4:00 a.m. learning about Hagrid
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Woohoo!!! Thanks to Google and insomnia, I found something that keeps me from
having to go through book 3 with sticky notes. GOOD!
from http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hagrid.html
Rubeus Hagrid
Gamekeeper and Keeper of the Keys at Hogwarts, in the fall of 1993 he also
became the Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
Hagrid is half giant and he stands almost twice as tall as a normal man. He
is excessively fond of creatures which he would call cuddly pets and anyone
else would call fearsome monsters. Hagrid's appearance is very intimidating,
but his disposition is kind.
Hagrid attended Hogwarts, starting in 1940. When he was a student there, he
was falsely accused by Tom Riddle of opening the Chamber of Secrets and
releasing a monster. Hagrid was expelled. Albus Dumbledore, then the
Transfiguration Teacher at Hogwarts, arranged for him to stay on as
gamekeeper. In 1993, his name was cleared through the efforts of Harry Potter
and his friends.
Hagrid was not allowed to do magic before his name was cleared, although it
seems that his broken wand was somehow imbedded in his pink umbrella and he
did cast a spell or two. Now he is allowed to do magic, but as he was never
properly trained, he'll always be somewhat inept at it (SN).
Hagrid, Rubeus
hair: long, wild tangled black hair and beard
eyes: glinting like black beetles, crinkled in a smile (SS4)
distinguishing feature: he gives the impression of being "too big to be
allowed"
House: Gryffindor (BN)
field: Care of Magical Creatures
title: Keeper of the Keys and Grounds (SS4)
home: one-room wooden hut on the grounds, near the Forbidden Forest
interests: magical creatures, the more dangerous the better, drinking,
dragons
born: 1929, human father and giant mother
pet: Fang, the boarhound (in 1942: Aragog, an Acromantula)
timeline
1929 born to giant mother, Fridwulfa, and a human father
1932 Fridwulfa abandons her family
1940 starts Hogwarts
1942 father dies
1943 falsely accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets, expelled and given
gamekeeper position
1981 rescues baby Harry from ruins of his parents' house, delivers Harry to
Privet Drive
July 31, 1991 takes Harry to buy his things for Hogwarts
spring 1992 hatches a baby Norwegian Ridgeback dragon
May, 1993 sent to Azkaban for a few weeks
June 1993 name cleared after fifty years
fall, 1993 given the job of Care of Magical Creatures teacher
October 30, 1994 meets Olympe Maxime
summer 1995 visits the giants of the north
Hagrid's pockets
Hagrid commonly wears a huge moleskin overcoat with many pockets. In these
pockets one finds an amazing assortment of odds and ends:
* dormice
* birthday cake
* owl
* quill and parchment
* dog biscuits (moldy)
* letter to Harry from Hogwarts
* copper kettle
* squashy package of sausages
* poker
* teapot
* several chipped mugs
* bottle of amber liquid
* pink umbrella
* coins
* bunches of keys
* slug pellets
* balls of string
* peppermint humbugs
* tea bags
* letter from Dumbledore to Gringotts re: vault 713
* key to Harry's vault
having to go through book 3 with sticky notes. GOOD!
from http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hagrid.html
Rubeus Hagrid
Gamekeeper and Keeper of the Keys at Hogwarts, in the fall of 1993 he also
became the Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
Hagrid is half giant and he stands almost twice as tall as a normal man. He
is excessively fond of creatures which he would call cuddly pets and anyone
else would call fearsome monsters. Hagrid's appearance is very intimidating,
but his disposition is kind.
Hagrid attended Hogwarts, starting in 1940. When he was a student there, he
was falsely accused by Tom Riddle of opening the Chamber of Secrets and
releasing a monster. Hagrid was expelled. Albus Dumbledore, then the
Transfiguration Teacher at Hogwarts, arranged for him to stay on as
gamekeeper. In 1993, his name was cleared through the efforts of Harry Potter
and his friends.
Hagrid was not allowed to do magic before his name was cleared, although it
seems that his broken wand was somehow imbedded in his pink umbrella and he
did cast a spell or two. Now he is allowed to do magic, but as he was never
properly trained, he'll always be somewhat inept at it (SN).
Hagrid, Rubeus
hair: long, wild tangled black hair and beard
eyes: glinting like black beetles, crinkled in a smile (SS4)
distinguishing feature: he gives the impression of being "too big to be
allowed"
House: Gryffindor (BN)
field: Care of Magical Creatures
title: Keeper of the Keys and Grounds (SS4)
home: one-room wooden hut on the grounds, near the Forbidden Forest
interests: magical creatures, the more dangerous the better, drinking,
dragons
born: 1929, human father and giant mother
pet: Fang, the boarhound (in 1942: Aragog, an Acromantula)
timeline
1929 born to giant mother, Fridwulfa, and a human father
1932 Fridwulfa abandons her family
1940 starts Hogwarts
1942 father dies
1943 falsely accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets, expelled and given
gamekeeper position
1981 rescues baby Harry from ruins of his parents' house, delivers Harry to
Privet Drive
July 31, 1991 takes Harry to buy his things for Hogwarts
spring 1992 hatches a baby Norwegian Ridgeback dragon
May, 1993 sent to Azkaban for a few weeks
June 1993 name cleared after fifty years
fall, 1993 given the job of Care of Magical Creatures teacher
October 30, 1994 meets Olympe Maxime
summer 1995 visits the giants of the north
Hagrid's pockets
Hagrid commonly wears a huge moleskin overcoat with many pockets. In these
pockets one finds an amazing assortment of odds and ends:
* dormice
* birthday cake
* owl
* quill and parchment
* dog biscuits (moldy)
* letter to Harry from Hogwarts
* copper kettle
* squashy package of sausages
* poker
* teapot
* several chipped mugs
* bottle of amber liquid
* pink umbrella
* coins
* bunches of keys
* slug pellets
* balls of string
* peppermint humbugs
* tea bags
* letter from Dumbledore to Gringotts re: vault 713
* key to Harry's vault
Jocelyn Vilter
on 12/29/01 3:06 AM, SandraDodd@... at SandraDodd@... wrote:
We used it exhaustively for our Hogwarts party. It came in very handy for
parents who were participating but hadn't yet read the books, or who had
read them so long ago they could no longer recall the details. Or ones who
didn't have the book on tape version playing in the background every minute
of every day so that the details were BURNED INTO THEIR BRAINS. <G>
It's an amazing work on the part of someone who will probably never see a
dime for it. I believe it grew out of the HP4GU (Harry Potter for Grown
Ups) group at yahoo. I was subscribed for quite a while, but it makes this
group look mute and there was no way I could keep up with the traffic. It's
since grown several side lists, including one for people who want to travel
to England together to tour HP sites.
I was proud to make a teeny tiny contribution to the Lexicon - I downloaded
my word of the day several months ago, and lo and behold - there was the
definition for "Shunpike". I sent it in to Steve and he thanked me very
nicely and put it up on the page about the Knight Bus.
Jocelyn
> Woohoo!!! Thanks to Google and insomnia, I found something that keeps me fromHow could I have forgotten the Lexicon!?
> having to go through book 3 with sticky notes. GOOD!
>
> from http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hagrid.html
We used it exhaustively for our Hogwarts party. It came in very handy for
parents who were participating but hadn't yet read the books, or who had
read them so long ago they could no longer recall the details. Or ones who
didn't have the book on tape version playing in the background every minute
of every day so that the details were BURNED INTO THEIR BRAINS. <G>
It's an amazing work on the part of someone who will probably never see a
dime for it. I believe it grew out of the HP4GU (Harry Potter for Grown
Ups) group at yahoo. I was subscribed for quite a while, but it makes this
group look mute and there was no way I could keep up with the traffic. It's
since grown several side lists, including one for people who want to travel
to England together to tour HP sites.
I was proud to make a teeny tiny contribution to the Lexicon - I downloaded
my word of the day several months ago, and lo and behold - there was the
definition for "Shunpike". I sent it in to Steve and he thanked me very
nicely and put it up on the page about the Knight Bus.
Jocelyn