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Encyclopedia > Grawp
Harry Potter character
Grawp
Gender Male
Hair colour 'Bracken-coloured' (Green)
Eye colour Greenish Brown
House Never attended Hogwarts
Parentage Giant
Loyalty Hagrid
Film portrayer Tony Maudsley (rumoured)
First appearance Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Grawp is the giant half-brother of Hagrid in the Harry Potter books. This article is about the Harry Potter series. ... The shield and spear of the Roman God Mars are often used to represent the male sex In heterogamous species, male is the sex of an organism, or of a part of an organism, which typically produces smaller, mobile gametes (spermatozoa) that are able to fertilise female gametes (ova). ... Blood purity is a concept in the fictional Harry Potter book series. ... The mythology and legends of many different cultures include mythological creatures of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. ... Rubeus Hagrid (born December 6, year ca. ... Tony Maudsley is a film actor who has been cast as Grawp in the upcoming Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. ... Cover of the UK Childrens Edition, Bloomsbury Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series of childrens books by J. K. Rowling. ... The mythology and legends of many different cultures include mythological creatures of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. ... Rubeus Hagrid (born December 6, year ca. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series. ...

First introduced in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Hagrid brought Grawp from his mountain home to the Forbidden Forest outside Hogwarts. Cover of the UK Childrens Edition, Bloomsbury Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series of childrens books by J. K. Rowling. ... Forbidden Forest can refer to: An area by Hogwarts in Harry Potter A novel by Mircea Eliade An early 1980s computer game for the Commodore 64, followed by one sequel. ... Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of novels. ...


Grawp and Hagrid were born of the same mother, the giantess Fridwulfa; Hagrid's father was a human, whereas Grawp's was a giant. Fridwulfa is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series. ...


Grawp is about 16 feet (4.8 metres) tall, which Hagrid claims is small for a giant. His knuckles are the size of a cricket ball (~225  mm in diameter). Grawp was being bullied by the other giants, and this was a factor in Hagrid's decision to bring him to the Forbidden Forest. Big and dim, he only knows a few words in English and his manners are wild and unpredictable. At first he seemed indifferent to his brother's attempts to civilise him, preferring to spend his time tearing down trees. A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a meter. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... Cricket ball A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball used to play cricket. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ...


When he first appears in the Order of the Phoenix, Grawp is looked after by Hagrid, who keeps him tied to several trees in the Forbidden Forest. However, after Hagrid leaves Hogwarts to continue his work for the Order of the Phoenix, he leaves Grawp in the care of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. Much to their surprise, when they find themselves trapped in the forest during a confontation with the local centaur population, Grawp manages to divert the centaurs' attention from Harry and Hermione. The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional organization in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Harry James Potter (born 31 July 1980) is a fictional character and the protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. ... Hermione Jane Granger (born 19 September 1979) is a fictional character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter book series. ... Ronald Ron Bilius Weasley (born 1 March 1980) is a fictional character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of books. ... Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a race part human and part horse, with a horses body, including all four legs, and a human head and torso with arms. ...


In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Grawp is moved to the mountains, where he is apparently progressing much better. He also attends Dumbledore's funeral with Hagrid, much more civil and calm than before, and dressed formally. Cover of the UK and Canadian Childrens edition by Bloomsbury Cover of the USA edition by Scholastic Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on July 16, 2005, is the sixth novel in J. K. Rowlings popular Harry Potter series. ... Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (born ca. ...


External links

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Grawp - Harry Potter Wiki - a Wikia wiki (218 words)
Grawp is a giant who, although standing 16 feet tall, is short by giant standards.
Hagrid brought Grawp back to Hogwarts with him after his visit to the giants in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, mainly because the other giants were picking on him because of his height.
Grawp was rather violent over the course of Order of the Phoenix; however, in Half-Blood Prince, he became more docile.
Grawp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (398 words)
Grawp and Hagrid were born of the same mother, the giantess Fridwulfa; Hagrid's father was a human, whereas Grawp's was a giant.
Grawp was being bullied by the other giants, and this was a factor in Hagrid's decision to bring him to the Forbidden Forest.
Grawp's name perhaps is a play on the Latin name Battle of Mons Graupius or "Mount Graupius," site of the Roman general Agricola's defeat of the Caledonians.
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