Grey Lady

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No: HPFGUIDX 40440


> I can find no reference in Book 1 or the other books about this 
> ghost. There is a passage (chapter 12)where Harry and Ron pass the 
> ghost of a tall witch, but she is not identified.  Can anyone help 
me out on this?  Where is the grey Lady identified as such?

> Ok I have both of my copies of SS/PS sitting in front of me...
> 
> In SS: 
> 
> Page:210 chapter 12
> "They passed the ghost of a tall witch gliding in the opposite 
directin, but saw no one else."
> 
> PS: Same chapter Page:154 
> Well, That ghost is in fact the Grey Lady. I believe JKR said in 
an Interveiw ( I found on the HPGalleries< I'd send the link but the 
site is down and nothing works :( ) That in fact that was the Grey 
Lady that they passed.  Well, I hope that helps. 


You know, this is exactly the kind of question the Harry Potter 
Lexicon was designed to answer. I can only assume that you've never 
been there, or this wouldn't have come up. The Lexicon doesn't 
answer everything (partly because it doesn't provide rumors and 
speculation, just the information which is actually given in the 
books or in interviews). But something like this is a no-brainer. 
Just go to the site, click on The Wizarding World, and logically 
find it from there. Or if you like, type "ghosts" or "grey lady" 
into the search box. 'm not trying to stifle discussion, but I'd 
rather be talking about theories of whether she's the ghost of some 
famous person or one of the many Grey Lady ghosts in Britain. Basic 
factual information like this is exactly why we have the Lexicon in 
the first place!

Any how, here's the listing from the Lexicon:

   The Grey Lady (Ravenclaw ghost) (SS12)
   Very little is known about the Grey Lady apart 
   from the fact that she is very tall and she is 
   the resident ghost of Ravenclaw. Harry and Ron 
   encounter her gliding past in the corridor while 
   out looking for the Mirror of Erised (SS12). So 
   how do we know that the Grey Lady is the Ravenclaw 
   ghost? JKR showed a page from her notebook in a 
   televised interview. Clearly visible on that page 
   was the list of house ghosts which indicated that 
   the Ravenclaw ghost was the Grey Lady. In the film, 
   she appeared a number of times. She was sitting at 
   a desk in MacGonagall's classroom when Harry, Ron, 
   and Hermione came bursting in, demanding to talk 
   to Dumbledore. (SS/f)

That's found here:
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hogwarts_ghosts.html

Have a look at the Lexicon. I think you'll have fun browsing around 
and then next time you have a question about something like this, 
you'll know where to look it up.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon