Ilvermorny houses explained

[karadinart]

my friends were wondering why the new Pottermore US School didn't make sense as to how it cobbled together native american folklore, but if you go by simple symbols, doesn't this make sense?

Wampus = Gyffindor

Thunderbird = Ravenclaw

Pukwudgie = Hufflepuff

Horned Serpent = Slytherin

personally for me, the houses in Potter were always problematic, mostly that I hoped for house unity in the books, but it never happened, other than the Trio having some friends from other houses, it was all slotting characters into stereotypes (for me), I mean, why couldn't Harry have been Gyffindor, Herminonie Ravenclaw and Ron Hufflepuff? My spouse grew up in an English boarding school, and he had plenty of friends in other Houses.

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[kinkthatwinked.livejournal.com]

The only reasoning I can come up with for why all three kids had to be Gryffindor is because it would have been a lot harder to pull off the stuff they did if they had to sneak into and out of each other's houses all the time, or if they didn't automatically have nearly all of their classes together. But you're right, according to the requirements for each house, Hermione could easily have been Ravenclaw, and I could see Ron as a Hufflepuff.

Actually, I remember one book (the one with Umbridge, I think?) where a Ravenclaw asked Hermione why she wasn't in their house, and she said the Sorting Hat seriously considered putting her there. I guess her courage won out?

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I guess the Hat ended up giving lots of students the choice of which house to go to.