| Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter - Character | |
| Rowena Ravenclaw | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Hair color | Unknown |
| Eye color | Unknown |
| Related Family | After spoiler warning |
| Loyalty | |
Overview
Rowena Ravenclaw was one of the four founders of Hogwarts and the creator of Ravenclaw House. She preferred to teach students with the greatest intellect and members of her House have come to be known by this trait.
Role in the Books
Chamber of Secrets
When Professor Binns is telling Harry's class about the myth of the Chamber of Secrets, he mentions the four Founders of Hogwarts: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff. He mentions that when the argument between the Founders, as to whether those who could not prove magical forbears, broke out, it was Salazar Slytherin standing alone against the other three.
Deathly Hallows
In Xeno Lovegood's study, we see an odd contraption which he says is an attempt to re-construct the lost Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw. This diadem, we are led to believe, had some enhancing effect on intelligence.
Rowena's heirloom, her magical diadem, was stolen by her daughter and concealed in a hollow tree in Albania. Not wishing to reveal how it had gotten stolen, Rowena said it had gotten lost. She later sought a death-bed reconciliation with her daughter, but that was refused. Rowena's diadem ends up being one of the Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort and is destroyed in a Fiendfyre spell gone wrong in the Room of Requirement.
Strengths
She was known for her wisdom and intellectual power; presumably, this made her capable of devising strategies to prevail over her enemies.
Weaknesses
Rowena's unwillingness to accept people with a somewhat lower intellect could be considered her main weakness.
Relationships with Other Characters
Rowena Ravenclaw was Helena Ravenclaw's mother. As we find out in the final book, Helena Ravenclaw became the Ravenclaw house ghost, the Grey Lady.
Analysis
Questions
- Why do you think Rowena Ravenclaw prefer students with high intellect?
- Do you think Rowena Ravenclaw would have liked Hermione Granger in her house? Explain your reasoning.