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Hagrid lived in a hut away from the rest of Hogwarts. To my best recollection, the other professors lived in Hogwarts castle proper.
So why was he in a hut? Not good enough for a proper room in the castle? Liked being around magical creatures and there were more critters outside the castle than in it? Broke some rule?
Please post answers with quotes from canon sources.
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Hagrid lived in a hut away from the rest of Hogwarts. To my best recollection, the other professors lived in Hogwarts castle proper.
So why was he in a hut? Not good enough for a proper room in the castle? Liked being around magical creatures and there were more critters outside the castle than in it? Broke some rule?
Please post answers with quotes from canon sources.
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Grounds keeper... How far away is his job from the castle
– Naib
9 hours ago
Low ceilings in the living quarters of the castle?
– chirlu
8 hours ago
Probably just too big for a proper room in the castle.
– Misha R
3 hours ago
also note he was groundskeeper well before he was a professor
– eques
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@MishaR He can't be too big if they castle walls can magically move.
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Hagrid lived in a hut away from the rest of Hogwarts. To my best recollection, the other professors lived in Hogwarts castle proper.
So why was he in a hut? Not good enough for a proper room in the castle? Liked being around magical creatures and there were more critters outside the castle than in it? Broke some rule?
Please post answers with quotes from canon sources.
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Hagrid lived in a hut away from the rest of Hogwarts. To my best recollection, the other professors lived in Hogwarts castle proper.
So why was he in a hut? Not good enough for a proper room in the castle? Liked being around magical creatures and there were more critters outside the castle than in it? Broke some rule?
Please post answers with quotes from canon sources.
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harry-potter hogwarts hagrid
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Grounds keeper... How far away is his job from the castle
– Naib
9 hours ago
Low ceilings in the living quarters of the castle?
– chirlu
8 hours ago
Probably just too big for a proper room in the castle.
– Misha R
3 hours ago
also note he was groundskeeper well before he was a professor
– eques
2 hours ago
@MishaR He can't be too big if they castle walls can magically move.
– RichS
2 hours ago
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Grounds keeper... How far away is his job from the castle
– Naib
9 hours ago
Low ceilings in the living quarters of the castle?
– chirlu
8 hours ago
Probably just too big for a proper room in the castle.
– Misha R
3 hours ago
also note he was groundskeeper well before he was a professor
– eques
2 hours ago
@MishaR He can't be too big if they castle walls can magically move.
– RichS
2 hours ago
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Grounds keeper... How far away is his job from the castle
– Naib
9 hours ago
Grounds keeper... How far away is his job from the castle
– Naib
9 hours ago
Low ceilings in the living quarters of the castle?
– chirlu
8 hours ago
Low ceilings in the living quarters of the castle?
– chirlu
8 hours ago
Probably just too big for a proper room in the castle.
– Misha R
3 hours ago
Probably just too big for a proper room in the castle.
– Misha R
3 hours ago
also note he was groundskeeper well before he was a professor
– eques
2 hours ago
also note he was groundskeeper well before he was a professor
– eques
2 hours ago
@MishaR He can't be too big if they castle walls can magically move.
– RichS
2 hours ago
@MishaR He can't be too big if they castle walls can magically move.
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2 hours ago
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Hagrid was employed as Gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts (even when he became a professor, he retained these jobs).
If you are a non-British guy, you might have trouble understanding these designations. From Wikipedia page of Gamekeeper:
A gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish, and other wildlife in general.
Typically, a gamekeeper is employed by a landowner, and often in the United Kingdom by a country estate, to prevent poaching, to rear and release game birds such as common pheasants and French partridge, eradicate pests, encourage and manage wild red grouse, and to control predators such as weasels, to manage habitats to suit game, and to monitor the health of the game.
Now, you can see how important it is for a Gamekeeper to stay on the grounds 24x7 to monitor the habitat.
On top of that, Hagrid's hut wasn't a bad option. There's a Pottermore article titled Why Hagrid’s hut might be the best place to live:
It had the best of both worlds
You might not be living inside the castle, but you’d be close enough to enjoy all the benefits of Hogwarts life: a Christmas feast, the magical sky in the Great Hall or just a bit of company; it’s all within a short walk. The lake would be close by for swimming or lolling about in the sun, and the forest would be on your doorstep should you be feeling brave – watch out for the spiders though. And you wouldn’t have to put up with helpful advice or comical confrontations from the Hogwarts portraits either (we’re talking about you, Sir Cadogan).
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That raises another question: was there officially sanctioned hunting at Hogwarts? Do they have centaur season in the forbidden forest sometimes?
– user13267
4 hours ago
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@user13267 No season. The centaurs were hunting whole year round.
– Bergi
3 hours ago
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Real-world British gamekeepers also often lived in relatively isolated buildings, near to their work rather than near to their employer. Google images of "gamekeeper's cottage." And their employers (real-world or magical) probably didn't want to get too close to the number of dead animals that a typical gamekeeper dealt with as part of "pest control"!.
– alephzero
3 hours ago
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It’s worth pointing out that in the real world™ groundskeepers often do live in “huts†or small houses on the property. Hagrid’s hut never struck me as odd since it’s simply a direct (albeit quaint) copy of something that’s common in the English countryside.
– Konrad Rudolph
2 hours ago
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Well, there's also the issue that he wasn't really treated with the full honor of the other professors in many ways, and that he may have been kept on at Hogwarts as one of Dumbledore's many good deeds. If you recall, he was expelled from Hogwarts, and had his wand snapped, so his reputation was stained, comparatively. I'd imagine another part of his reason for not staying in the castle is that he wasn't on the same footing as the other professors, and that he was looked down in some ways as a disgraced, expelled wizard.
The obvious other example that could serve as counter evidence here is that Filch is even allowed to stay in the castle, but that Hagrid is the only formerly expelled student on staff there (afaik).
These points are in addition to his obvious guardianship of the forest, plus his own half-giant blood, naturalistic attitudes, and the fact that he's literally a Groundskeeper, as @user931 did a great job of relaying.
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His hut may’ve been the intended residence for the gamekeeper.
When Harry, Ron and Hermione went down to Hagrid’s hut because he wanted to show him that he got a dragon egg, it’s referred to as “the gamekeeper’s hutâ€Â.
“When they knocked on the door of the gamekeeper’s hut an hour later, they were surprised to see that all the curtains were closed. Hagrid called, ‘Who is it?’ before he let them in and then shut the door quickly behind them.â€Â
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 14 (Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback)
This could mean one of two things - that it was the hut that the Hogwarts gamekeeper typically lived in, or that it was the hut that Hagrid (who also happened to be the gamekeeper) lived in. Though it does seem that teachers can keep their living quarters if they change positions, since Snape keeps his office after becoming Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, there do seem to be certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts. In addition, Hagrid remained the gamekeeper even when he also got the position of Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
His hut was also close to the Forest, where his creatures were.
Hagrid’s hut was close to the Forbidden Forest, which was where the majority of the creatures he tended to, both as gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures teacher, typically lived.
“Ron and Hermione weren’t speaking to each other. Harry walked beside them in silence as they went down the sloping lawns to Hagrid’s hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.â€Â
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 6 (Talons and Tea Leaves)
Therefore, it’d be more conveniently located for him than living quarters inside the castle. Since he didn’t live in the castle, he was closer to outdoors, and could easily tend to his creatures and the garden he kept right outside his hut. He couldn’t have a garden so close by inside the castle.
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Regarding teachers keeping their living quarters vs certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts, when Umbridge fires Trelawney she assumes that the new teacher will take over Trelawney's quarters. It is only because the new teacher is a centaur that he doesn't.
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“And what,†she said in a whisper that nevertheless carried all around the entrance hall, “are you going to do with her once I appoint a new Divination teacher who needs her lodgings?†“Oh, that won’t be a problem,†said Dumbledore pleasantly. “You see, I have already found us a new Divination teacher, and he will prefer lodgings on the ground floor.â€Â
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@Alex I thought of that, but how Umbridge tries to make Hogwarts work isn’t how it normally does - and even so, Dumbledore is still able to overrule her and let Trelawney keep her living quarters. Umbridge assuming that the new teacher will take over Trelawney’s living quarters is just her way of trying to assert her authority and get Trelawney removed from Hogwarts completely.
– Bellatrix
10 mins ago
As long as you thought of it it's fine. I mentioned it just in case you hadn't thought of it (perhaps I should never have suspected such a thing), and I don't necessarily think it is a proof either.
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Hagrid was employed as Gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts (even when he became a professor, he retained these jobs).
If you are a non-British guy, you might have trouble understanding these designations. From Wikipedia page of Gamekeeper:
A gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish, and other wildlife in general.
Typically, a gamekeeper is employed by a landowner, and often in the United Kingdom by a country estate, to prevent poaching, to rear and release game birds such as common pheasants and French partridge, eradicate pests, encourage and manage wild red grouse, and to control predators such as weasels, to manage habitats to suit game, and to monitor the health of the game.
Now, you can see how important it is for a Gamekeeper to stay on the grounds 24x7 to monitor the habitat.
On top of that, Hagrid's hut wasn't a bad option. There's a Pottermore article titled Why Hagrid’s hut might be the best place to live:
It had the best of both worlds
You might not be living inside the castle, but you’d be close enough to enjoy all the benefits of Hogwarts life: a Christmas feast, the magical sky in the Great Hall or just a bit of company; it’s all within a short walk. The lake would be close by for swimming or lolling about in the sun, and the forest would be on your doorstep should you be feeling brave – watch out for the spiders though. And you wouldn’t have to put up with helpful advice or comical confrontations from the Hogwarts portraits either (we’re talking about you, Sir Cadogan).
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That raises another question: was there officially sanctioned hunting at Hogwarts? Do they have centaur season in the forbidden forest sometimes?
– user13267
4 hours ago
1
@user13267 No season. The centaurs were hunting whole year round.
– Bergi
3 hours ago
1
Real-world British gamekeepers also often lived in relatively isolated buildings, near to their work rather than near to their employer. Google images of "gamekeeper's cottage." And their employers (real-world or magical) probably didn't want to get too close to the number of dead animals that a typical gamekeeper dealt with as part of "pest control"!.
– alephzero
3 hours ago
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It’s worth pointing out that in the real world™ groundskeepers often do live in “huts†or small houses on the property. Hagrid’s hut never struck me as odd since it’s simply a direct (albeit quaint) copy of something that’s common in the English countryside.
– Konrad Rudolph
2 hours ago
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@user13267 - sounds like the basis for a good, new question.
– FreeMan
2 hours ago
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Hagrid was employed as Gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts (even when he became a professor, he retained these jobs).
If you are a non-British guy, you might have trouble understanding these designations. From Wikipedia page of Gamekeeper:
A gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish, and other wildlife in general.
Typically, a gamekeeper is employed by a landowner, and often in the United Kingdom by a country estate, to prevent poaching, to rear and release game birds such as common pheasants and French partridge, eradicate pests, encourage and manage wild red grouse, and to control predators such as weasels, to manage habitats to suit game, and to monitor the health of the game.
Now, you can see how important it is for a Gamekeeper to stay on the grounds 24x7 to monitor the habitat.
On top of that, Hagrid's hut wasn't a bad option. There's a Pottermore article titled Why Hagrid’s hut might be the best place to live:
It had the best of both worlds
You might not be living inside the castle, but you’d be close enough to enjoy all the benefits of Hogwarts life: a Christmas feast, the magical sky in the Great Hall or just a bit of company; it’s all within a short walk. The lake would be close by for swimming or lolling about in the sun, and the forest would be on your doorstep should you be feeling brave – watch out for the spiders though. And you wouldn’t have to put up with helpful advice or comical confrontations from the Hogwarts portraits either (we’re talking about you, Sir Cadogan).
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That raises another question: was there officially sanctioned hunting at Hogwarts? Do they have centaur season in the forbidden forest sometimes?
– user13267
4 hours ago
1
@user13267 No season. The centaurs were hunting whole year round.
– Bergi
3 hours ago
1
Real-world British gamekeepers also often lived in relatively isolated buildings, near to their work rather than near to their employer. Google images of "gamekeeper's cottage." And their employers (real-world or magical) probably didn't want to get too close to the number of dead animals that a typical gamekeeper dealt with as part of "pest control"!.
– alephzero
3 hours ago
3
It’s worth pointing out that in the real world™ groundskeepers often do live in “huts†or small houses on the property. Hagrid’s hut never struck me as odd since it’s simply a direct (albeit quaint) copy of something that’s common in the English countryside.
– Konrad Rudolph
2 hours ago
1
@user13267 - sounds like the basis for a good, new question.
– FreeMan
2 hours ago
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Hagrid was employed as Gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts (even when he became a professor, he retained these jobs).
If you are a non-British guy, you might have trouble understanding these designations. From Wikipedia page of Gamekeeper:
A gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish, and other wildlife in general.
Typically, a gamekeeper is employed by a landowner, and often in the United Kingdom by a country estate, to prevent poaching, to rear and release game birds such as common pheasants and French partridge, eradicate pests, encourage and manage wild red grouse, and to control predators such as weasels, to manage habitats to suit game, and to monitor the health of the game.
Now, you can see how important it is for a Gamekeeper to stay on the grounds 24x7 to monitor the habitat.
On top of that, Hagrid's hut wasn't a bad option. There's a Pottermore article titled Why Hagrid’s hut might be the best place to live:
It had the best of both worlds
You might not be living inside the castle, but you’d be close enough to enjoy all the benefits of Hogwarts life: a Christmas feast, the magical sky in the Great Hall or just a bit of company; it’s all within a short walk. The lake would be close by for swimming or lolling about in the sun, and the forest would be on your doorstep should you be feeling brave – watch out for the spiders though. And you wouldn’t have to put up with helpful advice or comical confrontations from the Hogwarts portraits either (we’re talking about you, Sir Cadogan).
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Hagrid was employed as Gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts (even when he became a professor, he retained these jobs).
If you are a non-British guy, you might have trouble understanding these designations. From Wikipedia page of Gamekeeper:
A gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish, and other wildlife in general.
Typically, a gamekeeper is employed by a landowner, and often in the United Kingdom by a country estate, to prevent poaching, to rear and release game birds such as common pheasants and French partridge, eradicate pests, encourage and manage wild red grouse, and to control predators such as weasels, to manage habitats to suit game, and to monitor the health of the game.
Now, you can see how important it is for a Gamekeeper to stay on the grounds 24x7 to monitor the habitat.
On top of that, Hagrid's hut wasn't a bad option. There's a Pottermore article titled Why Hagrid’s hut might be the best place to live:
It had the best of both worlds
You might not be living inside the castle, but you’d be close enough to enjoy all the benefits of Hogwarts life: a Christmas feast, the magical sky in the Great Hall or just a bit of company; it’s all within a short walk. The lake would be close by for swimming or lolling about in the sun, and the forest would be on your doorstep should you be feeling brave – watch out for the spiders though. And you wouldn’t have to put up with helpful advice or comical confrontations from the Hogwarts portraits either (we’re talking about you, Sir Cadogan).
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That raises another question: was there officially sanctioned hunting at Hogwarts? Do they have centaur season in the forbidden forest sometimes?
– user13267
4 hours ago
1
@user13267 No season. The centaurs were hunting whole year round.
– Bergi
3 hours ago
1
Real-world British gamekeepers also often lived in relatively isolated buildings, near to their work rather than near to their employer. Google images of "gamekeeper's cottage." And their employers (real-world or magical) probably didn't want to get too close to the number of dead animals that a typical gamekeeper dealt with as part of "pest control"!.
– alephzero
3 hours ago
3
It’s worth pointing out that in the real world™ groundskeepers often do live in “huts†or small houses on the property. Hagrid’s hut never struck me as odd since it’s simply a direct (albeit quaint) copy of something that’s common in the English countryside.
– Konrad Rudolph
2 hours ago
1
@user13267 - sounds like the basis for a good, new question.
– FreeMan
2 hours ago
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That raises another question: was there officially sanctioned hunting at Hogwarts? Do they have centaur season in the forbidden forest sometimes?
– user13267
4 hours ago
1
@user13267 No season. The centaurs were hunting whole year round.
– Bergi
3 hours ago
1
Real-world British gamekeepers also often lived in relatively isolated buildings, near to their work rather than near to their employer. Google images of "gamekeeper's cottage." And their employers (real-world or magical) probably didn't want to get too close to the number of dead animals that a typical gamekeeper dealt with as part of "pest control"!.
– alephzero
3 hours ago
3
It’s worth pointing out that in the real world™ groundskeepers often do live in “huts†or small houses on the property. Hagrid’s hut never struck me as odd since it’s simply a direct (albeit quaint) copy of something that’s common in the English countryside.
– Konrad Rudolph
2 hours ago
1
@user13267 - sounds like the basis for a good, new question.
– FreeMan
2 hours ago
2
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That raises another question: was there officially sanctioned hunting at Hogwarts? Do they have centaur season in the forbidden forest sometimes?
– user13267
4 hours ago
That raises another question: was there officially sanctioned hunting at Hogwarts? Do they have centaur season in the forbidden forest sometimes?
– user13267
4 hours ago
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@user13267 No season. The centaurs were hunting whole year round.
– Bergi
3 hours ago
@user13267 No season. The centaurs were hunting whole year round.
– Bergi
3 hours ago
1
1
Real-world British gamekeepers also often lived in relatively isolated buildings, near to their work rather than near to their employer. Google images of "gamekeeper's cottage." And their employers (real-world or magical) probably didn't want to get too close to the number of dead animals that a typical gamekeeper dealt with as part of "pest control"!.
– alephzero
3 hours ago
Real-world British gamekeepers also often lived in relatively isolated buildings, near to their work rather than near to their employer. Google images of "gamekeeper's cottage." And their employers (real-world or magical) probably didn't want to get too close to the number of dead animals that a typical gamekeeper dealt with as part of "pest control"!.
– alephzero
3 hours ago
3
3
It’s worth pointing out that in the real world™ groundskeepers often do live in “huts†or small houses on the property. Hagrid’s hut never struck me as odd since it’s simply a direct (albeit quaint) copy of something that’s common in the English countryside.
– Konrad Rudolph
2 hours ago
It’s worth pointing out that in the real world™ groundskeepers often do live in “huts†or small houses on the property. Hagrid’s hut never struck me as odd since it’s simply a direct (albeit quaint) copy of something that’s common in the English countryside.
– Konrad Rudolph
2 hours ago
1
1
@user13267 - sounds like the basis for a good, new question.
– FreeMan
2 hours ago
@user13267 - sounds like the basis for a good, new question.
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Well, there's also the issue that he wasn't really treated with the full honor of the other professors in many ways, and that he may have been kept on at Hogwarts as one of Dumbledore's many good deeds. If you recall, he was expelled from Hogwarts, and had his wand snapped, so his reputation was stained, comparatively. I'd imagine another part of his reason for not staying in the castle is that he wasn't on the same footing as the other professors, and that he was looked down in some ways as a disgraced, expelled wizard.
The obvious other example that could serve as counter evidence here is that Filch is even allowed to stay in the castle, but that Hagrid is the only formerly expelled student on staff there (afaik).
These points are in addition to his obvious guardianship of the forest, plus his own half-giant blood, naturalistic attitudes, and the fact that he's literally a Groundskeeper, as @user931 did a great job of relaying.
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He is gamekeeper, they often live in huts. Nothing wrong with that. He got his privacy as well.
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Well, there's also the issue that he wasn't really treated with the full honor of the other professors in many ways, and that he may have been kept on at Hogwarts as one of Dumbledore's many good deeds. If you recall, he was expelled from Hogwarts, and had his wand snapped, so his reputation was stained, comparatively. I'd imagine another part of his reason for not staying in the castle is that he wasn't on the same footing as the other professors, and that he was looked down in some ways as a disgraced, expelled wizard.
The obvious other example that could serve as counter evidence here is that Filch is even allowed to stay in the castle, but that Hagrid is the only formerly expelled student on staff there (afaik).
These points are in addition to his obvious guardianship of the forest, plus his own half-giant blood, naturalistic attitudes, and the fact that he's literally a Groundskeeper, as @user931 did a great job of relaying.
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He is gamekeeper, they often live in huts. Nothing wrong with that. He got his privacy as well.
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up vote
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Well, there's also the issue that he wasn't really treated with the full honor of the other professors in many ways, and that he may have been kept on at Hogwarts as one of Dumbledore's many good deeds. If you recall, he was expelled from Hogwarts, and had his wand snapped, so his reputation was stained, comparatively. I'd imagine another part of his reason for not staying in the castle is that he wasn't on the same footing as the other professors, and that he was looked down in some ways as a disgraced, expelled wizard.
The obvious other example that could serve as counter evidence here is that Filch is even allowed to stay in the castle, but that Hagrid is the only formerly expelled student on staff there (afaik).
These points are in addition to his obvious guardianship of the forest, plus his own half-giant blood, naturalistic attitudes, and the fact that he's literally a Groundskeeper, as @user931 did a great job of relaying.
answered 1 hour ago
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Well, there's also the issue that he wasn't really treated with the full honor of the other professors in many ways, and that he may have been kept on at Hogwarts as one of Dumbledore's many good deeds. If you recall, he was expelled from Hogwarts, and had his wand snapped, so his reputation was stained, comparatively. I'd imagine another part of his reason for not staying in the castle is that he wasn't on the same footing as the other professors, and that he was looked down in some ways as a disgraced, expelled wizard.
The obvious other example that could serve as counter evidence here is that Filch is even allowed to stay in the castle, but that Hagrid is the only formerly expelled student on staff there (afaik).
These points are in addition to his obvious guardianship of the forest, plus his own half-giant blood, naturalistic attitudes, and the fact that he's literally a Groundskeeper, as @user931 did a great job of relaying.
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He is gamekeeper, they often live in huts. Nothing wrong with that. He got his privacy as well.
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He is gamekeeper, they often live in huts. Nothing wrong with that. He got his privacy as well.
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He is gamekeeper, they often live in huts. Nothing wrong with that. He got his privacy as well.
– Bernard the Bear
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He is gamekeeper, they often live in huts. Nothing wrong with that. He got his privacy as well.
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His hut may’ve been the intended residence for the gamekeeper.
When Harry, Ron and Hermione went down to Hagrid’s hut because he wanted to show him that he got a dragon egg, it’s referred to as “the gamekeeper’s hutâ€Â.
“When they knocked on the door of the gamekeeper’s hut an hour later, they were surprised to see that all the curtains were closed. Hagrid called, ‘Who is it?’ before he let them in and then shut the door quickly behind them.â€Â
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 14 (Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback)
This could mean one of two things - that it was the hut that the Hogwarts gamekeeper typically lived in, or that it was the hut that Hagrid (who also happened to be the gamekeeper) lived in. Though it does seem that teachers can keep their living quarters if they change positions, since Snape keeps his office after becoming Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, there do seem to be certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts. In addition, Hagrid remained the gamekeeper even when he also got the position of Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
His hut was also close to the Forest, where his creatures were.
Hagrid’s hut was close to the Forbidden Forest, which was where the majority of the creatures he tended to, both as gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures teacher, typically lived.
“Ron and Hermione weren’t speaking to each other. Harry walked beside them in silence as they went down the sloping lawns to Hagrid’s hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.â€Â
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 6 (Talons and Tea Leaves)
Therefore, it’d be more conveniently located for him than living quarters inside the castle. Since he didn’t live in the castle, he was closer to outdoors, and could easily tend to his creatures and the garden he kept right outside his hut. He couldn’t have a garden so close by inside the castle.
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Bellatrix
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Regarding teachers keeping their living quarters vs certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts, when Umbridge fires Trelawney she assumes that the new teacher will take over Trelawney's quarters. It is only because the new teacher is a centaur that he doesn't.
– Alex
23 mins ago
“And what,†she said in a whisper that nevertheless carried all around the entrance hall, “are you going to do with her once I appoint a new Divination teacher who needs her lodgings?†“Oh, that won’t be a problem,†said Dumbledore pleasantly. “You see, I have already found us a new Divination teacher, and he will prefer lodgings on the ground floor.â€Â
– Alex
23 mins ago
@Alex I thought of that, but how Umbridge tries to make Hogwarts work isn’t how it normally does - and even so, Dumbledore is still able to overrule her and let Trelawney keep her living quarters. Umbridge assuming that the new teacher will take over Trelawney’s living quarters is just her way of trying to assert her authority and get Trelawney removed from Hogwarts completely.
– Bellatrix
10 mins ago
As long as you thought of it it's fine. I mentioned it just in case you hadn't thought of it (perhaps I should never have suspected such a thing), and I don't necessarily think it is a proof either.
– Alex
7 mins ago
@Alex Thanks! :) I don’t mind suggestions at all, since they can bring new information to my attention and help me improve my answers.
– Bellatrix
4 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
His hut may’ve been the intended residence for the gamekeeper.
When Harry, Ron and Hermione went down to Hagrid’s hut because he wanted to show him that he got a dragon egg, it’s referred to as “the gamekeeper’s hutâ€Â.
“When they knocked on the door of the gamekeeper’s hut an hour later, they were surprised to see that all the curtains were closed. Hagrid called, ‘Who is it?’ before he let them in and then shut the door quickly behind them.â€Â
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 14 (Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback)
This could mean one of two things - that it was the hut that the Hogwarts gamekeeper typically lived in, or that it was the hut that Hagrid (who also happened to be the gamekeeper) lived in. Though it does seem that teachers can keep their living quarters if they change positions, since Snape keeps his office after becoming Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, there do seem to be certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts. In addition, Hagrid remained the gamekeeper even when he also got the position of Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
His hut was also close to the Forest, where his creatures were.
Hagrid’s hut was close to the Forbidden Forest, which was where the majority of the creatures he tended to, both as gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures teacher, typically lived.
“Ron and Hermione weren’t speaking to each other. Harry walked beside them in silence as they went down the sloping lawns to Hagrid’s hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.â€Â
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 6 (Talons and Tea Leaves)
Therefore, it’d be more conveniently located for him than living quarters inside the castle. Since he didn’t live in the castle, he was closer to outdoors, and could easily tend to his creatures and the garden he kept right outside his hut. He couldn’t have a garden so close by inside the castle.
answered 30 mins ago
Bellatrix
55.2k11255290
Regarding teachers keeping their living quarters vs certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts, when Umbridge fires Trelawney she assumes that the new teacher will take over Trelawney's quarters. It is only because the new teacher is a centaur that he doesn't.
– Alex
23 mins ago
“And what,†she said in a whisper that nevertheless carried all around the entrance hall, “are you going to do with her once I appoint a new Divination teacher who needs her lodgings?†“Oh, that won’t be a problem,†said Dumbledore pleasantly. “You see, I have already found us a new Divination teacher, and he will prefer lodgings on the ground floor.â€Â
– Alex
23 mins ago
@Alex I thought of that, but how Umbridge tries to make Hogwarts work isn’t how it normally does - and even so, Dumbledore is still able to overrule her and let Trelawney keep her living quarters. Umbridge assuming that the new teacher will take over Trelawney’s living quarters is just her way of trying to assert her authority and get Trelawney removed from Hogwarts completely.
– Bellatrix
10 mins ago
As long as you thought of it it's fine. I mentioned it just in case you hadn't thought of it (perhaps I should never have suspected such a thing), and I don't necessarily think it is a proof either.
– Alex
7 mins ago
@Alex Thanks! :) I don’t mind suggestions at all, since they can bring new information to my attention and help me improve my answers.
– Bellatrix
4 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
His hut may’ve been the intended residence for the gamekeeper.
When Harry, Ron and Hermione went down to Hagrid’s hut because he wanted to show him that he got a dragon egg, it’s referred to as “the gamekeeper’s hutâ€Â.
“When they knocked on the door of the gamekeeper’s hut an hour later, they were surprised to see that all the curtains were closed. Hagrid called, ‘Who is it?’ before he let them in and then shut the door quickly behind them.â€Â
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 14 (Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback)
This could mean one of two things - that it was the hut that the Hogwarts gamekeeper typically lived in, or that it was the hut that Hagrid (who also happened to be the gamekeeper) lived in. Though it does seem that teachers can keep their living quarters if they change positions, since Snape keeps his office after becoming Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, there do seem to be certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts. In addition, Hagrid remained the gamekeeper even when he also got the position of Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
His hut was also close to the Forest, where his creatures were.
Hagrid’s hut was close to the Forbidden Forest, which was where the majority of the creatures he tended to, both as gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures teacher, typically lived.
“Ron and Hermione weren’t speaking to each other. Harry walked beside them in silence as they went down the sloping lawns to Hagrid’s hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.â€Â
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 6 (Talons and Tea Leaves)
Therefore, it’d be more conveniently located for him than living quarters inside the castle. Since he didn’t live in the castle, he was closer to outdoors, and could easily tend to his creatures and the garden he kept right outside his hut. He couldn’t have a garden so close by inside the castle.
answered 30 mins ago
Bellatrix
55.2k11255290
His hut may’ve been the intended residence for the gamekeeper.
When Harry, Ron and Hermione went down to Hagrid’s hut because he wanted to show him that he got a dragon egg, it’s referred to as “the gamekeeper’s hutâ€Â.
“When they knocked on the door of the gamekeeper’s hut an hour later, they were surprised to see that all the curtains were closed. Hagrid called, ‘Who is it?’ before he let them in and then shut the door quickly behind them.â€Â
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 14 (Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback)
This could mean one of two things - that it was the hut that the Hogwarts gamekeeper typically lived in, or that it was the hut that Hagrid (who also happened to be the gamekeeper) lived in. Though it does seem that teachers can keep their living quarters if they change positions, since Snape keeps his office after becoming Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, there do seem to be certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts. In addition, Hagrid remained the gamekeeper even when he also got the position of Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
His hut was also close to the Forest, where his creatures were.
Hagrid’s hut was close to the Forbidden Forest, which was where the majority of the creatures he tended to, both as gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures teacher, typically lived.
“Ron and Hermione weren’t speaking to each other. Harry walked beside them in silence as they went down the sloping lawns to Hagrid’s hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.â€Â
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 6 (Talons and Tea Leaves)
Therefore, it’d be more conveniently located for him than living quarters inside the castle. Since he didn’t live in the castle, he was closer to outdoors, and could easily tend to his creatures and the garden he kept right outside his hut. He couldn’t have a garden so close by inside the castle.
answered 30 mins ago
Bellatrix
55.2k11255290
answered 30 mins ago
Bellatrix
55.2k11255290
answered 30 mins ago
Bellatrix
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answered 30 mins ago
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Regarding teachers keeping their living quarters vs certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts, when Umbridge fires Trelawney she assumes that the new teacher will take over Trelawney's quarters. It is only because the new teacher is a centaur that he doesn't.
– Alex
23 mins ago
“And what,†she said in a whisper that nevertheless carried all around the entrance hall, “are you going to do with her once I appoint a new Divination teacher who needs her lodgings?†“Oh, that won’t be a problem,†said Dumbledore pleasantly. “You see, I have already found us a new Divination teacher, and he will prefer lodgings on the ground floor.â€Â
– Alex
23 mins ago
@Alex I thought of that, but how Umbridge tries to make Hogwarts work isn’t how it normally does - and even so, Dumbledore is still able to overrule her and let Trelawney keep her living quarters. Umbridge assuming that the new teacher will take over Trelawney’s living quarters is just her way of trying to assert her authority and get Trelawney removed from Hogwarts completely.
– Bellatrix
10 mins ago
As long as you thought of it it's fine. I mentioned it just in case you hadn't thought of it (perhaps I should never have suspected such a thing), and I don't necessarily think it is a proof either.
– Alex
7 mins ago
@Alex Thanks! :) I don’t mind suggestions at all, since they can bring new information to my attention and help me improve my answers.
– Bellatrix
4 mins ago
add a comment |Â
Regarding teachers keeping their living quarters vs certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts, when Umbridge fires Trelawney she assumes that the new teacher will take over Trelawney's quarters. It is only because the new teacher is a centaur that he doesn't.
– Alex
23 mins ago
“And what,†she said in a whisper that nevertheless carried all around the entrance hall, “are you going to do with her once I appoint a new Divination teacher who needs her lodgings?†“Oh, that won’t be a problem,†said Dumbledore pleasantly. “You see, I have already found us a new Divination teacher, and he will prefer lodgings on the ground floor.â€Â
– Alex
23 mins ago
@Alex I thought of that, but how Umbridge tries to make Hogwarts work isn’t how it normally does - and even so, Dumbledore is still able to overrule her and let Trelawney keep her living quarters. Umbridge assuming that the new teacher will take over Trelawney’s living quarters is just her way of trying to assert her authority and get Trelawney removed from Hogwarts completely.
– Bellatrix
10 mins ago
As long as you thought of it it's fine. I mentioned it just in case you hadn't thought of it (perhaps I should never have suspected such a thing), and I don't necessarily think it is a proof either.
– Alex
7 mins ago
@Alex Thanks! :) I don’t mind suggestions at all, since they can bring new information to my attention and help me improve my answers.
– Bellatrix
4 mins ago
Regarding teachers keeping their living quarters vs certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts, when Umbridge fires Trelawney she assumes that the new teacher will take over Trelawney's quarters. It is only because the new teacher is a centaur that he doesn't.
– Alex
23 mins ago
Regarding teachers keeping their living quarters vs certain living quarters that commonly go with specific staff posts, when Umbridge fires Trelawney she assumes that the new teacher will take over Trelawney's quarters. It is only because the new teacher is a centaur that he doesn't.
– Alex
23 mins ago
“And what,†she said in a whisper that nevertheless carried all around the entrance hall, “are you going to do with her once I appoint a new Divination teacher who needs her lodgings?†“Oh, that won’t be a problem,†said Dumbledore pleasantly. “You see, I have already found us a new Divination teacher, and he will prefer lodgings on the ground floor.â€Â
– Alex
23 mins ago
“And what,†she said in a whisper that nevertheless carried all around the entrance hall, “are you going to do with her once I appoint a new Divination teacher who needs her lodgings?†“Oh, that won’t be a problem,†said Dumbledore pleasantly. “You see, I have already found us a new Divination teacher, and he will prefer lodgings on the ground floor.â€Â
– Alex
23 mins ago
@Alex I thought of that, but how Umbridge tries to make Hogwarts work isn’t how it normally does - and even so, Dumbledore is still able to overrule her and let Trelawney keep her living quarters. Umbridge assuming that the new teacher will take over Trelawney’s living quarters is just her way of trying to assert her authority and get Trelawney removed from Hogwarts completely.
– Bellatrix
10 mins ago
@Alex I thought of that, but how Umbridge tries to make Hogwarts work isn’t how it normally does - and even so, Dumbledore is still able to overrule her and let Trelawney keep her living quarters. Umbridge assuming that the new teacher will take over Trelawney’s living quarters is just her way of trying to assert her authority and get Trelawney removed from Hogwarts completely.
– Bellatrix
10 mins ago
As long as you thought of it it's fine. I mentioned it just in case you hadn't thought of it (perhaps I should never have suspected such a thing), and I don't necessarily think it is a proof either.
– Alex
7 mins ago
As long as you thought of it it's fine. I mentioned it just in case you hadn't thought of it (perhaps I should never have suspected such a thing), and I don't necessarily think it is a proof either.
– Alex
7 mins ago
@Alex Thanks! :) I don’t mind suggestions at all, since they can bring new information to my attention and help me improve my answers.
– Bellatrix
4 mins ago
@Alex Thanks! :) I don’t mind suggestions at all, since they can bring new information to my attention and help me improve my answers.
– Bellatrix
4 mins ago
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Grounds keeper... How far away is his job from the castle
– Naib
9 hours ago
Low ceilings in the living quarters of the castle?
– chirlu
8 hours ago
Probably just too big for a proper room in the castle.
– Misha R
3 hours ago
also note he was groundskeeper well before he was a professor
– eques
2 hours ago
@MishaR He can't be too big if they castle walls can magically move.
– RichS
2 hours ago