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+ | '''Boris the Bewildered''' was a [[Wizardkind|wizard]] from an unknown time period. A statue of him stands on the fifth floor of [[Hogwarts Castle]], near the [[Prefects' bathroom]]. His statue featured a lost-looking wizard with his gloves on the wrong hands.<ref>{{GOF|B|25}}</ref> A portrait of Boris also hangs on [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts']] walls, guarding a secret passageway between the second floor corridor and the [[Third-floor corridor|third floor corridor]]. The password was ''Forget-Me-Never''.<ref>{{OOTP|G}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:41, 2 March 2019
Boris the Bewildered was a wizard from an unknown time period. A statue of him stands on the fifth floor of Hogwarts Castle, near the Prefects' bathroom. His statue featured a lost-looking wizard with his gloves on the wrong hands.[2] A portrait of Boris also hangs on Hogwarts' walls, guarding a secret passageway between the second floor corridor and the third floor corridor. The password was Forget-Me-Never.[3]
Behind the scenes
Etymology
"Boris" is from the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf".
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Appears as a statue)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Appears as a statue)
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Appears in portrait(s))
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J. K. Rowling stated at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 15 August 2004 (source) that all portraits at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are of deceased individuals.. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "DOD" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 25 (The Egg and the Eye)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
| Fifth-floor of Hogwarts Castle | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bathrooms | ||
| Boys' restroom · Prefects' Bathroom | ||
| Classrooms | ||
| Abandoned classroom · Art Classroom · Classroom 5B · Music Classroom | ||
| Corridors | ||
| Astronomy Corridor · Cursed Corridor · Fifth-floor corridor · Hospital tower corridor · Icy Corridor | ||
| Halls and rooms | ||
| Astronomy reading room · Fifth-floor hall · Floor 5 Bonus · Locked Room · Muggle Studies showroom · Satyavati Shah's bedroom · Secret Muggle Room · Upper Hall | ||
| Other locations | ||
| Vault of Ice · Weasley Candy Emporium · Weasley Supplies Bargain Basement | ||
| Portraits, statues and other artwork | ||
| Boris the Bewildered · Norvel Twonk · Timothy the Timid | ||
| Staircases | ||
| Clock Tower staircase · Grand Staircase · Ravenclaw Tower staircase · Staircase to the fourth-floor landing · Turris Magnus staircase · Vanished Stairs | ||
| Storerooms | ||
| Storeroom |