❝ Wit beyond measure, is man’s greatest treasure ❞

• Ravenclaw was founded by Rowena Ravenclaw
• The members of this house are characterized by their wit, learning and wisdom
• The house colors are blue and bronze , and its symbol is an eagle
  • the house colors blue and bronze were chosen to represent the sky and eagle feathers respectively
• The house ghost was Rowena's daughter, the Grey Lady
• Ravenclaw corresponds roughly to the element of air
  • «It is the tradition to have four houses, but in this case, I wanted them to correspond roughly to the four elements. So Gryffindor is fire, Ravenclaw is air, Hufflepuff is earth, and Slytherin is water, hence the fact that their common room is under the lake»
• Ravenclaws pride themselves in being original in their ideas and methods . It's not unusual to find Ravenclaw students practicing different types of magic that other houses might ignore
• Students in Ravenclaw can be quirky and possess unusual intellectual interests. Ravenclaws usually accept and celebrate these eccentrics

others on ravenclaws:

• Ravenclaws are so competitive when it comes to academic success that they are known to back stab each other, and likely other students, in order to get top marks.
• Ravenclaws are so proud of the success of famous members that they claim any intelligent wizard as a member of the Ravenclaw House
• Some Ravenclaws are noted to have a propensity towards eccentricity

comon room:

• The Ravenclaw common room is in one of the castle's towers and is wide and circular. You have to climb a tight spiral staircase to get there. It has graceful arched windows, and the walls are hung with blue and bronze silks
• A logical riddle given by a bronze eagle-shaped knocker must be answered to enter

famous ravenclaws:

• Rowena Ravenclaw - known for her outstanding intelligence and creativity
• Luna Lovegood - this enigmatic Ravenclaw is one of the best friends anyone could wish for. She thinks outside the box, a trait that does her house proud.
• Garrick Ollivander - widely regarded as the finest wandmaker the world has ever seen
• Filius Flitwick - exceedingly accomplished at charms, Professor Flitwick was reportedly also a duelling champion in his youth
• Millicent Bagnold - minister for magic and predecessor of Cornelius Fudge
• Gilderoy Lockhart - Lockhart’s chief achievement was showing his students how not to behave
• Ignatia Wildsmith - a thirteenth-century witch and celebrated inventor of Floo powder
• Laverne de Montmorency - inventor of the several Love Potions
• Perpetua Fancourt - inventor of the lunascope
• Myrtle Warren - the ghost that haunts the second-floor girls' lavatory
• Xenophilius Lovegood
• Sybill Trelawney - divination teacher in Hogwarts since 1981
• Quirinus Quirrell - muggle studies professor, defense against the dark arts professor and host of lord voldemort's disembodied soul
• Cho Chang

random:

• Isolt Sayre, founder of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, wanted to be a Ravenclaw as a child, but never got to attend Hogwarts. Her choice of blue as a colour for the Ilvermorny school uniform was inspired by Ravenclaw.