Rubeus Hagrid

Rubeus Hagrid (born December 6, c. 1928)http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrcom/birthdayarchive.shtml is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of books. He is known to all simply as Hagrid. Hagrid is the groundskeeper and Care Of Magical Creatures teacher for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Hagrid's pets

Hagrid keeps a variety of pets, including some which are believed by the wizarding community to be impossible to domesticate.

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Aragog

Aragog (1942-1997) is an Acromantula that Hagrid raised while he was a Hogwarts student. The discovery of Aragog was in part responsible for Hagrid's expulsion.

Related Topics:
1942-1997 - Acromantula

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While Aragog started as Hagrid's pet, after Hagrid's expulsion from Hogwarts he lived in the Forbidden Forest until his death in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Related Topics:
Forbidden Forest - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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The name Aragog comes from aranea (a Latin word for spider) and Gog (a legendary giant).

Related Topics:
Latin - Gog - Giant

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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 often lays his head in Harry's lap and drools.

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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 Book One. The only way to get past Fluffy is lull him to sleep by playing music.

Related Topics:
Dog - Philosopher's Stone

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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.

Related Topics:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Professor Quirrell - Harp - Flute

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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.

Related Topics:
Cerberus - Greek Mythology - Underworld

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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 along 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.

Related Topics:
Pub - Steve Kloves - J. K. Rowling - Interview - Forbidden Forest

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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.

Related Topics:
Norwegian Ridgeback - Dragon - Ministry of Magic

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Buckbeak/Witherwings

Buckbeak is a hippogriff. He is sentenced to death after attacking Draco Malfoy, but is rescued by Harry and Hermione and goes into hiding with Sirius Black. After Sirius's death, Buckbeak returns to Hagrid's care, but is renamed Witherwings to hide his identity.

Related Topics:
Buckbeak - Hippogriff

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