Apollyon Pringle

"He got caught by Apollyon Pringle - he was the caretaker in those days - your father's still got the marks."

—Molly Weasley on Pringle's punishments^[src]

Apollyon Pringle was the caretaker at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the sixties. He was the caretaker of Hogwarts while Arthur and Molly Weasley were attending, which Molly related to Harry Potter and Bill Weasley in 1995 before the third task of the Triwizard Tournament. Apparently Hogwarts allowed him to use corporal punishment on students, as Mrs. Weasley told Harry that he caned Arthur for being out late. She says that he still has the marks.

Etymology[]

"Apollyon" is the Greek name for Abbadon, the spiritual being named as "The Destroyer" in Christian apocalyptic theology.

It could also mean " A Polly (Cracker) on Pringle (s)"

Hogwarts Faculty

Founders	Godric Gryffindor \| Helga Hufflepuff \| Rowena Ravenclaw \| Salazar Slytherin
Headteachers	Eupraxia Mole \| Vulpus \| Phyllida Spore \| Dexter Fortescue \| Eoessa Sakndenberg \| Ambrose Swott \| Everard \| Vindictus Veridian \| Dilys Derwent \| Quintin Trimble \| Limebert \| Phineas Nigellus Black \| Walter Aragon \| Basil Fronsac \| Armando Dippet \| Albus Dumbledore \| Dolores Umbridge \| Severus Snape \| Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Heads	Minerva McGonagall \| Amycus Carrow \| Alecto Carrow
Heads of House	Filius Flitwick \| Minerva McGonagall \| Horace Slughorn \| Severus Snape \| Pomona Sprout
Teaching Staff	Bathsheda Babbling \| Herbert Beery \| Cuthbert Binns \| Charity Burbage \| Alecto Carrow \| Amycus Carrow \| Albus Dumbledore \| Firenze \| Filius Flitwick \| Rubeus Hagrid \| Rolanda Hooch \| Silvanus Kettleburn \| Gilderoy Lockhart \| Neville Longbottom \| Remus Lupin \| Minerva McGonagall \| Galatea Merrythought \| Quirinus Quirrell \| Aurora Sinistra \| Horace Slughorn \| Severus Snape \| Pomona Sprout \| Sybill Trelawney \| Septima Vector \| Unidentified witch
Support Staff	Rancorous Carpe \| Dobby \| Argus Filch \| Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank \| Rubeus Hagrid \| Rolanda Hooch \| Hankerton Humble \| Kreacher \| Ogg \| Irma Pince \| Poppy Pomfrey \| Apollyon Pringle \| Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus \| Winky