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"Or perhaps in Slytherin,
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means,
To achieve their ends.
"
The Sorting Hat[src]

Slytherin is one of the four Houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Salazar Slytherin. In establishing the house, Salazar instructed the Sorting Hat to pick students who had a few particular characteristics he most valued. Those characteristics include: cunning, resourcefulness, and ambition. Many Slytherin students tend to clique together, often acquiring leaders, which further exemplifies Slytherin's ambitious qualities. Examples of these include Draco Malfoy’s Gang and the Death Eaters.

The founder highly valued and favoured pure-blood students and the Sorting Hat admitted that it can be a factor when being Sorted. Students of any blood status can now be placed in the house. However, a Muggle-Born student from that house is considered to be quite rare.

The emblematic animal of the house is a snake and its colours are green and silver. There were two notable heads of the house; Horace Slughorn took the role twice (first leaving in 1981 and then taking the role again from 1997 until leaving before 2016), and Severus Snape. The patron ghost of the house is the Bloody Baron.

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.[7] 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 rain water.

Backstory

This created great controversy at Hogwarts and it was the root of a feud between former friends Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor. Slytherin would later decide to leave the school when an argument started between him and Gryffindor and they either duelled or started a civil war between the two houses. Such an argument would be forever known the origin of the feud between their two houses and also make them as the houses that are most competitive.

When Slytherin departed Hogwarts, he would leave behind the Chamber of Secrets with the purpose of an heir one day opening the chamber and unleashing a means of purging the school of those who, in his view, were unworthy to study magic: Muggle-borns. The chamber was opened twice and the monster was killed the second time by Harry Potter in 1992. Slytherin’s views at the time could be attributed to the persecution of witches and wizards at the hand of Muggles during that century.

Traits

Slytherins tend to be ambitious, shrewd, cunning, strong leaders, and achievement-oriented. They also have highly developed senses of self-preservation.[8] This means that Slytherins tend to hesitate before acting, so as to weigh all possible outcomes before deciding exactly what should be done.

According to Albus Dumbledore, the qualities which Salazar valued in the students he had chosen included cleverness, resourcefulness, determination, and "a certain disregard for the rules." Dumbledore noted that all of these were qualities possessed by Harry Potter, who was in Gryffindor but almost placed in Slytherin.

Slytherins tend to take charge and possess strong leadership skills. They are often self-assured and confident of their own competence and can be very loyal.

Another characteristic some Slytherins share is a tendency towards deep, unrequited love. Severus Snape and The Bloody Baron held abiding but unreturned feelings for Lily Evans and Helena Ravenclaw, respectively. Although some Slytherins, such as Tom Riddle, were incapable of feeling love at all, those that did were known to cherish their passion abidingly and unconditionally, although often tragically due to an inability to act appropriately on their feelings. Interestingly, Bellatrix Lestrange held feelings for Tom Riddle himself, which was a factor in her fanatical devotion to the Death Eaters; although Lord Voldemort was incapable of loving her in return, the existence of Delphini suggests that there was at least some kind of intimacy between them. Although Merope Riddle likely never attended Hogwarts and therefore wouldn't have been sorted into Slytherin at all, she was a descendant of Slytherin himself and fit the pattern of those sorted into his house, as she held deep and unreturned feelings for Tom Riddle Snr, who often travelled by her house on his carriage.

Blood purity

"I always knew Salazar Slytherin was a twisted old loony, but I never knew he started all this pure-blood stuff. I wouldn't be in his house if you paid me. Honestly, if the Sorting Hat had tried to put me in Slytherin, I'd've got the train straight back home..."
Ron Weasley expressing his opinions about Slytherin's views[src]
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Slytherin's founder, Salazar Slytherin

The Sorting Hat claims that blood purity was a factor in selecting Slytherins. It is not the main factor but it suggests that the sorting hat takes into account the lineage of the student as well as traits. Muggle-born Slytherins exist, but are very rare, as noted insultingly by Scabior the Snatcher.[9]

There have also been definite examples of half-bloods sorted into the house, including Tom Riddle, Dolores Umbridge, and Severus Snape. Harry Potter was nearly sorted into Slytherin, but because he asked not to be, he was placed in Gryffindor instead. Also, pure-bloods are not automatically placed in Slytherin. There have been various examples of pure-bloods sorted into other houses; the Weasley family, Sirius Black, Neville Longbottom, and James Potter were all sorted into Gryffindor house, Ernie Macmillan was sorted into Hufflepuff.

The concept of blood purity playing a part in picking students for Slytherin house stems from the founder Salazar Slytherin, who wanted a stricter policy of admission to the school — one limited strictly to pure-blood students. This was contrary to the wishes of the other founders at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who wanted to accept students of any blood status.

It is important to note that not every student in Slytherin agrees with the idea of blood purity, but every member would still be affiliated with their founder’s reputed views a thousand years later. Since the house would nearly always select students who share his view for that house, many members would still give that impression of that house during their time at Hogwarts. For example, in December 1992, the password for the common room was "pure-blood".[10]

Rivalries

Slytherin and Gryffindor are generally rivals in Quidditch and for the House Cup, of which the former had won seven years in a row prior to Harry Potter's arrival at Hogwarts in 1991. It is also rare for Slytherin and Gryffindor students to be friendly with one another, and is also quite common for them to share animosity. There are exceptions, such as Slytherin Merlin who had a friendship with Gryffindor Sir Cadogan and Slytherin Severus Snape and Gryffindor Lily Evans, who were best friends until Snape's use of the slur "Mudblood" as well as his aspirations to be a Death Eater caused Lily to sever their ties.

Their rivalry was particularly the case during the First and Second Wizarding Wars. During the second war, no Slytherin student joined the association known as Dumbledore's Army; however, this is likely the fault of Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter, who only invited people they trusted. The three also shared a deep mistrust of any Slytherins.

There is a terrible tension, rivalry, and dislike among Gryffindors Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ronald Weasly, and Slytherin Draco Malfoy to the point that Hermione even once punched Draco. Also, from the moment Harry and Draco met, they became immediate enemies, which was even before they were sorted into their respective houses.

Slytherin's relationship with the other two houses, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, was variable. By the time of Harry Potter's years at Hogwarts, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw were frustrated at Slytherin's seven-year winning streak and readily supported Gryffindor in their efforts to break it, to the extent that they even turned against Harry and his friends when their rule-breaking cost Gryffindor 150 points (and thus the lead) with Slytherin rubbing it in at every opportunity. This persisted generally with Quidditch matches, where Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff supported Gryffindor by default if they were facing Slytherin.

When Harry was named as a Hogwarts Triwizard champion alongside Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff, the three other houses assumed he was trying to steal Hufflepuff's glory and supported Cedric as the 'real' Hogwarts champion, though Slytherin likely only did this out of spite for Harry rather than any actual support for Cedric. After Cedric's death by Lord Voldemort's hands, Slytherin joined the rest in toasting his memory but some, like Draco Malfoy, were not saddened by his death.

Reputation

"There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin."
—Wizarding prejudice against Slytherin House[src]
Slytherin symbol

A serpent, symbol of Slytherin House

Slytherin has a such well-known reputation for creating dark witches and wizards that many would even say that every dark witch or wizard was actually in Slytherin. (It also didn’t help that Voldemort himself was in Slytherin too when he was a student at Hogwarts) While it is true that many were in the house, it is untrue to say every single one of them was, as Peter Pettigrew, betrayer of James and Lily, was in Gryffindor and Quirinus Quirrell was in Ravenclaw. 

It appears that reputation has led to an ironic prejudice against the entire house. It is unknown how many dark witches and wizards were from this house before Tom Riddle began recruiting Death Eaters but many of them came from a family that valued blood purity and would prefer, like Riddle, to be in the house and recruit from there.

In fairer terms, there were many good witches and wizards in the house who opposed the use of the Dark Arts, as well as discrimination based on blood purity, such as Horace Slughorn, Andromeda Tonks, and Leta Lestrange. Andromeda was related to many dark witches and wizards, such as her own sister Bellatrix Lestrange, and brother-in-law Lucius Malfoy, but she chose to forsake the loyalty to her family in favour of marrying the Muggle-born Ted Tonks. Leta was quite different from the majority of her family with her kind - albeit self-deprecating and bitter - personality, her love for both Newt Scamander and Theseus Scamander, her career ambition without ruthlessness, and her self-sacrificing bravery in the face of Gellert Grindelwald, in stark contrast to the the usually compassionate Queenie of house Pukwudgie, who joined Grindelwald rather quickly. Also, the allegiance of Severus Snape was found to ultimately be towards Albus Dumbledore to the point of serving as a triple agent for the Order of the Phoenix, in stark contrast to Peter Pettigrew, the former Gryffindor who became a double agent for the Death Eaters instead. Merlin (of King Arthur fame) was also a Slytherin.

It might also be possible (though quite unlikely) that the Sorting Hat simply sorts anyone with ill intentions into Slytherin, regardless of whether they possess cunning and ambition, which helped to unfairly give this house a bad name. Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle were both incredibly stupid and did not have clever or cunning minds, but were still sorted into Slytherin. They could have possessed one of the minor traits as even Peter Pettigrew was not placed into Gryffindor for bravery, but for chivalry instead.

It is also likely that Crabbe and Goyle were simply placed there by process of elimination, since they exhibited virtually none of the qualities valued by any of the other houses (lacking the work ethic or honesty of Hufflepuff, the academic prowess of Ravenclaw, or the bravery of Gryffindor). The Sorting Hat simply could have took into account what house they wished to be placed in which, with their family history, was most likely Slytherin.

The behaviour of Slytherin house at the Battle of Hogwarts is also debated. The majority of their members departed Hogwarts before the battle started and a few joined their families in becoming Death Eaters. However, many of them returned to Hogwarts to fight against the Death Eaters and were led back by their Head of House, Horace Slughorn.

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House ghost, The Bloody Baron

The traits of the house are considered obvious examples of people turning toward an ill purpose such as cunning and ambition but they are not inherently negative. Furthermore, traits from the rest of the houses such as daring, intelligence, and loyalty can also become easily negative.

Another trait which could be seen as a negative one is self-preservation. The idea that many of them seem to value their own lives more than the lives of others can make them less thought of and trusted, but that is not always the case. Phineas Nigellus gave that impression when he saw Harry Potter trying to run away, because he was afraid that his presence was putting his friends in danger. He stated that "We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, when given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks".

There are exceptions to this rule, however, such as Snape, who Harry said was a "Slytherin and... probably the bravest man I ever knew"and Regulus Black, who gave his life in an attempt to destroy one of the Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort and told his house-elf Kreacher to save himself and leave.

The truth is that while most Dark wizards are Slytherins, many members of Slytherin House do not have Dark leanings and are even kind and accepting, while smaller groups of Voldemort's supporters are aligned with other Houses. During the Battle of Hogwarts, while all of the Slytherin students left the school before the fighting started, several of them did return with Professor Slughorn as reinforcements to join the fight against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, and some decided to fight as a part of Dumbledore’s Army.

Common Room

Main article: Slytherin Dungeon
Slytherin common room

Slytherin common room

The Slytherin common room is in the dungeons of Hogwarts Castle and underneath the Black Lake. Because of this, the light in the common room is green. Harry Potter along with Ron Weasley entered the common room in his second year to find out if Draco Malfoy was the one opening the Chamber of Secrets. To enter the Slytherin common room one must merely speak aloud the current password in front of a stretch of damp stone wall; once the word is uttered a concealed stone door will slide aside leaving a rectangular hole in the wall leading to the Slytherin common room. The only known Slytherin password is "pureblood", used in 1992.

Head of House

Slytherin's head of house for Harry's first six years of school was Severus Snape; however, as he fled with the Death Eaters in 1997 at the end of Harry's sixth year, Potions Master Horace Slughorn became the head of Slytherin House. Upon Snape's return as Headmaster later that year, he apparently approved of Slughorn's appointment, as he did not assign any Death Eaters as the new head of house.

Known Slytherins

Name Period Attending Hogwarts Notes
Bloody Baron

[12]

Middle Ages Hot-tempered lord and squire who remorsefully committed suicide for inadvertently killing the woman he loved in a fit of rage when she refused to come home from Albania with him, leaving his clothes stained with her blood. Later became the house ghost.
Merlin Member of King Arthur's court, advocate of Muggle rights, and arguably the most famous wizard in history.[6]
Elizabeth Burke Unknown Headmistress of Hogwarts at some point. Now has a portrait at the base of the Grand Staircase between the Entrance Hall archway and First-floor corridor doorway, which was later hung near the Potions Classroom entrance and guarded the Main Dungeons,[citation needed] telling Slytherins to be "Nasty to Mudbloods".
Gormlaith Gaunt 15871594 (possibly) Member of the House of Gaunt. Eventually became the Dark Witch of Hag's Glen and parental guardian of Isolt Sayre. Killed by William the Pukwudgie in the Duel at Ilvermorny.
Corvinus Gaunt c. 1700s Member of the House of Gaunt. Later became a juvenile plumber who hid the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.
Katie Rayknolls 1720s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 17241728.
Vicky Bishopper 1720s1730s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 17281732.
Robin Higgy 1730s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 17321736.
Mark Sommertime 1730s and 1740s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 17361740.
Dan Darker 1740s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 17441748.
Russell Lucky Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 17401744.
Jess Lafington 1740s and 1750s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 17481752.
Kris Kolumbiko 1750s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 17521756.
David Makehay 1750s and 1760s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 17561760.
Mark Overcliff 1760s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 17601764.
Phineas N. Black c. 18581865 Eventually became Headmaster of Hogwarts from some point during the late 19th century to 1925. Now has a portrait in the Headmaster's office.
Leta Lestrange 19081915 Made an experiment with a Jarvey in 1913, Newt Scamander took the blame for it. Later became an assistent of the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
Callidora Black c. 19261933 Members of the House of Black.
Cassiopeia Black
Cedrella Black c. 1930s
Charis Black c. 19301937
Dorea Black c. 19311938
Lucretia Black c. 19361943
Walburga Black
Horace Slughorn late 19th century and/or early 20th century Well-connected player of favourites in his year. Eventually became Head of Slytherin House and Potions Professor of Hogwarts from 1931 to 1981 (a position he took up again from 1996 to 2015), and founder of the Slug Club.
Tom Riddle 19381945 Prefect and Head Boy, Leader of a gang of students, Disgraced Winner of the Special Award for Services to the School, member of the Slug Club, and Winner of the Medal for Magical Merit. Eventually became assistant shopkeeper at Borgin and Burkes from 1947 to around 1958, but disappeared into the deepest layers of the Dark Arts (creating several Horcruxes and an army of followers whom he named Death Eaters) and resurfaced around 1968 as the most dangerous Dark Wizard of all time, orchestrating the last two most destructive Wizarding Wars in history under the alias "Lord Voldemort". Finally defeated and killed by a rebounding Killing Curse meant for Harry Potter in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Lestrange Members of the Knights of Walpurgis and Slug Club. Eventually became two of the first Death Eaters.
Avery
Winky Crockett 1940s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19401944.
Neil Lament Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19441948.
Alphard Black c. 1940s Member of the House of Black.
Orion Black c. 19401947
Cygnus Black c. 19491956
Andrew Snowy Owl 1940s and 1950s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19481952.
Jo King 1950s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19521956.
Rufus Winickus 1950s and 1960s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19561960.
Steve Laughalot 1960s1970s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19681972.
Andromeda Black Disowned member of the House of Black. Later married Edward Tonks and became an ally of the Order of the Phoenix.
Rodolphus Lestrange c. 1960s1970s Member of a gang inspired by the Dark Arts. Eventually married Bellatrix Black and became a devoted Death Eater.
Bellatrix Black c. 19621969 Eventually married Rodolphus Lestrange and became a devoted Death Eater. Killed by Molly Weasley in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Lucius Malfoy c. 19651972 Prefect and member of the Slug Club. Eventually married Narcissa Black and became second-in-command of the Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War, Chairman of the Hogwarts Board of Governors from 1981 to 1993, Advisor to the Minister for Magic from 1990 to 1996, and disgraced Death Eater throughout the Second Wizarding War. Defected during the Battle of Hogwarts.
Narcissa Black c. 19661973 Eventually married Lucius Malfoy and became an ally of the Death Eaters until her defection in Battle of Hogwarts.
Stuart Craggy 1960s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19641968.
Jody Jacknife Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19601964.
Evan Rosier 1960s or 1970s Members of a gang inspired by the Dark Arts. Eventually became a duo of Death Eaters at the height of the First Wizarding War. Killed by Alastor Moody in 1980.
Wilkes
Avery Later became a Death Eater.
Mulciber Later became a Death Eater, specialising in the Imperius Curse, during the First Wizarding War.
Emma Vanity 1970s Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19721976.
Severus Snape 19711978 Brains of a gang inspired by the Dark Arts and member of the Slug Club. Eventually became a devoted Death Eater at the height of the First Wizarding War (until his last-minute defection), Head of Slytherin House and Potions Master of Hogwarts from 1981 to 1996, Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts of Hogwarts during the 1996-1997 school year, Headmaster of Hogwarts for a majority of the 1997-1998 school year, and double agent within the Order of the Phoenix and Death Eaters throughout the Second Wizarding War. Murdered by Lord Voldemort's snake Nagini in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Regulus Black c. 19721979 Seeker on the Slytherin Quidditch team and member of the Slug Club. Eventually became a Death Eater, but defected and gave his life in an attempt to destroy one of the Horcruxes.
Duncan Ashe 1970s1980s Died during his school years and stayed at the school as a ghost.
Lucinda Talkalot Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19761980.
Third Floor Corridor Slytherin prefect c. 1980s Prefect.
Felix Rosier 19801987 Prefect. Became a Dragonologist.
Barnaby Lee 19841991 Had a passion for Care of Magical Creatures. His parents were Death Eaters.
Ismelda Murk Had a passion for curses.
Merula Snyde Students whose parents were Death Eaters.
Liz Tuttle Had a passion for Care of Magical Creatures.
Gemma Farley 1980s and 1990s Prefect.
Marcus Flint 19861994 Captain and Chaser of the Slytherin Quidditch team and he repeated a year.
Dungeon Corridor Slytherin prefect (I) c. 19861993 Prefect who often patrolled the Dungeon Corridor.
Dungeon Corridor Slytherin prefect (II)
Lucian Bole 19881995 Beaters for the Slytherin Quidditch team during the 1990s.
Peregrine Derrick
Graham Montague 19891996 Chaser of the Slytherin Quidditch team during the 1990s
Adrian Pucey Chaser of the Slytherin Quidditch team until 1993.
Cassius Warrington Chaser of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 1993 to 1996 and member of the Inquisitorial Squad.
Flora Carrow 1990s Member of the Slug Club
Hestia Carrow
Miles Bletchley Keeper of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 1991 to 1995.
Terence Higgs Seeker of the Slytherin Quidditch team in the 1980s and 1990s.
Urquhart Captain and Chaser of the Slytherin Quidditch team during the 1996–1997 school year.
Vaisey Chaser of the Slytherin Quidditch team in 1996.
Sixth-Year Inquisitorial Squad Member c.19901997 Member of the Inquisitorial Squad.
Draco Malfoy 19911998 Prefect, Seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch team, member of the Inquisitorial Squad and later blackmailed by Lord Voldemort to become a Death Eater (defected). Eventually married Astoria Greengrass.
Vincent Crabbe Beater of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 1995 to 1997; member of the Inquisitorial Squad; became a Dark Wizard in his seventh year. Killed by his own Fiendfyre during the Battle of Hogwarts.
Gregory Goyle Beater of the Slytherin Quidditch team from 1995 to 1997; member of the Inquisitorial Squad; became a Dark Wizard in his seventh year.
Millicent Bulstrode Member of the Inquisitorial Squad
Pansy Parkinson Prefect and member of the Inquisitorial Squad.
Blaise Zabini Member of the Slug Club.
Daphne Greengrass Sister of Astoria Greengrass.
Theodore Nott Supposed to be a member of the Slug Club.
Tracey Davis
Bespectacled Slytherin girl
Unidentified blonde Slytherin girl Attended her Charms O.W.L. exam. Evacuated before the start of the Second Wizarding War. Please note that she may be either Tracey Davis or Daphne Greengrass.
Unidentified Slytherin boy in the Battle of Hogwarts Locked in the Dungeons but when the cell exploded, fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Unidentified Slytherin girl (II) Sat next to Harry in Charms class.
Unidentified Slytherin girl (III) Sat next to Ron in Defence Against the Dark Arts class.
Bridget 19921999 Duelling Club member.
Harper Reserve Seeker of the Slytherin Quidditch team in 1996.
Malcolm Baddock 19942001
Graham Pritchard
Mafalda Estranged member of the Weasley family.
Albus Potter 20172024 The second son and child of the famous Harry Potter. The only member of his family to be sorted into Slytherin House.
Scorpius Malfoy The only child and son of Draco and Astoria Malfoy.
Zoe Accrington 1990s Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Uchi Akimbo Challenged Harry to a duel.
Tabitha Bainbridge Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Sadie Baldock
Tristram Bassenthwaite
Darius Berrow
Yatin Bhagat
Kinjal Bhatia
Cameron Boyle
Diane Carter Challenged Harry to a duel.
Fergus Cowley Member of the Duelling Club in the 1996–1997 school year.
Irving Cram Guarded off-limit places.
Sebastian Daley Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Simon Dedworth Guarded off-limit places.
Bowen Duffield Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Curtis Evercreech
Amy Frome
Damon Gosforth
Mathilda Greenford
Amrish Gupta
Yurika Haneda
Niles Hanley Usually spent time by the Viaduct.
Maynard Hatton Ran a Duelling Club in the 1996–1997 school year.
Manami Ichijoh Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Malcolm Ilminster
Trupti Kadam
Sourav Kartik
Zubeida Khan
Hirohisa Kubo
Maxwell Lazenby
Holden Ledbury Guarded off-limit places.
Gabriel Lithgow Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Xander Lofthouse Tried to steal Harry's borrowed broomstick.
Scarlett Lympsham Played informal Quidditch matches.
Charles Machin Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Thomas McGruder Challenged Harry to a duel.
Gertrude Meads Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Sylvia Melville
Glynis Mexborough
Byron Miller
Titus Mitcham
Agnes Monkleigh Challenged Harry to duel.
Graham Montague Played as a Chaser on the Slytherin Quidditch team from 19931996. Member of the Inquisitorial Squad.
Selina Moore Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Timothy Morcott Challenged Harry to a duel.
Daryl Morden Played informal Quidditch matches.
Shawn Morris Challenged Harry to a duel.
Adelaide Murton Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Irfan Mustaq Member of the Duelling Club.
Tracey Nettlebed Told secrets about many students for her own satisfaction.
Garrick Newbourne Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Nerys Orpington
Ona Parangyo
Mildred Peebles
Ursula Penkridge
Horatio Pershore
Ronald Phipps
Abigail Pugh
Gordon Pummell Guarded off-limit places.
Bastien Queensbury Competed in the Gobstones tournament in the 1996–1997 school year.
Hayley Quentin Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Viola Richmond
Michael Robinson
Muriel Rothley
Hortense Rowland
Megan Rowstock
Gideon Scalby
Poonima Shah
Olivia Shardlow
Bhupen Shastri
Archana Shetty
Reiko Shibazaki
Grant Sparkford
Cole Spencer
Norman Stacey
Imogen Stretton Guarded off-limit places.
Junpei Suruga Competed in the Wizard Skittles tournament in the 1996–1997 school year.
Alex Sykes Guarded off-limit places.
Atsushi Takagi Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Vikram Thakur Competed in the Wizard Skittles tournament in the 1996–1997 school year.
Heather Thatcham Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year.
Spencer Whiddon
Phylis Whitehead
Ella Wilkins Seen walking around in the 1993–1994 school year. Competed in the Exploding Snap tournament in the 1996–1997 school year.
Peter Duelling Club member.
Pike Member of Draco's gang.
Rachel Duelling Club member.
Roy
Vaisey Chaser on the Slytherin Quidditch team.
Nigel's nephew Had an uncle who married a Muggle woman, which angered his father.
Sixth-Year Inquisitorial Squad Member Member of the Inquisitorial Squad.
Slytherin Duelling Club Captain Duelling Club Captain for Slytherin in 1996.
Slytherin student that blames Harry Potter (I) Blamed Harry for being a champion in the Triwizard Tournament.
Slytherin student that blames Harry Potter (II)
Slytherin Wizard Duelling Champion Duelling champion for Slytherin.
Slytherin Wizard's Chess champion Wizard's Chess Captain for Slytherin.
Third Floor Slytherin Prefect Prefect.
Unidentified Slytherin Beater Beater on the Slytherin Quidditch team.
Unidentified Slytherin Beater (II)
Unidentified Slytherin girl at the Battle of Hogwarts Fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Unidentified Slytherin girl at the Battle of Hogwarts (III) Locked in the Dungeons but when the cell exploded, fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Unidentified Slytherin girl in the Battle of Hogwarts (IV) Locked in the Dungeons but when the cell exploded, fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Unidentified Slytherin girl (I) Member of the Inquisitorial Squad.
Unidentified Slytherin Keeper Keeper on the Slytherin Quidditch team.
Abraxas Malfoy Unknown Lucius's father.
Dolores Umbridge Unlikeable model in her year. Eventually became Head of the Improper Use of Magic Office at some point, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic from 1990 to 1998, Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor and "High Inquisitor" of Hogwarts during the 1995-1996 school year, Headmistress of Hogwarts from April to June 1996, and Head of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission from 1997 to 1998. Imprisoned for her crimes against Muggle-borns.
Scabior Snatcher during the height of the Second Wizarding War.
Merula Snyde's father Death Eater. Merula's father. Imprisoned for allegiance to Lord Voldemort.
Merula Snyde's mother Member of the Frog Choir. Death Eater. Merula's mother. Imprisoned for allegiance to Lord Voldemort.


Behind the scenes

Slytherin Banner (WBshop)

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Pottermore House Cup

  • Slytherin won the first house cup with 72,734,274 house points.
  • Slytherin came second for the second house cup with 48,495,275 points.
  • Slytherin won the third house cup with 26,990,924 points.
  • Slytherin came second for the fourth house cup with 24,865,387.
  • Slytherin came second for the fifth house cup with 27,795,479 points.
  • Slytherin came fourth for the sixth house cup with 31,926,625 points.
  • Slytherin won the seventh house cup with 52,652,850 points.
  • Slytherin came second for the eighth house cup with 26,564,159 points.

Translations

In translated editions, "Slytherin" remains the same and is used for the Arabic, Croatian, Danish, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Vietnamese editions. The following translations have changed the name:

Language Translation Note
Afrikaans Sibberin
Albanian Gjarpërblertit "Green snake"
Bulgarian Слидерин (Sliderin)
Chinese (PRC) 斯莱特林 (Sī-lái-tè-lín)
Chinese (Taiwan) 史萊哲林 (Shǐ-lái-zhé-lín)
Czech Zmijozel from Zmije "viper snake" or Zmij "adder"
Dutch Zwadderich from the old Dutch noun zwadder "snake poison"; zwadderig "dirty"
Finnish Luihuinen from the adjective luihu "deceptive" or "sneaky"
French Serpentard from serpent "snake" and the suffix -ard which gives it a pejorative consonance
Georgian სლიზერინი (slizerin)
Greek Σλίθεριν (Slitherin)
Hebrew סלית'רין
Hindi नगशक्ति (Nāgaśakti) Nāga "Snake"; śakti "power"
Hungarian Mardekár mar "bite" (like snake), de kár "but it's a pity"
Italian Serpeverde "Green Serpent"
Japanese スリザリン (Surizarin)
Korean 슬리데린 (sŭliderin)
Latvian Slīdenis
Lithuanian Klastūnynas from the noun klasta "guile" or "ruse".
Also could be translated as "viper" or "scoundrel"
Macedonian Змијолик (Zmijolik) "Snakeface"
Norwegian Smygard
Persian اسلایترین
Portuguese (Brazil) Sonserina from Sonso a term for "someone who pretends to be innocent or harmless"
Romanian Viperini "Vipers"
Russian Слизерин (Slizerin)
/Слайзерин (Sluytherin)
/Пресмыкайс (Presmykais)
Слизь (Sleezerin) "slime"
/Пресмыкаться (Pryesmikat'sya) "to slither"
Serbian Слитерин (Sliterin)
Slovak Slizolin
Slovenian Spolzgad
Thai สลิธีริน (Sa-li-thee-rin)
Ukrainian Слизерин (Slyzeryn)
Welsh Slafenog

Appearances

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See also

Notes and references


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Namesake Founders
Godric Gryffindor · Helga Hufflepuff · Rowena Ravenclaw · Salazar Slytherin
Heads of House
Minerva McGonagall · Pomona Sprout · Filius Flitwick · Horace Slughorn
House Ghosts
Nearly Headless Nick · Fat Friar · Grey Lady · Bloody Baron
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