“ Rowena Ravenclaw was the founder of Ravenclaw house, after whom it is named."


INTRODUCTION

Ravenclaw is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The House was founded by Rowena Ravenclaw. Ravenclaws are known for their wisdom, cleverness, and wit. According to J.K. Rowling, Ravenclaw roughly corresponds to the element of air.

TRAITS

Ravenclaws possess the traits of cleverness, wisdom, wit, intellectual ability and creativity. According to Slytherin prefect Gemma Farley, Ravenclaws are so competitive when it comes to academic success that they are known to back stab each other, and likely other students, in order to get top marks. Many well-known inventors and innovators have come from Ravenclaw.

Students in Ravenclaw are noted for their individuality and acceptance of people and things that others would consider weird, as well as their outstanding intelligence. They can also be quirky and possess unusual intellectual interests. While others may be inclined to shun and ridicule such people, Ravenclaws generally accept and celebrate these eccentrics. Though they are often called stuck up, that is not the case.

House Cup

Ravenclaw came third for the first house cup with 71,815,917 house points.

Ravenclaw came fourth for the second house cup with 45,455,773 points.

Ravenclaw came second for the third house cup with 26,916,194 points.

Ravenclaw came fourth for the fourth house cup with 24,567,337 points.

Ravenclaw won the fifth house cup with 28,048,578 points.

Ravenclaw won the sixth house cup with 32,377,299 points, becoming the only House to win the House Cup consecutively.

Ravenclaw came third for the seventh and eighth house cups with 49,775,819 and 23,712,525 points.