Nerida Vulchanova

Nerida Vulchanova
Biographical information
Born	Before 1294
Blood status	Pure-blood or half-blood (possibly)
Nationality	Bulgarian
Title(s)	Founder Headmistress Professor
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Relationship information
Family members	Pyotr Vulchanov (possibly) Boris Vulchanov (possibly) Vulchanov family
Affiliation
Occupation	Founder and Headmistress of Durmstrang Institute
Loyalty	Vulchanov family Durmstrang Institute

Professor Nerida Vulchanova was the great Bulgarian witch who founded Durmstrang Institute, serving as its first Headmistress, in the Middle Ages.

Biography

At some point, Vulchanova suffered a mysterious death, and shortly afterwards Harfang Munter took over the school, in what was later to be considered a dark period in the history of the school: Munter substantially altered the curriculum to focus on duelling and martial magic.

Etymology

• Nerida is an uncommon variant of the female Nereida (Spanish, Greek) or Nerine (Greek), which can be translated as sea nymph.
• The name Vulchanov [vəl'tʃanov] is the surname version of the given name Vulchan, meaning "wolf", "wolf-man" or "wolf-like". It is formed from вълк ['vəlk] ("wolf") and the suffix -an. It is turned into a patronymic and from there a surname with the suffix -ov and into its female equivalent with the suffix -a.

Behind the scenes

• In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Durmstrang Institute is portrayed as an all male school. However according to Pottermore, the school was founded by Nerida Vulchanova; a witch. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, at least one female is known to have attend Durmstrang during the 1994–1995 school year. Therefore, according to the books, the school is in fact co-ed, just like Hogwarts.

Appearances

• Pottermore (First mentioned)
• Wizarding World (Mentioned only)
• Hogwarts Legacy (Mentioned only)