Harry Potter Houses

Each of the Houses in Harry Potter, Gryffindor, Slytherin Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw, represent some form of good or evil. The name themselves use the psychology of the human brain to convey these ideas.

Gryffindor: the Good house

The name Gryffindor contains the sound grrr and is derived from the word Griffin. When one thinks of Grrrr, he/she associates the sound with a lion or another powerful beast. Lions are usually associated with courage and stregnth and this is exactly what the house represents.

Slytherin: Evil House

When you think of Slytherin, the word "Slither" come to mind which is a discription of how snakes move. In most parts of the World, especially the West, snakes are almost always evil. For example, the snake in Adam and Eve gives Eve the apple of sin. Therefore, the association of Slythein is with snakes. Even their house head's name, Snape, is ver similiar to snake.


Hufflepuff: The quite, helpful house

To me, the name Hufflepuff conveys a sense of a fat and jolly place. This is probably has to do with the fact that the name contains the word Puff, which reminds me of puffy and "chubby". This transitions into the next part, jolly. Fat people in literature usually tend to be Jolly and Helpful such as Santa Clause. In the series, the Hufflepuff house does tend to be helpful at times.

Ravenclaw: the not-so-good house

The house Ravenclaw is made up of 2 words, Raven and Claw. A raven is usually a creature of the night and is kind of like a spy. Creatures of the Night are evl and Claw shows the predatorial aspect of the House, meaning it is able to defend itself. Also, throughout the book, very little is revealed about the House, which shows the secretive nature like that of a Raven's.