Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Hog's Head Inn
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| Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter - Place | |
| Hog's Head Inn | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hogsmeade Village side street |
| Permanent Residents | |
| First Appearance | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
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[edit] General Overview
The Hog's Head Inn is a "small, dingy" pub in the Village of Hogsmeade.
[edit] Extended Description
There are two pubs in Hogsmeade, one which caters to the general run-of-the-mill, and one which is more frequented by those on the outskirts. The Hog's Head is the latter. It is a much grimier place than the Three Broomsticks, and there are many less restrictions; Ron comments in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that he could probably buy a Firewhiskey there without being questioned as to his age.
Many events happen in the Hog's Head that are somewhat on the shady side.
- This pub is where Albus Dumbledore interviews Sibyll Trelawney for the post of Divination Teacher, where she gives the prophecy about Harry, and where that prophecy is overheard.
- It is in the Hog's Head that Hagrid gets into a card game with a man who never lowers his hood, and "wins" a dragon's egg in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
- The Hog's Head is home to the first meeting of Dumbledore's Army in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione are almost captured by Death Eaters in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it is the innkeeper at the Hogs Head who rescues them, letting them into the bar and claiming to have originated the Patronus that the Death Eaters had seen. We later find out that the Room of Requirement, called upon to provide food for Neville, had created a secret passage which terminated in an upstairs room at the Hog's Head.
[edit] Analysis
When we are properly introduced to Mundungus Fletcher in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, we learn that there is an underworld to Wizarding society, as well as the two battling revealed forces. Given that there is an underside, there have to be places where those who have no place in society would meet. The Hog's Head Inn is one of those places. To a lesser extent, any pub will have that tendency; for instance in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry believes that he sees a hag in The Leaky Cauldron.
It is never stated so baldly in the first six books, but there are clues in the stories that suggest that Professor Dumbledore's brother Aberforth is the landlord at the Hog's Head. The author has confirmed this, and it is confirmed to Harry in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
