The Hogwarts Founders

This article refers to the founders of Hogwarts, the school in JK Rowling's fictional Harry Potter series.

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Hogwarts - JK Rowling - Harry Potter

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The four founders of Hogwarts school (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin), lived some time in the tenth century in what is now Britain. They were and are considered the greatest wizards of their age, and indeed among the wizard community they have achieved an almost mythic status; their remaining relics are highly prized, and it is a mark of deepest pride to be descended from one of them, as the Gaunt and Smith families show.

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Hogwarts - Tenth century - Britain

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Very little is known about the four founders. Only Slytherin has been described in any detail, largely due to his having constructed the Chamber of Secrets.

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