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 Hogwarts - The world's premier school of witchcraft and wizardry
Crest - A Heraldic device, for showing meaning in the images on a shield.
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Hogwarts Crest. The heraldic coat of arms of Hogwarts
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The Hogwarts school crest or heraldic shield is split into four sections, each representing one of the houses founded
by the Hogwarts four. Top left is the rearing lion of Gryffindor house on a red background. Top right is the sinuous snake
of Slytherin house, on green. Bottom left is Hufflepuff's badger on yellow and bottom right is the raven of Ravenclaw on
blue. The school motto beneath the crest is latin, and translates approximately to 'Never tickle a sleeping dragon'. This
is similar to the phrase let sleeping dogs lie, with the humourous magical twist which makes the Harry Potter books so
special.
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