What is a Half-Blood Prince?

[taylorlynzie]

No: HPFGUIDX 103952

Now that I am finally caught up again in the world of Harry Potter 
and now know all about the Half-Blood Prince I am curious as to what 
a Half-Blood Prince actually is. 

Of course I assume it has something to do with the Founding Fathers 
and Mothers of Hogwarts... but what exactly? A part of me is lead to 
believe that even though Harry (or Voldemort) isn't the HBP prehaps 
Godric Gryffindor was. This would make sense in the fact that Godric 
accepted young wizards and witches into his house as long as they 
showed courage and bravery... perhaps this meant accepting many Half-
Bloods because in those days being half-blood probably wasn't nearly 
as socially acceptable as it is in modern wizard times. Also... whats 
to say that Godric himself was a half-blood. This could make sense... 
obviously we have found out that magical lineage has no effect 
whatsoever on the ability of the wizard (look at Hermione a muggle-
born with amazing talent and Neville... a pure-blood who needs 
working with) so who's to say that Godric Gryffindor... prehaps one 
of the most powerful wizards of the age wasn't a half-blood. I think 
he could be. 

However I don't want to discuss so much who is the HBP because we can 
only speculate until the release of book 6 but what is a HBP? Is it a 
royal geneaology or is it merely an honour? Is there anything more 
known about what a HBP is aside from a prince that is half-blood?!

...tay <33