Hog, Pig, and Boar References


  • Hogwarts
  • Hogsmeade
  • Hog's Head
  • Hog's Head sign has a severed boar's head on it.
  • Hagrid's dog, Fang, is a BOARhound.
  • Harry said that Dudley looked like a "pig in a wig".(SS)
  • Hagrid said this about Dudley after giving him a pig's tail: "Meant ter turn him into a pig, but I suppose he was so much like a pig anyway there wasn't much left ter do."(SS)
  • Dudley's "piggy little eyes" were fixed on the [television] screen.(POA)
  • Aunt Marge was like a vast life buoy with piggy eyes.(POA)
  • Ron's owl's name is Pigwidgeon - "Pig" for short.(GOF)
  • Harry asked Dudley if he had been told he looked like a pig that's been taught to walk on its hind legs.(OOTP)
  • "Pig snout" is used as a Gryffindor password.
  • Tonks tranformed her nose into a pig snout for Ginny and Hermione.(OOTP)
  • There are two towering pillars at the entrance gates of Hogwarts on either side atop which are "two winged boars".(OOTP)


Contributing to this section: Sita, Rebecca, Stacy



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