Meet the Hogwarts Founders!!!
I did some light research and cross-referenced name meanings and origins with ethnicities and locations, soooooo hereâs what the Hogwarts Founders look like!!
According to my research:
1. Godric Gryffindor
âGodricâ is mid-English and German, and more specifically, Anglo-Saxon. So he is most likely tall, pale, with straight/curly blonde (or possibly red) hair, and has light-colored eyes. He also probably has high cheekbones and a high forehead,
Sooooo something along the lines of this:
2. HelgaÂ
âHelgaâ is both German and Scandinavian. I went with the Scandinavian option for reasons youâll see later in this post. So, following that train of thought, she should be tall, with straight blonde hair, blue eyes, a straight nose, and thin lips.
 (Tbh, I always envision her to be a beautiful black woman who doesnât take sh*t from anyone, but Iâll let this blonde-haired, blue-eyed-ness slide since this post is just me conveying what I searched on the internet)
So, according to my research, she should look similar to this:
(btw, just as a reference, this is along the lines of how I envision her:)
3. Rowena Ravenclaw
âRowenaâ has German roots---the reason I went with the Scandinavian-headcannon for Helga because I like the idea of the founders being different ethnicities, but maybe thatâs just me. Rowena would have fair skin, straight brown (light or dark) hair, thick eyebrows, brown or blue eyes, an angular and wide jaw, straight nose, and would be tall (around 5â˛11)
Similar to this:
4. Salazar Slytherin
âSalazarâ comes from a region near Portugal and Spain---specifically Burgos. I went with the Portuguese route, but honestly Spanish would work really great, too. Heâd have a more Mediterranean look, with brown hair and eyes, prominent cheekbones, and of a height shorter than 6 feet. (And therefore is probably shorter than Rowena Ravenclaw, which I thought was funny haha)Â
Soooo he might look something like this:
Anyway, I hope that if you saw this, that you liked it or thought it was interesting! Iâve been thinking about writing a fic about these guys, so maybe stick around for that?Â
if you wanna use these headcanons, pls tell me and credit me wherever you post them!
If anyone wants to draw this, PLSSSS tag me!!!!
Thanks for reading!!
