Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Hog's Head Inn====== =====Location Information===== * **Type:** [[Inn]], [[Pub]] * **Location:** [[Hogsmeade]], [[Scotland]] * **Owner/Residents:** [[Aberforth Dumbledore]] (Owner/Bartender) * **Key Features:** Notorious for its grimy interior, a clientele seeking anonymity, and a strong smell of [[goats]]. The inn features a secret passage to [[Hogwarts Castle]] concealed behind a portrait of [[Ariana Dumbledore]]. =====Description and History===== The **Hog's Head Inn** is one of the two pubs located in the all-wizarding village of [[Hogsmeade]]. In stark contrast to the clean and welcoming [[Three Broomsticks]], the Hog's Head is a small, dark, and exceptionally dirty establishment. The main barroom is a single cramped space with a grimy wooden floor and windows so caked with dirt that they admit very little daylight. The pub is known for attracting a "dodgier-looking crowd," often consisting of [[wizards]] and other magical beings wishing to conduct business discreetly, with many patrons concealing their faces under hoods or veils. The inn's sign depicts the severed head of a wild boar, leaking blood onto the white cloth around it. The bartender and owner is [[Aberforth Dumbledore]], the younger brother of [[Albus Dumbledore]]. He is a tall, stringy, and grumpy old wizard with piercing blue eyes, who maintains the pub's disreputable atmosphere and is known to be intolerant of trouble. Historically, the Hog's Head was the site of at least two pivotal events. It was in an upstairs room of the inn that [[Albus Dumbledore]] interviewed [[Sybill Trelawney]] for the position of [[Divination]] professor, during which she made the prophecy concerning [[Lord Voldemort]] and [[Harry Potter]]. The first part of this prophecy was overheard by [[Severus Snape]], who was then ejected from the premises by Aberforth. Years earlier, [[Rubeus Hagrid]] won a [[dragon]] egg from a disguised [[Professor Quirrell]] during a game of cards at the pub. =====Role in the Story===== The Hog's Head Inn serves as a key location at several critical moments in the series. * In //Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone//, it is where [[Rubeus Hagrid]] is illegally given a [[Norwegian Ridgeback]] egg (Norbert) by a hooded figure, later revealed to be [[Professor Quirrell]] acting on behalf of [[Lord Voldemort]]. This event provides [[Harry Potter]], [[Ron Weasley]], and [[Hermione Granger]] with a crucial clue about the [[Philosopher's Stone]]. * In //Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix//, [[Hermione Granger]] chooses the Hog's Head for the initial, secret meeting of students who wish to learn practical defensive magic from Harry. The inn's seedy reputation provides the necessary privacy for the group that would become [[Dumbledore's Army]]. The meeting is secretly observed by [[Mundungus Fletcher]] and reported to [[Dolores Umbridge]] by [[Willy Widdershins]]. * In //Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince//, [[Harry Potter]] learns from [[Albus Dumbledore]] that the Hog's Head was the setting for [[Sybill Trelawney]]'s prophecy, confirming its importance in the events that shaped Harry's life and the first [[Wizarding War]]. * In //Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows//, the pub's role is most significant. [[Aberforth Dumbledore]] uses it as a safe house to help the trio escape from [[Death Eaters]] in [[Hogsmeade]]. He reveals a secret passage behind the portrait of his sister, [[Ariana Dumbledore]], which leads directly into the [[Room of Requirement]]. This passage becomes the main supply line and evacuation route for [[Dumbledore's Army]] and the [[Order of the Phoenix]] during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], making the inn an essential headquarters for the resistance against [[Voldemort]]. =====Known Areas Within===== * **Main Barroom:** The single, squalid public room where patrons gather and are served drinks. * **Upstairs Private Room:** A room located above the bar. It was here that [[Sybill Trelawney]] was interviewed and where the first meeting of [[Dumbledore's Army]] was held. * **Secret Passage to Hogwarts:** A hidden tunnel, accessible only through the portrait of [[Ariana Dumbledore]], that connects the Hog's Head directly to the [[Room of Requirement]] in [[Hogwarts Castle]]. It is the only unmonitored passage into [[Hogwarts]] by the final book. =====Behind the Scenes===== * The name "Hog's Head" may be a play on "hogshead," a historical unit of measurement for a large cask used for alcoholic beverages, particularly beer and wine. * In the film adaptation of //Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix//, the bartender is not explicitly identified as [[Aberforth Dumbledore]]. However, in the film adaptation of //Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2//, the character is played by Ciarán Hinds and is central to the plot, confirming his identity. * The pub's sign in the films is depicted as a magically animated, realistic boar's head that occasionally snorts (film).
