A Giant Theory of Godric Gryffindor 🦁

Howdy there fellow Potterheads,

I was in the library the other night, in the forbidden section and I read something rather interesting about Giants. I don’t know why I drew this conclusion, but I suspect that Godric Gryffindor might have actually been Half-Giant or Part-Giant at the very least.
My findings are as follows:

• Godric Gryffindor valued Courage, Chivalry, Determination, and Strength of Heart. He highly prized standing up for what is right in the face of adversity and famously advocated for inclusivity. (A testament to Hagrid’s own character)

• His stature is described as tall and muscular with a lion-like mane of wavy red hair, a matching beard, and green eyes. Excluding the colour, this complexion sounds eerily similar to Hagrid. Even Grawp, Hagrid's brother is noted as having brown-green eyes.

• He was highly regarded for his formidable combat skills and mastery of muggle duelling, which given his genetic advantage, would make perfect sense.

• His Magical abilities were considered exceptional, as is quite common for Half-Bloods. Giants are notorious for having Spell-Resistant Skin and this would have granted him an overwhelming advantage in magical duels, of which he was particularly talented at.

• He also had the Sword of Gryffindor fashioned in a way that was equally as powerful and resilient as he was. It is said that he favoured his sword over his wand.

• As a jest, J.K. Rowling once joked that Godric Gryffindor was an Animagus that turned into the Giant Squid of the Hogwarts Lake, of such would make him one of the largest Animagus to ever exist. Quite fitting for someone with Giant blood.

• Godric has no known living descendants. This is consistent with the fact that Giants are extremely rare due to suffering mass casualties during both Wizarding Wars.

• Hagrid himself grew up in the West Country of England in the Forest of Dean, this is reasonably close to where Godric’s Hollow was founded and thus it is not out of the realm of possibility for Giants to have resided in the area.

• The Forest of Dean is also the location where Harry famously followed the patronus of the Silver Doe to retrieve the Sword of Gryffindor. Perhaps there is a spiritual connection between the sword, the lake and the forest, aside from the obvious tribute to the Arthurian Legend of Excalibur.

I’m sure I could find more convincing evidence to support this theory, but for now this shall suffice.

So what do you think? Could Godric Gryffindor be Part-Giant or Half-Giant?

I’ll let you be the judge. 🧙🏼‍♂️

- J.