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Encyclopedia > Phineas Nigellus
Harry Potter character

Artist's rendition of the painting of Phineas Nigellus Black as it hangs in the current Headmaster's office
Phineas Nigellus Black
Gender Male
Hair colour Black
Eye colour Unknown
House Slytherin
Parentage Pure Blood
Loyalty Hogwarts Headmaster / The House of Black
Film portrayer None
First appearance Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Phineas Nigellus Black (1847-1926), more commonly known as Phineas Nigellus, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series, Great-great-grandfather of Sirius Black, and the least popular headmaster Hogwarts has ever had (although this title may have been forfeited to Dolores Umbridge). This article is about the Harry Potter series. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Nigellus-th-lmr. ... 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). ... In the Harry Potter series, the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. ... Blood purity is a concept in the fictional Harry Potter book series. ... Blood purity is a racist concept in the fictional Harry Potter book series. ... 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. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series. ... Sirius Black is a fictional character in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of novels. ... Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Dolores Jane Umbridge is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series of novels by J.K. Rowling. ...


He and his wife, Ursula Flint, are the oldest known ancestors of the Ancient and Noble House of Black. This family is a very large one, which has a member in almost every other prominent magic family in the Harry Potter series. Ursula Flint may be related to Quidditch player Marcus Flint. A partial family tree recently released by J.K. Rowling indicates a connection to the Potter, Longbottom, Burke, and Crouch families, in addition to connections to the Malfoy, Lestrange, and Weasley clans. The following are minor characters from the Harry Potter series in Slytherin House. ...

Nigellus' portrait hangs in the headmaster's office along with the portraits of the other ex-headmasters and headmistresses. Like the other portraits in the headmaster's office, the painting of Nigellus helps the current headmaster. He does not seem to enjoy doing this. Albus Dumbledore addresses the portrait as if it were the living Nigellus himself. In the Harry Potter books and films, the subjects of magical portraits can move (or simulate motion, at least within the two-dimensional plane of the picture), interact with living observers, speak, and demonstrate apparent emotion and personality. ... In the UK and elsewhere, a head teacher is the most senior teacher in a school. ... An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one... In the Harry Potter books and films, the subjects of magical portraits can move (or simulate motion, at least within the two-dimensional plane of the picture), interact with living observers, speak, and demonstrate apparent emotion and personality. ... In the Harry Potter books and films, the subjects of magical portraits can move (or simulate motion, at least within the two-dimensional plane of the picture), interact with living observers, speak, and demonstrate apparent emotion and personality. ... Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (born c. ... In the Harry Potter books and films, the subjects of magical portraits can move (or simulate motion, at least within the two-dimensional plane of the picture), interact with living observers, speak, and demonstrate apparent emotion and personality. ...


He does not get along well with his great-great-grandson, young people or most people for that matter; however, he did seem somewhat upset to find out Sirius, the last male Black, was dead, for either purely dynastic or emotional reasons. He, along with Ginny Weasley, is unusual in being a character who openly criticises Harry Potter's often selfish behaviour in Order of the Phoenix. Ginevra Ginny Molly Weasley (born 11 August 1981)is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series. ...


A second portrait of Phineas hangs in the Black family home at 12 Grimmauld Place, and like other characters in portraits in the wizarding world, Phineas can travel between his portraits. In Order of the Phoenix, Harry uses the bedroom where Phineas' portrait is hanging, and Phineas takes him messages from Albus Dumbledore. His voice can sometimes still be heard coming from the frame when he is not in it, making sarcastic comments. A list of pure-blood families in the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. ... Number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London is the address of a fictitious house in the Harry Potter books. ... In the Harry Potter books, the subjects of the magical portraits on the walls of Hogwarts can interact with living observers, speak, move (or simulate motion, at least within the two-dimensional plane of the picture), and can even apparently move to other paintings to visit each other. ... 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. ... Harry James Potter (born 31 July 1980) is a fictional character and the protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. ... Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (born c. ...


"Nigellus" means "little Black", in Latin, so "Nigellus Black" makes little sense unless either Phineas Latinized his name or the Nigellus family Anglicised theirs fairly recently. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Anglicized refers to foreign words, often surnames, that are changed from a foreign language into English. ...



J.K. Rowling's choice for his first name is also a meaningful one. In the Bible Phinehas, grandson of Aaron, is a high priest who kills two persons who have sex because they belong to different ethnic and religious groups. His example has been used to justify attacks on interracial couples over the centuries. This corresponds to the Black family motto. The Bible (Hebrew: תנ״ך tanakh, Greek: η Βίβλος hē biblos) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word Scripture, Scripture), from Greek (τα) βίβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity. ... Phinehas or Pinhas - פִּינְחָס, Standard Hebrew Pinəḥas, Tiberian Hebrew Pînəħās is a name shared by two characters in the Hebrew Bible. ... Aaron (אַהֲרֹן, a word meaning bearer of martyrs in Hebrew (perhaps also, or instead, related to the Egyptian Aha Rw, Warrior Lion), Standard Hebrew Aharon, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAhărōn), was one of two brothers who play a unique part in the history of the Hebrew people. ...


Phineas Nigellus's family tree

A full version of the Black Family tree can be found here - The Black Family Tree The Black family tree shows links with many other magical families in the Harry Potter fantasy books. ...

Preceded by:
Everard (?)/ Dilys Derwent (?)
Headmaster of Hogwarts
Dates Unknown
Succeeded by:
Everard(?)/Armando Dippet (?)

Everard is a prominent member of wizarding society. ... Dilys Derwent is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series. ... Headmaster redirects here. ... Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Everard is a prominent member of wizarding society. ... Spoiler warning: Armando Dippet was the Headmaster of Hogwarts during the time that a young Lord Voldemort, Tom Riddle, who was a student, opened the Chamber of Secrets. ...

See also

In the Harry Potter books, the subjects of the magical portraits on the walls of Hogwarts can interact with living observers, speak, move (or simulate motion, at least within the two-dimensional plane of the picture), and can even apparently move to other paintings to visit each other. ...

External links

  • [1] - Black Family Tree
  • [2] - Black Family Tree

  Results from FactBites:
 
Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Phineas Nigellus Black (739 words)
Phineas Nigellus Black (1847-1926), more commonly known as Phineas Nigellus, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series, the great-great-grandfather of Sirius Black and said to be the least popular headmaster Hogwarts ever had (though it is possible Dolores Umbridge has since usurped this title).
Phineas' portrait hangs in the headmaster's office along with the portraits of the other ex-headmasters and headmistresses.
Phineas Nigellus and his wife, Ursula Flint, are the oldest known ancestors of the "Ancient and Noble House of Black".
The Sugar Quill > Phineas Nigellus (5966 words)
Phineas and Dumbledore are a perfect example of what they should strive for - not agreement, or even to like each other, but that kind of acknowledgement and respect.
Phineas is a necessary precursor to that rarest of species in Potterdom: the sympathetic Slytherin.
Phineas is a distinguished member of one of the oldest pureblooded families around, most of whom support Voldemort, but he has chosen not to.
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