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Hengist of Woodcroft was a Medieval English wizard, best known as the founder of the village of Hogsmeade in Scotland, the only all-wizarding village in Great Britain. He was immortalised on a Chocolate Frog Card.
Biography[]
Hengist was born in the Middle Ages, circa 987,[1] in Woodcroft, Gloucestershire. In his youth, Hengist attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was Sorted into Hufflepuff.[2] He may have been taught by Helga Hufflepuff herself.
Hengist was traditionally credited with the founding of the village of Hogsmeade after being driven from his home by Muggle persecutors. According to popular lore, Hengist used the Three Broomsticks Inn as a home.[3]
Hengist died at some point during the Middle Ages. Remembered for his founding of Hogsmeade, he was immortalised in a Chocolate Frog Card[3] Hengist of Woodcroft's Chocolate Frog Card was one of the very first collected by Harry Potter.[4] There was a bust of Hengist on the fourth-floor corridor of the Hogwarts Castle.[5] There was also a statue of Hengist in Hogsmeade by the 1890s.[6]
On 1 September, 1991, Prefect Gabriel Truman welcomed Hufflepuff first-year students to the Hufflepuff Basement with a short speech in which he mentioned Hengist of Woodcroft as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who had been sorted, like them, into Hufflepuff.[2]
Etymology[]
The name "Hengist" means "stallion" in Germanic. Hengist and his brother Horsa were the leaders of the first Germanic settlers in Britain. Hengist established a kingdom in Kent in the 5th century.
Behind the scenes[]
- Hogwarts Legacy shows the foundation of Hogsmeade in 914, suggesting that Hengist was alive by that time.[6] This is anachronistic, however, as Hogwarts did not exist until 990, which Hengist was known to attend.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears as statue)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Hogwarts Legacy (Appears as statue)
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Given Hogwarts was founded in around 993 A.D. and that Hengist attended it, he must have been eleven by or after the school's founding. So, the earliest date he could have possibly been born is 982.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pottermore introduction for Hufflepuffs (transcription available here)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6 (The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hogwarts Legacy