
However, this was merely a misunderstanding of the Sorting Hat's poem. " Everyone says Hufflepuff are a lot o' duffers," - Wizarding opinion of the House Īccording to Minerva McGonagall, all four of the houses produced exceptional witches and wizards in their time, but due to Helga Hufflepuff's policy of accepting any student Hufflepuff is often thought to be the house of less talented wizards and witches. This was mended by 1998, where a majority of Hufflepuffs rose to defend Harry from Pansy Parkinson and later helped to defend Hogwarts. Hufflepuff appeared to have the least rivalry with the other houses, except in Quidditch, although the Triwizard Tournament did temporarily put a great deal of strain on the relationship between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, due to unusual circumstances of the selection of both Gryffindor student Harry Potter and Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory as champions. Students in Hufflepuff were known to value everyone and treat them as equal. Hufflepuffs were usually accepting of everyone. Hufflepuffs were known to have a strong moral code, and a sense of right and wrong. Hufflepuff was the most inclusive among the four houses valuing hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its students. It might be that due to their values, Hufflepuffs were not as competitive as the other houses, and were more modest about their accomplishments. Students belonging to this house were known to be hard-working, friendly, loyal, honest and rather impartial. Students sorted into Hufflepuff often demonstrated strong abilities in Herbology, owing to their correspondence to earth. The Hufflepuff point hourglass contained yellow diamonds. Hufflepuff corresponded roughly to the element of earth, and it was for that reason that the House colours were chosen: yellow represented wheat, while black was emblematic of soil. The Head of Hufflepuff was Pomona Sprout, and the Fat Friar was the House's patron ghost. The emblematic animal was a badger, and yellow and black were its house colours. Hufflepuff was the most inclusive among the four houses, valuing hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members.

Its founder was the medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff.

Hufflepuff was one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
