SPOILERS For Books 1-6.
Contains content from books 1-6.
It will not be updated with content from Book 7 (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). If/when I create a blog that contains content on the seventh book I will create a new blog and will link from here.
This will forever be frozen as "Pre-Deathly Hallows." There are no Book 7 spoilers here (except for the guesses and predictions developed from these tables of earlier content).
Harry, who had expected more marble, was surprised. They were in a narrow stone passageway lit with flaming torches.
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Harry's eyes stung as the cold air rushed past them, but he kept them wide open. Once, he thought he saw a burst of fire at the end of a passage and twisted around to see if it was a dragon, but too late - they plunged even deeper, passing an underground lake where huge stalactites and stalagmites grew from the celing and floor.
Sorcerer's Stone - Page 74
| House | Element | Source | Animal | Source |
|---|
| Gryffindor | Fire | See Elements Quote Below | Lion | Book 4, Page 237 |
| Slytherin | Water | Snake |
| Ravenclaw | Air | Eagle |
| Hufflepuff | Earth | Badger |
The Elements Quote:
JKR: Probably. I hear you. It is the tradition to have four houses, but in this case, I wanted them to correspond roughly to the four elements. So Gryffindor is fire, Ravenclaw is air, Hufflepuff is earth, and Slytherin is water, hence the fact that their common room is under the lake. So again, it was this idea of harmony and balance, that you had four necessary components and by integrating them you would make a very strong place. But they remain fragmented, as we know.
Source: Accio-QuoteLinks:
Table at HP-Lexicon includes the Ghost, Animal, Colors and Head of each House.In the House Points page HP-Lexicon lists the Jewels of Gryffindor (Rubies), Slytherin (Emeralds) and Ravenclaw (Sapphires).
Given their ages, it appears that Nicolas Flamel created the Sorcerer's Stone long before Dumbledore was born:
| Character | Age | Quote | Source |
|---|
| Nicolas Flamel | 650 | "Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in Devon with his wife, perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight)." | Book 1, Page 220
Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 13, "Nicolas Flamel" |
| Albus Dumbledore | 150 | Question: How old is old in the wizarding world, and how old are Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall?
J.K. Rowling responds: Dumbledore is a hundred and fifty, and Professor McGonagall is a sprightly seventy. Wizards have a much longer life expectancy than Muggles. (Harry hasn't found out about that yet.) | JKRowling Quote |
Yet, Dumbledore worked on alchemy with Nicolas Flamel:
Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel.
Sorcerer's Stone, Page 103
| Book | Notes |
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| A collection of essays published after Order of the Phoenix but before the Half Blood Prince. - Different authors and different voices.
- Good graphics.
- Thought provoking points and positions.
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| An analysis book by the authors of Mugglenet. - Comprehensive.
- Generally consistent writing style.
- Safe predictions for book 7.
- Good backup evidence.
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An essay on Harry Potter Lexicon (read the Essay here) investigates how often Snape is mentioned accompanied with a description of what's going on with his eyes (approximately 2/3 of the time!) as well as a table documenting each incidence.
In perusing the table I was surprised to notice a lot of references to Snape's eyes as "glittering."
