Ravenclaw House

"Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind."
- The Sorting Hat
Chapter Seven, page 118
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


Ravenclaw House was founded by Rowena Ravenclaw. Their house mascot is a raven and their colors are bronze and blue. Its common room is located in the Ravenclaw Tower and climb a tight staircase to get there.
Instead of being guarded by a portrait, like Gryffindor, to enter the Ravenclaw common room one needs to answer a riddle that is given from a bronze, raven knocker. Since Ravenclaws are known for their wisdom, intelligence, and cleverness they can easily find the answer.
Stated from http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ravenclaw, "This could prove troublesome as anyone with enough intellect could intrude into the dormitory. Where some professors have had no trouble entering by answering the riddle correctly. However, a student stated in her first year that most wizards and witches do not have much sense of logic, which might be something that Ravenclaw noticed herself and decided to use riddles instead of passwords."

Ravenclaw does not have a strong rivalry with any house, except Hufflepuff house in quidditch. But at the same time the friendships and support seem to be close with Hufflepuff as well.
The Ravenclaw house ghost is the Grey Lady, who was the daughter of the founder, Rowena Ravenclaw, wile she was alive.


"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure."