Gargoyles

The first entity is the gargoyle, this is not a creature as it’s not actually alive.

It In the Muggle world, gargoyles are nothing more than fancy statues. They were designed specifically to be built on structures, usually at different heights and at different locations, to help channel the water and push it away from the building, causing the water to land on ground a safe distance away from the foundation and protecting the building. The myths about gargoyles protecting buildings from evil spirits originates from their purpose of protecting the foundation from water damage.

In the magical world gargoyles serve a similar purpose, they serve as guardians. Many people will set one gargoyle on either side of their important doorways, which creates a barrier than only approved people can pass through. This is usually recognized through special enchantments or, more commonly, a password.

Hags

Hags are sentient creatures that look a lot like humans and supposedly only have four toes in contrast to our five. They have extremely pale skin and very basic magical abilities. They are capable of brewing potions and such, but cannot do much more. It is important to note that these creatures do not have a classification because the Ministry categorizes them as beings.

Another thing to note about hags is that they have a very peculiar diet. Hags are famous for eating children and raw liver. They will eat other types of meat if they are desperately in need of nourishment, but they will not survive nor be as happy if they go too long without one of these two staple components of their diet.

There are several famous hags that you should be aware of:

• Annis Black, lived in a cave and wrote a complaint to the Daily Prophet.


• Cordelia Misericordia, 1298-1401, she was the representative for hags on the Wizard’s Council.