🦁 GRYFFINDOR 🦁
"Their daring, nerve and chivalry set Gryffindors apart"
Gryffindor Personality Traits:
Brave, chivalrous (respectful), daring, confident, valiant (fearless), courageous, and determination.
Gryffindor corresponds roughly to the element of fire, and it is for this reason that the colours scarlet and gold were chosen to represent the house. The colour of fire corresponds to that of a lion as well, with scarlet representing the mane and tail and gold representing the coat.
🦅 RAVENCLAW 🦅
"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure"
Ravenclaw Personality Traits:
Wisdom, wit, intellectual, clever, sharp-minded, logical, originality, individuality, acceptance, and creativity
Ravenclaw corresponds roughly to the element of air, and it is for that reason that the House colours were chosen; blue and bronze represent the sky and eagle feathers respectively, both having much to do with air. The Ravenclaw points hourglass contains blue sapphires.
🐍 SLYTHERIN 🐍
"Slytherin will help you on your way to greatness"
Slytherin Personality Traits:
Cunning, determined, ambitious, resourceful, innovative, accomplished, leadership, self-preservation, and lineage.
Slytherin corresponds roughly with the element of water due to serpents being commonly associated with the sea and lochs in western European mythology, as well as serpents being physically fluid and flexible animals. Similarly, in Celtic mythology, water is seen as a portal to another world, leading some to speculate that the element was chosen to symbolise many Slytherins' hope for a pure-blood only community. The colours also correspond with waters around lakes and lochs often being green, and silver being often associated with grey rainwater.
🦡 HUFFLEPUFF 🦡
"Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid of toil"
Hufflepuff Personality Traits:
Loyalty, tolerance, patience, hard-working, friendly, dedication, kindness, diligence, fairness, and modesty.
Hufflepuff corresponds roughly to the element of earth, and it is for that reason that the House colours were chosen: yellow represented wheat, while black was emblematic of soil. The Hufflepuff point hourglass contains yellow diamonds. Students sorted into Hufflepuff often demonstrate exceptional abilities in Herbology, owing to their correspondence to earth.