Slytherin is one of the four Hogwarts houses in the Harry Potter series. It is named after its founder, Salazar Slytherin, who believed that only pure-blood wizards should be allowed to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Sorting Hat, which assigns students to houses based on their personality traits, takes into account ambition, cunning, and resourcefulness when placing students in Slytherin. Slytherin is often associated with negative traits, such as arrogance and a willi...