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Gamekeeper and Keeper of the Keys at Hogwarts; in the fall of 1993 he also became the Care of Magical Creatures teacher.Facts about Hagrid Family Appearance Hagrid at Hogwarts Skills, etc. Hagrid's pockets General Profile of Hagrid Hagrid's name Hagrid in the films:FAMILYAncestry: Half-blood. Mother: Fridwulfa, one of the last British giants; she abandoned the family when Hagrid was 3 years old. Father: An unnamed wizard, died 1941-2 during Hagrid’s second year at Hogwarts. Grandparents: ? Siblings: Grawp, a giant half-brother. Childhood: Raised by his human (wizard) father and orphaned in his second year at Hogwarts; Dumbledore looked out for him after that. Location of childhood home: "West Country," which usually refers to Devon, Somerset and Cornwall. This area of England is where many of our folktales about giants come from: Jack the Giant Killer and Jack and the Beanstalk to name a few. Many Cornish rock formations and ancient stone-age stone rings have long been associated with giants. Attracted to: Mme. Olympe Maxime of Beauxbatons. Pets, etc.: Fang (boarhound), Aragog (Acromantula), Buckbeak, (Hippogriff), Norbert (dragon), Fluffy (hellhound). Birthdate: December 6, 1928. December 6th is the date of the Catholic Feast of St. Nicholas.APPEARANCE Eye color: glinting like black beetles, crinkled in a smile. Hair color: long, wild tangled black hair and beard. Overall: “If the motorcycle was huge, it was nothing to the man sitting astride it. He was almost twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide. He looked simply too big to be allowed, and so wild – long tangles of bushy black hair and beard hid most of his face, He had hands the size of trash can lids, and his feet in their leather boots were like baby dolphins”.HAGRID at HOGWARTS His first year: 1940 House: Gryffindor Hogwarts staff: "Gamekeeper" and "Keeper of the Keys and the Grounds" at Hogwarts. Possibly replaced Ogg. As "Keeper of the Keys," it is Hagrid's job to meet the Hogwarts first-years and escort them from the Hogsmeade railway station across the lake to Hogwarts. Since 1993, Hagrid has also been the Care of Magical Creatures teacher. Residence: cabin or hut on Hogwarts' grounds near the Forbidden Forest. Equipment: Pink umbrella (disguises his broken wand), Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent. Penalties: Expelled from Hogwarts during his third year (1943) after he was framed by Tom Riddle for opening the Chamber of Secrets and causing Moaning Myrtle’s death.SKILLS, ETC. Wand: Oak, sixteen inches, rather bendy; it was broken when he was expelled from Hogwarts (Hagrid has embedded it in his pink umbrella). Organizations & affiliations: Order of the Phoenix. Career: Keeper of the Keys and the Grounds at Hogwarts. Skills: "not a fully qualified wizard". Affection for magical animals, especially the dangerous ones. Worst fear/memory: His father’s death in 1941-2. Boggart: ? Handwriting: "scribble". Punishment: Incarcerated in Azkaban for a few weeks during May 1993, after the Chamber of Secrets was re-opened; released after Harry was able to exonerate him.General Profile of HagridHagrid is half giant and stands almost twice as tall as a normal man. He is excessively fond of creatures which he would call cuddly pets and anyone else would call fearsome monsters. Hagrid's appearance is very intimidating, but his disposition is kind. Hagrid's father was a wizard who died during Hagrid's second year at Hogwarts (1941- 1942).Hagrid attended Hogwarts, starting in 1940, when he was sorted into Gryffindor. During his third year, Hagrid was falsely accused by Tom Riddle of opening the Chamber of Secrets and releasing the monster that killed Moaning Myrtle; Hagrid was expelled. Albus Dumbledore, then the Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts, arranged for him to stay on as gamekeeper. In 1993, his name was cleared through the efforts of Harry Potter and his friends. Hagrid has remained intensely loyal to Dumbledore.Hagrid was not allowed to do magic before his name was cleared, although it seems that his broken wand was somehow embedded in his pink umbrella and he did cast a spell or two. Now he is allowed to do magic, but as he was never properly trained, he'll always be somewhat inept at it.Hagrid's pockets Hagrid commonly wears a huge moleskin overcoat with many pockets. In these pockets one finds an amazing assortment of odds and ends:birthday cake coins dog biscuits (moldy) dormice kettle, copper keys, bunches of key to Harry's vault letter to Gringotts from Dumbledore re: vault 713 letter to Harry from Hogwarts mugs, several chipped owl poker quill and parchment sausages, squashy package of string, balls of bottle of amber liquid peppermint humbugs slug pellets tea bags teapot umbrella, pinkNOTES ON HIS NAME:Rubeus = a homonym for the English word 'rubious' from Latin 'ruber,' for "red." Related to the word 'ruddy;' a 'ruddy' (reddish) complexion is often the sign of someone who drinks a lot.Rowling on naming Hagrid: "Hagrid is also another old English word meaning if you were Hagrid, it’s a dialect word meaning you’d had a bad night. Hagrid’s a big drinker. He has a lot of bad nights."In the Warner Brothers films based upon Rowling's books, Hagrid is played by Robbie Coltrane; however in "Chamber of Secrets," young Hagrid is played by Martin Bayfield who is also Coltrane's body double.Both Jim Dale (on the audio book recordings) and Coltrane give Hagrid a Devon accent. Steve Kloves, the scriptwriter, invented a running gag in which Hagrid gives some bit of information away and then says "I shouldn't have told you that." This repetition never actually happens in any of the books.
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