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Photo: EDDIE REDMAYNE as Newt Scamander in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM," a Warner Bros. Pictures release.  Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Photo: EDDIE REDMAYNE as Newt Scamander in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure “FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
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Every Harry Potter fan already knows to which Hogwarts house they belong (Hufflepuff is #1!). Thanks to the stealthy work of a software engineer, Federico Ian Cervantez, we can start fantasizing to which house we might belong at the American school for wizards and witches, Ilvermorny. He accidentally discovered the names of the four houses: Horned Serpent, Wampus, Thunderbird, and Pukwudgie.

Okay…a couple of those don’t sound spectacular. What do their descriptions say?

  • Horned Serpents are “dragon-like serpents with horns and long teeth. They are often associated with or said to control the weather, particularly rain, lightning, and thunder. Magical abilities ascribed to them include shape-shifting, invisibility, and hypnotic powers.”
  • The Wampus is a cat-like creature “described as some kind of fearsome variation of a cougar.”
  • The Thunderbird is a “legendary creature, often described as a very large bird, capable of generating storms and thunder as it flies.”
  • The Pukwudgies are “two-to-three feet tall and human-shaped, but with a larger nose, ears, and fingers and smooth, grey skin that sometimes glows. Its magical abilities include disappearing and reappearing, partial or complete transformation into a porcupine or cougar, and creating fire.”

I got nothin’. Then again, I didn’t think much of the lowly badger at first. I’ll be interested to learn what each creature means to the houses of Ilvermorny and to the American wizards and witches.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set to hit theaters on November 18, 2016.

Source: Geek Nation

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Christina E. Janke

Christina is the co-host of “Intro to Geek” on Shauncastic and Editor-in-Chief at Agents of Geek. Her love of all things Mass Effect knows no bounds. She also carries an obsession with comic books, video games, and quirky television shows. Her heroes are Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Gail Simone. She hopes to be just like them when she grows up.