Slytherin corresponded
roughly with the element
of water due to serpents
being commonly associated
with the sea and lochs in
western European mythology,
as well as serpents being
physically fluid and
flexible animals.

Many Slytherin students
tended to clique together
which further exemplified
Slytherin's ambitious
qualities.
Example of these included
Draco Malfoy's gang.

Slytherin was one of the
four Houses at Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry, founded by
Salazar Slytherin.
In establishing the house,
Salazar instructed the
Sorting Hat to pick
students who had a few
particular characteristics
he most valued.

Those characteristics
included cunning,
resourcefulness,
leadership, and ambition.

“We Slytherins are brave,
yes, but not stupid.”

The founder highly valued
and favoured pure-blood
students and the Sorting
Hat admitted that it could
be a factor when being
sorted. Students of any
blood status could be
placed in the house.
However, a Muggle-born
student from that house
was considered to
be quite rare.

You could be great,
you know, it’s all here in
your head,and Slytherin
will help youon the way
to greatness,
no doubt about that.