Why Don't the Hogwarts Founders Have Magical Portraits? - Harry Potter Theory

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🗓️ 18 March 2023

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing the 4 founders of Hogwarts- Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff. Specifically, we're going to be tackling the question of WHY these 4 founders weren't immortalized in some way (besides the Hogwarts houses of course).

The primary purpose of wizarding portraits in the Wizarding World is to preserve the memory of a person long after they have passed away. This ensures that their knowledge and wisdom can be passed down to future generations. But, unlike muggle portraits or photographs, which merely capture a still image, wizarding portraits can be animated to capture the essence of a person's personality. Often, portraits are enchanted to mimic the behaviour and mannerisms of the portrait's subject.-

Hogwarts headmasters are an integral part of Hogwarts history, and so it makes sense that their portraits would be immortalized in this very special way. However, I would argue that the Hogwarts FOUNDERS are an even more important part of the school's history- so, the question remains: why didn't THEY get portraits? Why weren't THEY immortalized? I think the founders portraits would fit just perfectly at the entrance to each common room- or perhaps even in a row overlooking the great hall. It also occurred to me that the portraits of the founders could potentially aid in the sorting ceremony.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains audio extracted from videos on the Harry Potter Theory YouTube
0:05.5	channel.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.
0:13.0	Today we're going to be discussing the four founders of Hogwarts, the group of 10th
0:17.2	century witches and wizards responsible for creating the finest school of witchcraft
0:21.8	and wizardry the world has ever seen. These witches, wizards were Godrick Gryffindor,
0:27.6	Salazar Sutheran, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff. Specifically, we're going to be
0:33.2	tackling the question of why these four founders weren't immortalized in some way.
0:39.2	The primary purpose of wizarding portraits in the wizarding world is to preserve the memory
0:43.5	of a person long after they have passed away.
0:47.2	This ensures that their knowledge and wisdom can be passed down to future generations.
0:52.6	But unlike muggle portraits or photographs which merely capture a still image,
0:57.0	wizarding portraits can be animated to capture the essence of a person's personality.
1:02.0	Often, portraits are enchanted to mimic the behavior and mannerisms of the portrait subject.
1:08.0	But there are many different types of portraits and animated images in the visiting world,
1:13.5	so before we move forward any further, I need to quickly summarize each type.
1:18.4	This will allow us to decide which type would have fit the founders best.
1:23.3	Types of magical imagery.
1:25.2	Moving photographs are a type of magical photograph that appear to come to life and show
1:29.4	a brief snippet of motion.
1:31.9	Unlike muggle photographs, which are static and unchanging, moving photographs are enchanted
1:37.1	to display a movement or action that's then often repeated over and over again in a loop.
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