The Houses of Hogwarts
Hufflepuff
Hufflepuff, founded by Helga Hufflepuff, values hard work, loyalty, tolerance, and fair play above all else. Its animal is the badger, and canary yellow and black are its colours. The Fat Friar is its ghost. According to Rowling, Hufflepuff corresponds roughly to the element of earth. The Hufflepuff dormitories and common room are located somewhere in the basement (corresponding to earth), their entrance found through a still-life painting that is somewhere near the kitchens. You must give a password to the painting to enter. The Hufflepuff common room is filled with yellow hangings and fat armchairs and it has little underground tunnels leading to the dormitories, all of which have perfectly round doors, like barrel tops (very much like a badger sett).[2] Very few Hufflepuff members are specifically mentioned, and, in general, they are not seen much in the Harry Potter books.
The current Head of Hufflepuff House is Pomona Sprout.

A few notable Hufflepuffs (for a complete list, see List of characters in the Harry Potter books. Also see Minor Hufflepuffs):
- Cedric Diggory
- Pomona Sprout
- Zacharias Smith
- Ernie Macmillan
- Justin Finch-Fletchley
- Nymphadora Tonks
- Susan Bones
- Hannah Abbott
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