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\'\'\'The Hagrid\'\'\' (born ], c. ])<sup></sup> is a fictional ] in the \'\']\'\' series of books. He is almost always addressed by his last name. Hagrid is the groundskeeper and Care Of Magical Creatures teacher for ]. | ||
| Hagrid is twice as tall as the average man and nearly three times as wide. He loves animals and magical creatures, particularly those that are unusual or dangerous. ] has said that Hagrid has little interest in tame magical creatures because of the lack of a challenge, although he has a cowardly boarhound named Fang. | Hagrid is twice as tall as the average man and nearly three times as wide. He loves animals and magical creatures, particularly those that are unusual or dangerous. ] has said that Hagrid has little interest in tame magical creatures because of the lack of a challenge, although he has a cowardly boarhound named Fang. | ||
| He is one of the first characters to imply that the idea of thinking of wizards as "]s" and "]s" is a dated concept. Hagrid is known for his thick ]. | He is one of the first characters to imply that the idea of thinking of wizards as \"]s\" and \"]s\" is a dated concept. Hagrid is known for his thick ]. | ||
| In the films based on the Harry Potter novels, Hagrid is played by ] ] ], and, in some shots where Hagrid's height needs to be emphasised, former England rugby player ]. J.K Rowling has said that when writing the first Harry Potter novel, she imagined Coltrane in the role. | In the films based on the Harry Potter novels, Hagrid is played by ] ] ], and, in some shots where Hagrid\'s height needs to be emphasised, former England rugby player ]. J.K Rowling has said that when writing the first Harry Potter novel, she imagined Coltrane in the role. | ||
| His name, Rubeus, has two meanings in ], one meaning "red" or "reddish," and the other meaning "of the bramble." Both could serve as descriptions of Hagrid, who has a reddish face and a brambly beard. "Hagrid", according to JK Rowling in an interview with the ], comes from an old English word "hagridden," meaning to have a nightmarish night, particularly when hungover, which Hagrid is a great deal. (see ]) | His name, Rubeus, has two meanings in ], one meaning \"red\" or \"reddish,\" and the other meaning \"of the bramble.\" Both could serve as descriptions of Hagrid, who has a reddish face and a brambly beard. \"Hagrid\", according to JK Rowling in an interview with the ], comes from an old English word \"hagridden,\" meaning to have a nightmarish night, particularly when hungover, which Hagrid is a great deal. (see ]) | ||
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| ==Background and role== | ==Background and role== | ||
| It is revealed, in '']'', that Hagrid is of mixed human and ] parentage, his mother having been the giantess ], who left his human father when Hagrid was a baby. Since giants have a reputation for being horribly brutal, and were once allies of ], Hagrid keeps his parentage secret and allows people to imagine other reasons for his great size. The fact that people who know of his heritage misjudge him as dangerous may contribute to Hagrid's steadfast inability to recognize the truly dangerous nature of dragons, acromantulas, and the like, all of whom are feared much like giants are; by (in his own mind, at least) "proving" that these creatures are not as bad as people think, he is subconsciously declaring the same thing of himself. | It is revealed, in \'\']\'\', that Hagrid is of mixed human and ] parentage, his mother having been the giantess ], who left his human father when Hagrid was a baby. Since giants have a reputation for being horribly brutal, and were once allies of ], Hagrid keeps his parentage secret and allows people to imagine other reasons for his great size. The fact that people who know of his heritage misjudge him as dangerous may contribute to Hagrid\'s steadfast inability to recognize the truly dangerous nature of dragons, acromantulas, and the like, all of whom are feared much like giants are; by (in his own mind, at least) \"proving\" that these creatures are not as bad as people think, he is subconsciously declaring the same thing of himself. | ||
| Hagrid was a student at ] at the same time as ] (Lord Voldemort). Presumably Hagrid's first year would be 1939, as this would place him at the correct starting age, 11. Rowling has stated in an interview that Hagrid was in the Gryffindor house. He was expelled during his third year after he was accused of opening the ], for which ] was actually responsible. | Hagrid was a student at ] at the same time as ] (Lord Voldemort). Presumably Hagrid\'s first year would be 1939, as this would place him at the correct starting age, 11. Rowling has stated in an interview that Hagrid was in the Gryffindor house. He was expelled during his third year after he was accused of opening the ], for which ] was actually responsible. | ||
| Following his expulsion, the ] broke Hagrid's oak wand and forbade him from performing magic <sup></sup>. Hagrid keeps the pieces of his wand in an umbrella, and performs small spells from time to time; however, he is technically forbidden to do magic, and perhaps because he only got three years practice at it before his expulsion, he seems to be somewhat deficient in it as compared to other adult wizards. | Following his expulsion, the ] broke Hagrid\'s oak wand and forbade him from performing magic <sup></sup>. Hagrid keeps the pieces of his wand in an umbrella, and performs small spells from time to time; however, he is technically forbidden to do magic, and perhaps because he only got three years practice at it before his expulsion, he seems to be somewhat deficient in it as compared to other adult wizards. | ||
| Persuaded by ] (who at the time was Transfiguration teacher), Headmaster ] allowed Hagrid to stay at Hogwarts as ]. | Persuaded by ] (who at the time was Transfiguration teacher), Headmaster ] allowed Hagrid to stay at Hogwarts as ]. | ||
| Hagrid's love of dangerous magical creatures is central to the plot of '']'': a hooded person (] in disguise) gives him a ] egg to elicit details about ], the three-headed dog Hagrid has lent to Dumbledore to help guard the ]. Hagrid again lets slip, to Harry, ] and ], about how to get past Fluffy (by playing music), which allows them to pursue the potential thief. The three also assist Hagrid after the dragon egg hatches, by helping to remove the baby dragon Norbert, who is taken to live in a dragon sanctuary in Romania where Ron's older brother, ], works. | Hagrid\'s love of dangerous magical creatures is central to the plot of \'\']\'\': a hooded person (] in disguise) gives him a ] egg to elicit details about ], the three-headed dog Hagrid has lent to Dumbledore to help guard the ]. Hagrid again lets slip, to Harry, ] and ], about how to get past Fluffy (by playing music), which allows them to pursue the potential thief. The three also assist Hagrid after the dragon egg hatches, by helping to remove the baby dragon Norbert, who is taken to live in a dragon sanctuary in Romania where Ron\'s older brother, ], works. | ||
| Throughout the books Hagrid is friends with Harry, Ron and Hermione. They frequently discover things about Dumbledore by talking to him as he has a habit of letting slip pieces of information. Dumbledore says that he would trust Hagrid with his life, and frequently asks him to carry out secret tasks. In ], he is sent to try to persuade the giants to aid Dumbledore against Voldemort. In book 6, he tells Harry and company about a conversation he overhears between Snape and Dumbledore, where Snape reluctantly agrees to do some difficult task for Dumbledore. | Throughout the books Hagrid is friends with Harry, Ron and Hermione. They frequently discover things about Dumbledore by talking to him as he has a habit of letting slip pieces of information. Dumbledore says that he would trust Hagrid with his life, and frequently asks him to carry out secret tasks. In ], he is sent to try to persuade the giants to aid Dumbledore against Voldemort. In book 6, he tells Harry and company about a conversation he overhears between Snape and Dumbledore, where Snape reluctantly agrees to do some difficult task for Dumbledore. | ||
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| ==Hagrid and Harry== | ==Hagrid and Harry== | ||
| In '']'', Dumbledore entrusts Hagrid with rescuing the infant Harry from his parents' house after their murder by Voldemort, and later gives him the task of locating Harry, helping him to find his bearings in the magical world and to buy his school things. | In \'\']\'\', Dumbledore entrusts Hagrid with rescuing the infant Harry from his parents\' house after their murder by Voldemort, and later gives him the task of locating Harry, helping him to find his bearings in the magical world and to buy his school things. | ||
| Fan reaction to Hagrid is mixed: some see him as loveable, while others consider him to be dangerously reckless of other people's lives. | Fan reaction to Hagrid is mixed: some see him as loveable, while others consider him to be dangerously reckless of other people\'s lives. | ||
| ==Hagrid's pets== | ==Hagrid\'s pets== | ||
| Hagrid keeps and has kept a variety of pets, including some which the wizarding community considers impossible to domesticate. They are not always wrong. | Hagrid keeps and has kept a variety of pets, including some which the wizarding community considers impossible to domesticate. They are not always wrong. | ||
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| ===Aragog=== | ===Aragog=== | ||
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| '''Aragog''' (]) was an ], an enormous sentient spider. Hagrid raised him from an egg as a Hogwarts student, supposedly keeping him inside a cupboard. The spider's discovery was partly responsible for Hagrid's expulsion; as Tom Riddle framed Hagrid as the Heir of Slytherin, Aragog was suspected of being the heir's beast, which in actuality was a ]. | \'\'\'Aragog\'\'\' (]) was an ], an enormous sentient spider. Hagrid raised him from an egg as a Hogwarts student, supposedly keeping him inside a cupboard. The spider\'s discovery was partly responsible for Hagrid\'s expulsion; as Tom Riddle framed Hagrid as the Heir of Slytherin, Aragog was suspected of being the heir\'s beast, which in actuality was a ]. | ||
| While Aragog started as Hagrid's pet, after the expulsion he lived in the ]. Hagrid even found him a wife, Mosag, with whom Aragog had many offspring and became the ] of an entire colony of Acromantulas. He remained grateful to Hagrid, and kept his carnivorous children from attacking him when he came to visit (the service didn't extend to anyone else, as Harry, Ron and Fang found out the hard way in '']''). Aragog remained in the forest for the rest of his long life, eventually growing weak, going blind, and dying of natural causes after an illness in '']''. | While Aragog started as Hagrid\'s pet, after the expulsion he lived in the ]. Hagrid even found him a wife, Mosag, with whom Aragog had many offspring and became the ] of an entire colony of Acromantulas. He remained grateful to Hagrid, and kept his carnivorous children from attacking him when he came to visit (the service didn\'t extend to anyone else, as Harry, Ron and Fang found out the hard way in \'\']\'\'). Aragog remained in the forest for the rest of his long life, eventually growing weak, going blind, and dying of natural causes after an illness in \'\']\'\'. | ||
| The name Aragog comes from ''aranea'' (a ] word for spider) and '']'' (a legendary ]). | The name Aragog comes from \'\'aranea\'\' (a ] word for spider) and \'\']\'\' (a legendary ]). | ||
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| '''Fang''' is a large boarhound who, aside from his enormous size, appears to be an entirely ordinary dog. While Fang's appearance is intimidating, he is, in Hagrid's words, "a bloody coward". Boistrous and loving with people he knows, he seems especially fond of Harry. | \'\'\'Fang\'\'\' is a large boarhound who, aside from his enormous size, appears to be an entirely ordinary dog. While Fang\'s appearance is intimidating, he is, in Hagrid\'s words, \"a bloody coward\". Boistrous and loving with people he knows, he seems especially fond of Harry. | ||
| His name may owe something to one of ]'s dogs in ] - also called Fang. | His name may owe something to one of ]\'s dogs in ] - also called Fang. | ||
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| ===Fluffy=== | ===Fluffy=== | ||
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| '''Fluffy''' is a giant three-headed ] used by Hagrid to guard the trapdoor leading to the underground chamber where the ] is hidden in ''Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone''. The only way to get past Fluffy is lull him to sleep by playing music. | \'\'\'Fluffy\'\'\' is a giant three-headed ] used by Hagrid to guard the trapdoor leading to the underground chamber where the ] is hidden in \'\'Harry Potter and The Philosopher\'s Stone\'\'. The only way to get past Fluffy is lull him to sleep by playing music. | ||
| In the book '']'', ] gets past Fluffy by playing a ], while Harry, Ron , and Hermione use a ] that had been given to Harry by Hagrid. | In the book \'\']\'\', ] gets past Fluffy by playing a ], while Harry, Ron , and Hermione use a ] that had been given to Harry by Hagrid. | ||
| Fluffy is based on ], the three-headed dog from ] that guards the gates to the ]. As with Fluffy, Cerberus was lulled to sleep by music. | Fluffy is based on ], the three-headed dog from ] that guards the gates to the ]. As with Fluffy, Cerberus was lulled to sleep by music. | ||
| In the book, Hagrid acquires Fluffy from a Greek he meets in a ], while in the film Hagrid says he got Fluffy from an Irish person instead. ] says when he wrote the script it said "Greek," but was changed somewhere down the line. ] was asked in an ] what happened to Fluffy after he was no longer needed to protect the Stone. She said Fluffy was released into the ]. | In the book, Hagrid acquires Fluffy from a Greek he meets in a ], while in the film Hagrid says he got Fluffy from an Irish person instead. ] says when he wrote the script it said \"Greek,\" but was changed somewhere down the line. ] was asked in an ] what happened to Fluffy after he was no longer needed to protect the Stone. She said Fluffy was released into the ]. | ||
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| ===Norbert=== | ===Norbert=== | ||
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| image=]<br /><small>Norbert in ]|''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'']]</small>| | image=]<br /><small>Norbert in ]|\'\'Harry Potter and the Philosopher\'s Stone\'\']]</small>| | ||
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| '''Norbert''' is a ] ] which Hagrid acquires as an egg and hatches himself. The ] classifies dragon eggs as Class A Non-Tradeable Goods. After hatching, he becomes very dangerous and bigger in the weeks following, so Harry, Ron, and Hermoine finally persuade Hagrid to give him to Ron's older brother Charlie, who's studying dragons in Romania. Most of Norbert's story was cut out of ''the Philosopher's Stone'' film for time reasons. | \'\'\'Norbert\'\'\' is a ] ] which Hagrid acquires as an egg and hatches himself. The ] classifies dragon eggs as Class A Non-Tradeable Goods. After hatching, he becomes very dangerous and bigger in the weeks following, so Harry, Ron, and Hermoine finally persuade Hagrid to give him to Ron\'s older brother Charlie, who\'s studying dragons in Romania. Most of Norbert\'s story was cut out of \'\'the Philosopher\'s Stone\'\' film for time reasons. | ||
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| image=]<br /><small>Buckbeak in ]</small>| | image=]<br /><small>Buckbeak in ]</small>| | ||
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| ''']''' is a ]. He is sentenced to death after an attack on ], which was provoked by Malfoy's disrespectful behaviour, but is rescued by Harry and Hermione and goes into hiding with ] at Grimmauld Place. | \'\'\']\'\'\' is a ]. He is sentenced to death after an attack on ], which was provoked by Malfoy\'s disrespectful behaviour, but is rescued by Harry and Hermione and goes into hiding with ] at Grimmauld Place. | ||
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| After Sirius's death, Buckbeak returns to Hagrid's care, but is renamed Witherwings to hide his identity. As with all hippogriffs, Buckbeak is fond of eating small ], preferably ]. | After Sirius\'s death, Buckbeak returns to Hagrid\'s care, but is renamed Witherwings to hide his identity. As with all hippogriffs, Buckbeak is fond of eating small ], preferably ]. | ||
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| * <sup></sup> from the | * <sup></sup> from the | ||
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| '''Hagrid''' also refers to a ]. ''See ].'' | \'\'\'Hagrid\'\'\' also refers to a ]. \'\'See ].\'\' | ||
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Revision as of 16:18, 13 May 2006
\'\'\'The Hagrid\'\'\' (born December 69, c. 1928) is a fictional character in the \'\'Harry Potter\'\' series of books. He is almost always addressed by his last name. Hagrid is the groundskeeper and Care Of Magical Creatures teacher for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Hagrid is twice as tall as the average man and nearly three times as wide. He loves animals and magical creatures, particularly those that are unusual or dangerous. J. K. Rowling has said that Hagrid has little interest in tame magical creatures because of the lack of a challenge, although he has a cowardly boarhound named Fang.
He is one of the first characters to imply that the idea of thinking of wizards as \"purebloods\" and \"half-bloods\" is a dated concept. Hagrid is known for his thick West country accent.
In the films based on the Harry Potter novels, Hagrid is played by Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, and, in some shots where Hagrid\'s height needs to be emphasised, former England rugby player Martin Bayfield. J.K Rowling has said that when writing the first Harry Potter novel, she imagined Coltrane in the role.
His name, Rubeus, has two meanings in Latin, one meaning \"red\" or \"reddish,\" and the other meaning \"of the bramble.\" Both could serve as descriptions of Hagrid, who has a reddish face and a brambly beard. \"Hagrid\", according to JK Rowling in an interview with the Boston Globe, comes from an old English word \"hagridden,\" meaning to have a nightmarish night, particularly when hungover, which Hagrid is a great deal. (see hag)
Positions held
- Member, Order of the Phoenix
- Groundskeeper, Hogwarts
- Professor of Care of Magical Creatures
Background and role
It is revealed, in \'\'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire\'\', that Hagrid is of mixed human and giant parentage, his mother having been the giantess Fridwulfa, who left his human father when Hagrid was a baby. Since giants have a reputation for being horribly brutal, and were once allies of Lord Voldemort, Hagrid keeps his parentage secret and allows people to imagine other reasons for his great size. The fact that people who know of his heritage misjudge him as dangerous may contribute to Hagrid\'s steadfast inability to recognize the truly dangerous nature of dragons, acromantulas, and the like, all of whom are feared much like giants are; by (in his own mind, at least) \"proving\" that these creatures are not as bad as people think, he is subconsciously declaring the same thing of himself.
Hagrid was a student at Hogwarts at the same time as Tom Riddle (Lord Voldemort). Presumably Hagrid\'s first year would be 1939, as this would place him at the correct starting age, 11. Rowling has stated in an interview that Hagrid was in the Gryffindor house. He was expelled during his third year after he was accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets, for which Voldemort was actually responsible.
Following his expulsion, the Ministry of Magic broke Hagrid\'s oak wand and forbade him from performing magic . Hagrid keeps the pieces of his wand in an umbrella, and performs small spells from time to time; however, he is technically forbidden to do magic, and perhaps because he only got three years practice at it before his expulsion, he seems to be somewhat deficient in it as compared to other adult wizards.
Persuaded by Albus Dumbledore (who at the time was Transfiguration teacher), Headmaster Armando Dippet allowed Hagrid to stay at Hogwarts as groundskeeper.
Hagrid\'s love of dangerous magical creatures is central to the plot of \'\'Harry Potter and the Philosopher\'s Stone\'\': a hooded person (Professor Quirrell in disguise) gives him a dragon egg to elicit details about Fluffy, the three-headed dog Hagrid has lent to Dumbledore to help guard the philosopher\'s stone. Hagrid again lets slip, to Harry, Ron and Hermione, about how to get past Fluffy (by playing music), which allows them to pursue the potential thief. The three also assist Hagrid after the dragon egg hatches, by helping to remove the baby dragon Norbert, who is taken to live in a dragon sanctuary in Romania where Ron\'s older brother, Charlie Weasley, works.
Throughout the books Hagrid is friends with Harry, Ron and Hermione. They frequently discover things about Dumbledore by talking to him as he has a habit of letting slip pieces of information. Dumbledore says that he would trust Hagrid with his life, and frequently asks him to carry out secret tasks. In Order of the Phoenix, he is sent to try to persuade the giants to aid Dumbledore against Voldemort. In book 6, he tells Harry and company about a conversation he overhears between Snape and Dumbledore, where Snape reluctantly agrees to do some difficult task for Dumbledore.
Hagrid is romantically interested with Madame Maxime -- a half-giantess and headmistress of the French magic school Beauxbatons; but so far it is not clearly revealed if a romance has come into fruition. Hagrid also has a half-brother, a giant named Grawp.
Hagrid and Harry
In \'\'Harry Potter and the Philosopher\'s Stone\'\', Dumbledore entrusts Hagrid with rescuing the infant Harry from his parents\' house after their murder by Voldemort, and later gives him the task of locating Harry, helping him to find his bearings in the magical world and to buy his school things.
Fan reaction to Hagrid is mixed: some see him as loveable, while others consider him to be dangerously reckless of other people\'s lives.
Hagrid\'s pets
Hagrid keeps and has kept a variety of pets, including some which the wizarding community considers impossible to domesticate. They are not always wrong.
Aragog
\'\'\'Aragog\'\'\' (1942-1997) was an Acromantula, an enormous sentient spider. Hagrid raised him from an egg as a Hogwarts student, supposedly keeping him inside a cupboard. The spider\'s discovery was partly responsible for Hagrid\'s expulsion; as Tom Riddle framed Hagrid as the Heir of Slytherin, Aragog was suspected of being the heir\'s beast, which in actuality was a basilisk.
While Aragog started as Hagrid\'s pet, after the expulsion he lived in the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid even found him a wife, Mosag, with whom Aragog had many offspring and became the patriarch of an entire colony of Acromantulas. He remained grateful to Hagrid, and kept his carnivorous children from attacking him when he came to visit (the service didn\'t extend to anyone else, as Harry, Ron and Fang found out the hard way in \'\'Chamber of Secrets\'\'). Aragog remained in the forest for the rest of his long life, eventually growing weak, going blind, and dying of natural causes after an illness in \'\'Half-Blood Prince\'\'.
The name Aragog comes from \'\'aranea\'\' (a Latin word for spider) and \'\'Gog\'\' (a legendary giant).
Fang
\'\'\'Fang\'\'\' is a large boarhound who, aside from his enormous size, appears to be an entirely ordinary dog. While Fang\'s appearance is intimidating, he is, in Hagrid\'s words, \"a bloody coward\". Boistrous and loving with people he knows, he seems especially fond of Harry. His name may owe something to one of Farmer Maggot\'s dogs in The Lord of the Rings - also called Fang.
Fluffy
\'\'\'Fluffy\'\'\' is a giant three-headed dog used by Hagrid to guard the trapdoor leading to the underground chamber where the Philosopher\'s Stone is hidden in \'\'Harry Potter and The Philosopher\'s Stone\'\'. The only way to get past Fluffy is lull him to sleep by playing music.
In the book \'\'Harry Potter and the Philosopher\'s Stone\'\', Professor Quirrell gets past Fluffy by playing a harp, while Harry, Ron , and Hermione use a flute that had been given to Harry by Hagrid.
Fluffy is based on Cerberus, the three-headed dog from Greek Mythology that guards the gates to the underworld. As with Fluffy, Cerberus was lulled to sleep by music.
In the book, Hagrid acquires Fluffy from a Greek he meets in a pub, while in the film Hagrid says he got Fluffy from an Irish person instead. Steve Kloves says when he wrote the script it said \"Greek,\" but was changed somewhere down the line. J. K. Rowling was asked in an interview what happened to Fluffy after he was no longer needed to protect the Stone. She said Fluffy was released into the Forbidden Forest.
Norbert
\'\'\'Norbert\'\'\' is a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon which Hagrid acquires as an egg and hatches himself. The Ministry of Magic classifies dragon eggs as Class A Non-Tradeable Goods. After hatching, he becomes very dangerous and bigger in the weeks following, so Harry, Ron, and Hermoine finally persuade Hagrid to give him to Ron\'s older brother Charlie, who\'s studying dragons in Romania. Most of Norbert\'s story was cut out of \'\'the Philosopher\'s Stone\'\' film for time reasons.
Buckbeak/Witherwings
\'\'\'Buckbeak\'\'\' is a hippogriff. He is sentenced to death after an attack on Draco Malfoy, which was provoked by Malfoy\'s disrespectful behaviour, but is rescued by Harry and Hermione and goes into hiding with Sirius Black at Grimmauld Place.
Template:Spoiler After Sirius\'s death, Buckbeak returns to Hagrid\'s care, but is renamed Witherwings to hide his identity. As with all hippogriffs, Buckbeak is fond of eating small mammals, preferably ferrets.
| Preceded byOgg | Hogwarts Groundskeeper Date Unknown - |
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| Preceded byProfessor Kettleburn | Care of Magical Creatures Teacher Aug, 1993 - |
Succeeded byIncumbent |
References
- \"JKRowling.com Archives: Birthdays\" from MuggleNet
- \"Extra Stuff: Wands\" (Please Note That This Is The Text Only Version.) from the J.K.Rowling Official Site
\'\'\'Hagrid\'\'\' also refers to a chess engine. \'\'See Hagrid (chess).\'\'
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