29 Facts About Sorting Hat

Sorting Hat eventually concluded he was "unworthy" to possess them.

Sorting Hat feels Harry could be a more worthy custodian but fears Harry would be enamored of their power, therefore he guides Harry to them in a circuitous manner.

Sorting Hat had not realised that the wand was one of three Hallows, nor sought the other two Hallows.

Sorting Hat possessed the Resurrection Stone but only made use of it as a horcrux.

Sorting Hat keeps the Cloak he had inherited, with the thought that he might pass it on to his children someday.

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Sorting Hat won, and left his enemy dead on the floor; however after boasting of his unbeatable wand, Antioch was robbed and killed in his sleep by a rival wanting to take the wand.

Sorting Hat placed the eyeball in her door so that she could keep an eye on her employees.

Sorting Hat hid some of them carefully so that no one could find and destroy them, but used Nagini to do his bidding on several occasions, and the diary was always intended to be a weapon to carry out Voldemort's plan to remove Muggle-borns from Hogwarts.

Sorting Hat cast the spell after murdering his fellow student Myrtle Warren using the Basilisk.

Sorting Hat gave it to Dolores Umbridge as a bribe when she caught him selling stolen property.

Sorting Hat fled to Albania, where she hid the diadem in the hollow of a tree when the Bloody Baron searched for her.

Sorting Hat found Nagini, and becoming smitten by the snake, turned it into a Horcrux, being connected with it.

Sorting Hat killed him and forced the rest out of the room, then tortured Hermione for information about the sword.

Sorting Hat is a sapient artefact used at Hogwarts, which uses Legilimency to determine which of the four school houses – Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin – each new student is to be assigned for their years at Hogwarts.

The Sorting Hat speaks to the student while they're being sorted and is willing to take the student's preferences into account when it makes its decision.

Sometimes it does not have the need to do so: for instance, the Sorting Hat barely touched Draco Malfoy's head before sending him to Slytherin.

The Sorting Hat had a difficult time placing Harry, almost placing him into Slytherin house before he requested specifically and emphatically not to be.

The Sorting Hat instead placed him into Gryffindor, the house of his parents.

Sorting Hat originally belonged to Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts.

Since then, the Sorting Hat has always been used to choose which house the students are put in.

The Sorting Hat's songs vary in length and content, but always include a brief description of each house.

Sorting Hat has shown the ability to conjure the Sword of Gryffindor from under its brim, as shown on two instances.

In Deathly Hallows the Sorting Hat is set on fire by Voldemort, although it appears the hat was not destroyed, as Neville was able to draw the Sword of Gryffindor from it immediately after and behead Voldemort's snake Nagini.

The Sorting Hat spent nearly four minutes trying to decide whether it should place Hermione in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor.

In Neville's case, the Sorting Hat was determined to place him in Gryffindor: Neville, intimidated by that house's reputation for bravery, requested a placing in Hufflepuff.

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JK Rowling has stated on Pottermore that 'The Sorting Hat is notorious for refusing to admit it has made a mistake in its sorting of a student.

On balance the Sorting Hat has made remarkably few errors of judgement over the many centuries it has been at work.

Sorting Hat was right to say this, as the sidecar of the motorbike, unaffected by Hagrid's magic, dislodged after the abrupt acceleration.

Sorting Hat buried it outside the school grounds, and within a year, an unknown species of snakewood tree grew from the burial spot.