.
 * The Ravenclaw Common Room does not appear in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, but it is still possible to glimpse the stairwell inside the Tower. The Common Room's door can also be glimpsed at.

Quotes:
"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure." —Rowena Ravenclaw

"Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, If you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind."

—The Sorting Hat

Luna: "What do you think, Harry?"

Harry: "What? Isn't there a password? What if you get it wrong?" Luna: "Well, you have to wait for somebody who gets it right. That way you learn, you see?" — Luna Lovegood and Harry Potter entering the Ravenclaw common room.