Hufflepuff was one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its founder was the medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff. The badger represents Hufflepuff and appears in many places throughout Hogwarts. Hufflepuff was the most inclusive among the four houses, valuing hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members.
The emblematic animal was a badger, and yellow and black were its house colours. The Head of Hufflepuff was Pomona Sprout, and the Fat Friar was the House's patron ghost.
Hufflepuff corresponded roughly to the element of earth, and it was for that reason that the house colours were chosen: yellow represented golden wheat, while black was emblematic of fertile soil. The Hufflepuff point hourglass contained yellow diamonds. Students sorted into Hufflepuff often demonstrated strong abilities in Herbology, owing to their correspondence to earth.
Are you Gryffindor? Are you Hufflepuff? Are you Slytherin? Are you Ravenclaw? After doing this quiz, you will get the answer.
You may want to learn about the history of Hogwarts, as well as the characteristics of the four houses. The Sorting Hat explains the difference between the four houses in the ballad.
Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by four powerful wizards: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. They chose to split the students into four 'houses'. Godric Gryffindor used his Sorting Hat to decide which children should go into which house.
"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 folk use any means
To achieve their ends."
Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those Whose ancestry is purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose Intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those With brave deeds to their name."
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, And treat them just the same."
These differences caused little strife When first they came to light. For each of the four founders had A House in which they might Take only those they wanted...