The Steward
Council

I Am One Who watches over the land and the creatures of the earth. I take care of all who live in this realm. I provide for the tribe; you eat at my table. I know the backways through the wildwood. I feel the seeds growing the soil under my feet. I call you to nurture the present to feed your future. I call you to care for the brothers and sister with whom you share this earth.

In many ways, Hagrid embodies the Steward, and the Dagda, in modern popular culture. He is stronger than he knows. He lives on the fringes and cares for all those necessary aspects of life that most of us “civilized” people who rather not dirty our hands with. He could be easily dismissed as a buffoon, but he has more hands-on, practical understanding of animals and the forbidden forest than anyone, He builds a rapport with the magical creatures by meeting them on their own turf on their own terms. He expertly journeys into the depths of the forbidden forest, knowing full well its dangers, not to brag, but to do the job with which he has been tasked. Hagrid may not be the most eloquent or refined of men or wizards, but his heart is true, and his love deep.