KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Harry’s owl, Hedwig, is a beautiful Snowy Owl. [Call of Snowy Owl] Although Hedwig is portrayed as a female, “she” is actually a pure white, male Snowy Owl. Female Snowies are dusky brown.

Detailed explanation-2: -J. K. Rowling found the name St Hedwig in a book of medieval saints. It’s derived from Hedvig-a Scandinavian name meaning female warrior or battle. There are two female saints named Hedwig: Saint Hedwig of Andechs (1174–1243), Duchess of Silesia, who is the patron saint of orphans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Daniel Radcliffe portrays Harry Potter with Hedwig the Owl in a scene from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1."

Detailed explanation-4: -Crookshanks was purchased on 31 August 1993 by Hermione Granger from the Magical Menagerie, who had originally gone there seeking an owl. The proprietor informed Hermione that he had been there for quite some time, and that “nobody wanted him".

Detailed explanation-5: -Hedwig is a German feminine given name, from Old High German Hadwig, Hadewig, Haduwig. It is a Germanic name consisting of the two elements hadu “battle, combat” and wig “fight, duel". The name is on record since the 9th century, with Haduwig, a daughter of Louis the German.