Slytherin is the Hogwarts house associated with founder Salazar Slytherin in J.K. Rowling’s novels.
Slytherin is one of the four houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its commonly cited values include ambition, resourcefulness, leadership, and cunning. The house colours are green and silver, and its symbol is a serpent. The house’s ghost is the Bloody Baron.
Salazar Slytherin was one of Hogwarts’s four founders, alongside Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff. His belief that Hogwarts should admit only students from magical families contributed to a lasting conflict with the other founders. The Chamber of Secrets and the basilisk are closely tied to his legacy.
Slytherin is often reduced to a label for villains, but the books include important Slytherin characters with different motives and moral choices. Severus Snape and Draco Malfoy belong to the house, while Harry is sorted into Gryffindor.