So where shall I put you?" Harry Potter: " Not Slytherin, not Slytherin." Sorting Hat: " Not Slytherin, eh? Are you sure? You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that - no? Well, if you’re sure - better be GRYFFINDOR !" - The Sorting Hat and Harry discussing the latter's future house
There's talent, oh my goodness, yes - and a nice thirst to prove yourself, now that's interesting. Relationship with students Harry Potter Sorting Hat: " Hmm. It was suggested that the Hat picks up some of its information from Albus Dumbledore, though it was not known whether it would have done so before such an influential figure in the wider wizarding world was in office.ġ991 Song Main article: 1991 Sorting Hat's song 1994 Song Main article: 1994 Sorting Hat's song 1995 Song Main article: 1995 Sorting Hat's song 2008 Song Main article: 2008 Sorting Hat's song 2017 Song They also occasionally warned of danger to come, as in its 1995 song, though it was not known how the Hat was aware of upcoming events. Ron Weasley expressed the opinion that the Hat spent the entire school year making up its next song. These songs vary in length and content though they generally introduced the hat and its role in sorting new students. There were two known instances of this happening within 1992 to 1997, once when Harry Potter was in the Chamber of Secrets, and once when Neville Longbottom refused to join Lord Voldemort during the Battle of Hogwarts.īefore sorting the students each year, the hat recited a new introductory song. It was unknown why this was possible, but was linked to loyalty of the highest regard in relation to Hogwarts. Godric Gryffindor's Sword, one of the founder's only other known relics, could be magically pulled out of the hat by any Gryffindor considered worthy, no matter how secure the sword's location. The Sorting Hat then kindly said he was a good-hearted chap, but no wizard. In 1858, Angus Buchanan, an eleven-year old Scottish Squib managed to sneak into the feast with the help of his wizard brother and put the Sorting Hat on his head. The hat continued to carry out its duty each September at the beginning of the start-of-term feast, when it was placed on a three-legged (sometimes four-legged) stool at the front of the Great Hall. When not in use, it is placed on a shelf in the current Headmaster's or Headmistress's office. The Sorting Hat, now animated, was able to sort and divide the students into the Hogwarts Houses, and continued to do so for a millennium, passed down to each new Headmaster or Headmistress of the school. All four founders wanted to ensure that students would be sorted into their eponymous houses, which would be selected according to each founder's particular preferences in students. When Gryffindor, along with Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff, wondered how they would continue to sort the students when the four were dead, Gryffindor pulled his hat from his head and, along with the other founders, enchanted it with their combined intelligence. Legend had it that the Sorting Hat was sewn roughly one thousand years ago and began as a normal hat belonging to Godric Gryffindor.
It's got to be a pretty boring life, hasn't it, being a hat? I suppose it spends all year making up the next one." - Ron Weasley's opinion of the Sorting Hat's existence History Main article: Sorting ceremony " Sings a different every year. On balance, however, the Hat had made remarkably few errors of judgement over the many centuries it had been at work. On those occasions when Slytherins behaved altruistically or selflessly, when Ravenclaws flunked all their exams, when Hufflepuffs proved lazy yet academically gifted, and when Gryffindors exhibited cowardice, the Hat steadfastly backed its original decision. The Sorting Hat was notorious for refusing to admit it had ever made a mistake in its sorting of a student. The moment of consideration varied in time period from less than a second to over five minutes (known as "hatstall").
After a time of consideration, the hat announced its choice aloud for all to hear, and the student joined the selected house. It spoke to the wearer inside of the hat with a small, quiet voice, using Legilimency to interpret their thoughts and respond to them. In order to speak and sing, a tear along the brim opened like a mouth. The hat was battered and old by 1991 it was patched, frayed, and extremely dirty. Each then took a seat on a stool and the hat was placed on his or her head. During the opening banquet at the beginning of each school year, the first-year students were lined up and their names read aloud alphabetically.
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The famous Hogwarts Sorting Hat gave an account of its own genesis in a series of songs.
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