Why Does the Sorting Hat Choose Half-Bloods for Slytherin? - Harry Potter Theory

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🗓️ 1 June 2023

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing WHY The Sorting Hat selects MUGGLE-BORN and HALF-BLOOD students for Slytherin House in the modern era.

If Salazar Slytherin was such an advocate for Pure-blood supremacy, how is it that, many centuries later, his own Hogwarts house allows half-bloods? Specifically, we're going to be tackling this question in relation to The Sorting Hat as the hat is ultimately responsible for student placement.

The Sorting Hat, a magical artifact at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has the essential task of assigning new students to one of the four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin. Each house was founded by one of the four original founders of Hogwarts: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin.

...Let's dive in.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains audio extracted from videos on the Harry Potter Theory
0:05.0	YouTube channel.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another instalment of Harry Potter Theory.
0:13.0	Today we're going to be tackling a question theory that was sent to me via a subscriber
0:19.0	on Instagram.
0:20.0	If you don't follow me on Instagram already, then go do it.
0:23.7	The question put quite succinctly is this.
0:27.0	If Salazar Sutherin was such an advocate for pure blood supremacy, how is it that many
0:32.2	centuries later, his own Hogwold's house allows half-bloods?
0:36.5	Specifically we're going to be tackling this question in relation to the sorting hat,
0:41.2	as the hat is ultimately responsible for student placement.
0:45.1	The sorting hat, magical artefact at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has the
0:49.8	essential task of assigning new students to one of the four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff,
0:55.7	Ravenclaw or Sutherin.
0:57.7	Each house was founded by one of the four original founders of Hogwarts, Godrick Gryffindor,
1:03.0	Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Sutheran.
1:07.3	The hat was created when Godrup Gryffindal pulled his completely regular hat off of his head
1:12.2	and made the suggestion to the other founders that, using their collective magic, they
1:16.8	enchant the hat and turn it into a sentient being.
1:20.8	The purpose of this was simple.
1:22.6	They wanted to leave something behind that could carry on their house legacies long after
1:27.2	their deaths.
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