"Odo the Hero" was an elegiac wizarding song about the wizard Odo. The original singer is unknown, although it was enjoyed by Hagrid. Professor Slughorn and he sang it after the Funeral of Aragog, and, once Hagrid fell asleep, Slughorn gave Harry Potter information on Tom Riddle's curiosity on creating more than one Horcrux. Hagrid also sang the song at the wedding of Bill and Fleur Weasley, along with Charlie Weasley and a "squat wizard in a purple pork-pie hat".
Lyrics
Some of the known lyrics include:
"And Odo the hero, they bore him back home
To the place that he'd known as a lad,
They laid him to rest with his hat inside out
And his wand snapped in two, which was sad."
Behind the scenes
- Odo the Hero seems to be a reference to Beowulf, an Old English heroic epic poem about a brave king who gets fatally wounded in his final battle, and after his death his servants bury him in his native Geatland.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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