What Do The Hogwarts Founders Artefacts ACTUALLY Do?

Hey everyone welcome back to Harry Potter folklore. So today’s video is going to be all about the 4 ancient artefacts of hogwarts and what they actually do. This is a question thats puzzled myself and many others because basically, we only really know what 2 of them do and as for the remaining objects, well it’s a grey, cloudy, misty area because there are clues but it’s not exactly certain.

[grimmentry]

It would have been dope to add this to Hogwarts legacy, like imagine having the cup to give you a healing potion that also gives you a over shield, you can summon the sword of Gryffindor to instantly break shields and stun everything in the area, the diadem would give you quicker spell cool downs and the ability to slow down incoming spells, finally the locket would give the user increase attack power and the ability to go invisible, and the way to get them is to pick the corresponding House associated with the artifact.

[Theresewitherspoon]

I just like to clarify that the sword of Gryffindor is only a horcrux destroyer because the venom of the basilisk stayed in the sword. It was goblin made so it takes the strength of whatever it touches.

[CerberusBindeweed]

Bad info.
Godrics sword purpose was not to kill horcruxes. The Sword made of Goblin metal (mithril) had the ability to absorb magic and other substances that it defeated. The only reason it is now capable of killing horcruxes is because it absorbed basilisk venom when harry stabbed it through the mouth and into the venom sac. The only 2 ways known by Wizard kind to destroy a horcrux is basilisk venom and fiendfire.

Ravensclaws diadem increased a persons mental prowress by enhancing focus, memory enhancement and memory recall.

Hufflepuffs cup was used by Helga not only to drink her fav beverage from, but as she was also a healer, any healing potion drunk from the cup would be fortified/enhanced in effectiveness.

The only founder whose item we don't know anything in is Slytherins which makes sense consideting his secretive nature.

[macwelch]

I would like to see a video on why Slytherin House openly practices Dark Magic, despite it being frowned upon

[RoadRage]

My theory on the locket is that since it only opens with the use of parseltongue is that it gives you instructions in parseltongue on how to open the chamber of secrets.

[Intrepid_Explorer]

One thing that I think might have made the lore of the Horcruxes (Horcruxi?) more interesting is if Voldemort could, at any time, access whatever existing magical abilities the container of his soul fragment already naturally held as if he was physically in possession of it. Thus Voldemort's ability to fly without a broom could be explained by Slytherin's Locket holding a bit of his soul, just for example; and I'm sure you could come up with all sorts of other ideas for the rest of the relics.

[katmaresparkles]

With Hufflepuff's cup the only thing you didn't mention was that it also aided in healing those who were sick and injured.

[SapphireStar]

Out of all the artifacts, the Diadem of Ravenclaw is my favorite. I even have my own movie replica from the Harry Potter collection. That was a gift I got for Christmas a couple of years ago.

[jmd]

I love the Cup theory because house Hufflepuff's theme is an earthly/wholesome like a pioneer who offers a traveler shelter during a winter time storm in a warm cabin & some food if they're hungry like you see in Wild West movies.

The Weasley family should have been in that house, perhaps somebody like Malfoy should have been part of it given that all he was looking for in life was acceptance from somebody like that boy who took over his Father's company in the end in the movie Inception.

[sifilore]

Honestly, I thought that the locket amplifies someone’s powers, like with Umbridge how she was able to produce a Patronus. And I heard that the cup can turn vinegar into wine, since to make vinegar is the other way around naturally.

[ladyD]

Imagine if a movie or series was made about the 4 founders of Hogwarts!!

[AustynSN]

Thoughts...

Most of the properties of the locket are more of the effects of it being a horcrux.

I don't think the cup had any of the powers you stated. My theory is that it was just a nice cup, made by a muggle. Helga drank her coffee from it every morning. She liked it because it had some weird magical property that only muggles know of that kept her coffee hot longer than most other cups. The muggle who sold it to her called the magic "well insulated".

[yokai]

A curse breaker, an insightful gem, a haunted memory, and a Samaritan chalice. Cool

[timbarker]

In the video you stated that only Salazar Slytherin wore the locket before it got turned to a horcrux.... In the half blood prince, when Harry and dumbledore were traveling down memory lane, it states that merlope was dragged toward Ogden by the locket hanging around her neck.

[GriffinheartPlays]

I feel like the Locket of Slytherin would be more about containing memoires and instructions from Salazar himself, it's got a lot of "Altering Memories" in its description so it might be that the Locket could contain the knowledge of Salazar Slytherin, his immense arsenal of dark arts spells as well as secrets of House Slytherin, even the Chamber of Secrets.

Kinda like a Jedi Holocron but more Parseltongue and less Force

[jesusaldairortizrosas]

Good guesses and of course excellent explanations on the objects with well known properties.

I enjoyed the video!

[WilliamWizer]

technically you could also count the sorting hat that Godric owned. it's also a founder's artifact.

the sword wasn't at the headmaster office until harry got it at the chamber of secrets.

since the diadem was lost, nobody tried to find it, and the only one known to care about it (other than Helena Ravenclaw and Tom Riddle) was Xenophilius Lovegood. it's power was never confirmed in any way but, the ability to see the future is hard to believe given that it was stolen by Rowena's own daughter. didn't she see that? by the way, as far as it's known, once Riddle made a horcrux out of the diadem, nobody wore it again (unless Riddle was stupid enough to wear his own horcrux)

the feelings caused by the locket were from being a horcrux. as proof of that, Salazar wore it. it makes no sense to wear something that you knows will lead you to madness. it could be understandable if you made it to trick somebody into wearing it but not if you intend to wear it yourself.

I'm not going to coment about the cup habilities. while they sound great, if you put them in context, they aren't half as useful as they sound. but, since we know nothing about it's true powers or abilities, there's nothing to say for sure.

[chinolebron]

Wow Dean, this video is AMAZING! Such an exciting topic. You had my attention from beginning to end. 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

[nicolaspettican]

The locked of Slytherin was worn for generations by the descendants of Salazar Slytherin, including Voldy's Mother and Grandfather. Given that the diary horcrux had the ability to possess Giny to the point of using her as a puppet, I'm fairly certain that the locket's ability to make the wearer angrier is due to Voldy's soul piece, and not an inherent ability. The sword of Gryffindor's inherent ability is to absorb the properties of whatever it touches. The ability to destroy horcruxes is a fairly new property that it acquired after CoS. I do like your theory about Hufflepuff's cup, kind of like the "cup of requirement".

[magicpyroninja]

There's no saying that any of these items had to have magical abilities.
Simply the fact that they were owned by the founders of Hogwarts there's enough historical relevance for them to be significant