Harry Potter: You may have chosen House Hufflepuff, but do you really know what the name means?

In the Harry Potter saga, when first-year students return to Hogwarts School and enter the castle’s Great Hall for the Inaugural Banquet, they are almost immediately crowned with the Sorting Hat and divided among the institution’s four main houses.

Characterized by their own qualities and virtues, symbolized by four different animals, these houses are called Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.

Although these surnames were directly bequeathed to them by their respective founders (Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff), one might still wonder how J.K. Rowling these names and what they symbolize.

Let’s look here at Hufflepuff, a house whose coat of arms is a badger on a yellow and black field, and whose students are often noted for their loyalty, patience, and sense of justice.

As Jean-Francois Menard, the French translator of the magical saga, revealed when he was Gallimard Youth spoke A few years ago, the name of Hufflepuff house (in the original version, Hufflepuff) comes directly from a famous fairy tale: Three little pigs.

“It’s a word that comes from ‘huff and puff.'” It’s the formula the big bad wolf uses to blow up a house. Little pigs, “I huff and puff.” Finally, I translated it almost literally as Hufflepuff. He thus explained, before specifying that this reference to the famous wolf replica was not chosen by the author by chance.

“There’s something in the background that Hufflepuff students have a little more trouble keeping up with their studies compared to, say, Ravenclaw or Gryffindor. They’re less bright, maybe. , it kind of suggests that they’re a bit more eager to learn, sort of.”

“They are also very likable characters with many other qualities”continues the translator, “But strictly academically, they are probably less brilliant than others, so they lack breath.”

Did you know that the Hufflepuff house name had such a meaning?

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