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[[Image:Deathly Hallows Sign.svg|right|thumb|The Sign of the Deathly Hallows represents all three objects symbolically: the Wand, the Stone, and the Cloak.]]
The '''Deathly Hallows''' are three fictional [[Magic (Harry Potter)|magical]] objects that appear in the book ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' by [[J. K Rowling]], and which are referred to by the title. The three objects are the '''Elder Wand''', the '''Resurrection Stone''' and the '''Cloak of Invisibility'''. According to the novel, the person who unites the Hallows is said to have the ability to defeat death.


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==The Symbol of the Deathly Hallows==
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The Deathly Hallows are represented in the novel by a symbol appearing as a circle [[incircle and excircles of a triangle|inscribed]] within an [[equilateral triangle]], both of which are [[bisection|bisected]] by a vertical line. The circle represents the Stone of Resurrection, the triangle represents the Cloak of Invisibility, and the line represents the Elder Wand.{{HP7}} According to [[Minor Harry Potter characters#Xenophilius Lovegood|Xenophilius Lovegood]], the symbol is worn by wizards to reveal themselves as believers in the legend of the Deathly Hallows.{{HP7}} Because it was a symbol often used by [[Gellert Grindelwald]], a [[Dark Arts (Harry Potter)|Dark wizard]] in the [[back-story]] of the Harry Potter universe, many mistook it to be his own symbol.{{HP7}} During the wedding of Bill and Fleur Weasley, for example, [[Viktor Krum]] is shocked that Xenophilius is wearing the symbol of the wizard who had killed his grandfather some 60 years prior.
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===Noted wizards to have worn the symbol===
In the book, the Dark wizard [[Gellert Grindelwald]] displayed the symbol during his reign of power.{{HP7}} [[Albus Dumbledore]], headmaster of the [[Hogwarts|wizarding school]] that Harry Potter attended, also used the symbol in his signatures (i.e., the symbol replaced the "A" in "Albus"). Dumbledore refused to use this design after he decided he was not meant to seek the ''Hallows''.{{HP7}} [[Minor Harry Potter characters#Xenophilius Lovegood|Xenophilius Lovegood]] wore the symbol around his neck at Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding, as a means to declare himself a believer.{{HP7}}

===Noted locations and items to display the symbol===
The symbol appears in the book of wizarding children's stories, ''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]],'' inscribed on the top page of the story ''The Tale of the Three Brothers.''{{HP7}} A wall in [[Durmstrang Institute]], another wizarding school, bears the symbol, which was carved upon it by [[Gellert Grindelwald]].{{HP7}} Another symbol is inscribed on the grave in [[Godric's Hollow]] of Harry Potter's ancestor, [[Ignotus Peverell#Ignotus Peverell|Ignotus Peverell]].{{HP7}} Finally, the symbol is engraved into Marvolo Gaunt's ring, which bears the Resurrection Stone and was passed to him through his family from Cadmus Peverell. This means Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter are blood relatives through the Peverell family.

==The Legend of the Deathly Hallows==
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===The Tale of the Three Brothers===
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According to the novel, [[Albus Dumbledore]] left [[Hermione Granger]] an ancient book entitled ''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]'' in his [[Last will and testament|will]]. When Hermione looks into the book, she finds an odd symbol inscribed on a certain page. Wanting to discover its meaning [[Harry Potter]], [[Ron Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] visit [[Xenophilius Lovegood]].

====The Identity of the Three Brothers====
After Hermione saw the symbol of the Deathly Hallows on Ignotus Peverell's grave in [[Godric's Hollow]] and Harry recalled [[The House of Gaunt#Marvolo|Marvolo Gaunt]] boasting that his ring held the Peverell Coat of Arms on it, they realized that the three brothers were the Peverells; Antioch (the oldest), Cadmus (the middle), and Ignotus (the youngest). Harry believes he is descended from Ignotus, as the cloak is passed through his family. This is also confirmed by the spirit of Albus Dumbledore when he appears to Harry near the end of the novel. The same reasoning suggests that Voldemort, of the [[House of Gaunt]], is descended from Cadmus. Rowling has confirmed that Harry and Voldemort are indeed related to the Peverells in an [http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/1156 interview], as the majority of wizard families share common ancestry.
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'''Interviewer''': From reading about the original owners of the Deathly Hallows, the Peverell brothers, I'm wondering if Harry and Voldemort are distantly related: Voldemort's grandfather ended up with the Resurrection Stone - ring?<br>
'''J.K. Rowling''': Yes, Harry and Voldemort are distantly related through the Peverells. Of course, nearly all wizarding families are related if you trace them back through the centuries. As was made clear in 'Deathly Hallows', Peverell blood would run through many wizarding families.
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===The Quest for the Hallows===
[[J.K. Rowling]] revealed in an interview that one of the working titles for ''Deathly Hallows'' was ''Harry Potter and the Peverell Quest''. Throughout the history of the novel, many wizards have sought out the legendary ''Hallows'' through what is referred to by Xenophilius as the ''Quest''. Apparently, not many have succeeded in finding the Deathly Hallows. They had, after all, no evidence of the locations of the Hallows and no proof that they actually existed. Another driving force in the title change is the fact that Rowling found the word 'quest' to be "hokey".

==The Hallows==

===Elder Wand===
[[Image:Elder wand.jpg|right|thumb|420px|[[Albus Dumbledore]]'s Wand in the [[Harry Potter (films)|Harry Potter films]] This wand is the film depiction of the Elder Wand.]]

The '''Elder Wand''', known throughout history as the "'''Deathstick'''" and the "'''Wand of ''Destiny'''''", is an extremely powerful [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Wands|magic wand]] made of [[Elderberry|elder]] wood with a core of Thestral tail hair. <ref>http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=25</ref> Supposedly, it is the most powerful wand in existence, and when used by its true master, he or she cannot be defeated in a [[duel]]. It also appears, as the wand is somewhat sentient, as are all wands, that it will not allow itself to cause real harm to its true Master. The wand's [[ownership]], however, is a tricky matter. As stated by master wandmaker [[Mr. Ollivander]], ownership can only be transferred properly. That is, the wand will only fully work for the new user if they Disarm, Stun or kill the previous user. This can occur during a duel (although because the Wand is very powerful, this scenario would be rare), or in non-magical ways (killing in [[Muggle]] fashion, etc). If a master dies naturally without ever being defeated, the wand's power will die too, as it had never been won from its master.

After boasting of his unbeatable wand, Antioch Peverell met his end – murdered in his sleep by a rival wanting to claim the wand. Ever since, the wand has been sought by power-hungry wizards. It moved to Emeric the Evil, then to Egbert the Egregious. It vanished for some time until resurfacing under the control of Godelot, whose son Hereward took it from him. After another disappearance Barnabas Deverill owned the wand and was killed by Loxias, who was then killed by either Arcus or Livius. It eventually came to the possession of Gregorovitch, a Bulgarian wandmaker. Gregorovitch boasted about how he possessed the Elder Wand, as it would boost his popularity as he tried to [[Reverse engineering|reverse engineer]] its secrets as he faced competition from [[Ollivander]]. It subsequently fell to [[Gellert Grindelwald|Grindelwald]], who stole it from the famed wandmaker. It is not known if Gregorovitch mastered its secrets properly but he did have a reputation in Europe. Since full control of it passed to [[Dumbledore]] when he defeated Grindelwald, presumably the Stunning Spell Gellert sent at Gregorovitch caused the wand to recognize him as its master, although this is never explicitly stated in ''Deathly Hallows.'' Ultimately Grindelwald was defeated by Dumbledore, who then assumed control of the wand, it being the "only hallow [he] was fit to possess".

When Dumbledore arranged his death with [[Snape]] (as revealed in the ''The Prince's Tale'' chapter of ''Deathly Hallows''), he meant Snape to "end up with the Elder Wand." Because his death would not have been the result of his defeat, Dumbledore hoped this might break the wand's power. However, since [[Draco Malfoy]] disarmed Dumbledore, the plan failed and Draco became the wand's new master. After Dumbledore's death, the wand was placed inside his [[Locations in Hogwarts#White Tomb|White Tomb]]. Voldemort opened it and claimed the wand as his own. Only later did he learn that he never mastered the wand because he did not gain ownership from its previous owner. He has mistakenly believed the wand's previous owner to be Snape, since Snape had been the one to kill Dumbledore. The wand's allegiance was later won by Harry when he struggled with Draco and disarmed him, even though Draco never had the Elder Wand itself in his possession.

Voldemort cast six Killing Curses on Harry, but each lacked the desired effect. The first Killing Curse's failure, according to Dumbledore, was due to Lily Potter's self-sacrifice to protect Harry, at which point Harry became the unintended [[Horcrux]]. The second Killing Curse is in the fourth book, where the twin cores protected Harry and the imprints of Voldemort's victims gave Harry time to escape. The third Killing Curse was cast in the Atrium of the Ministry of Magic, but it failed as Dumbledore caused the golden statue of a wizard from the Fountain of Magical Brethren to cover Harry. The fourth Killing Curse is attempted as Harry and the decoys attempt to flee 4 Privet Drive: at this time Harry's wand mysteriously acts of its own accord and stops Voldemort. This is what causes Voldemort to seek out Gregorovitch and the Hallow. The Elder Wand did destroy Voldemort's soul fragment inside Harry with the fifth killing curse (Voldemort could not kill Harry, but he could certainly destroy that part of himself). The Killing Curse knocked Harry into a death-like state for a few moments, in which in his mind he was given a choice to "''move on''" to the [[afterlife]] or return to the living world, and he chose the latter. Voldemort's [[Cruciatus Curse]], used on Harry when Voldemort thought he was dead, caused no pain to Harry. In the final battle, the Elder Wand recognizes its true master, and when confronted with Harry's Expelliarmus charm, the wand causes Voldemort's final [[Avada Kedavra]] curse to rebound and kill him. Harry is the wand's true master and the wand cannot hurt its owner.

Harry uses the Elder Wand to repair his damaged holly and [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] feather wand (an act that the great wandmaker [[Mr. Ollivander]] believed improbable according to what he knew—he mentions that wandlore is very ancient and complicated).

J.K. Rowling revealed in an interview that the first working title for ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'' was ''Harry Potter and the Elder Wand''.<ref>[http://www.hpana.com/news.20137.html Transcript of live web interview with Bloomsbury]</ref>

Harry intends to return the wand to Dumbledore's tomb. He determines that, if he dies of a natural death, the power of the wand will die out with him.

===Resurrection Stone===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Ressurectionstone.jpg|thumb|150 px|The Resurrection Stone set into Marvolo Gaunt's ring, as seen from the spine of the UK version of the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|Half-Blood Prince]]]] -->
The '''Resurrection Stone''' allows the holder to see and communicate with the dead. According to the fairy tale concerning the origin of the Deathly Hallows, using the Resurrection Stone drove its original owner, Cadmus Peverell, to commit suicide after seeing his deceased fiancée but being unable to truly be with her. By the time the stone was seen in [[The House of Gaunt#Marvolo|Marvolo Gaunt]]'s possession, it had been set into a ring. The ring bore the symbol of the Deathly Hallows, which Gaunt believed to be the Peverell coat of arms. Both [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Gellert Grindelwald]] desired the stone, but for different reasons. While Dumbledore wanted it to communicate with his dead family, Grindelwald intended to use it to create an army of [[Inferius|Inferi]]. Voldemort turned the ring into a [[Horcrux]], not knowing its magical nature. The stone is later used by Harry Potter before confronting Lord Voldemort.{{HP7}}

Dumbledore recovered the ring from Marvolo's estate, recognizing it as both a [[Horcrux]] and one of the Deathly Hallows. Forgetting that as a Horcrux the Resurrection Stone was likely cursed, and motivated by personal desire, Dumbledore attempted to use the Resurrection Stone to talk to his deceased family. However, the curse destroyed his hand and began to spread throughout his body. Though the spreading was partly contained in the destroyed and blackened hand by [[Severus Snape]], Dumbledore was doomed, having perhaps a year to live. Before summoning Snape, Dumbledore had destroyed the Horcrux, using [[Godric Gryffindor]]'s [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Gryffindor's Sword|sword]]. The stone was later passed to Harry through Dumbledore's will, hidden inside a [[Golden Snitch|Snitch]]. The Snitch, the same one Harry caught in his first-ever [[Quidditch]] match (Harry originally caught the Snitch in his mouth and nearly swallowed it), revealed the message "I open at the close" when touched by Harry's lips. Harry is unable to open the Snitch until he is about to die, and he realizes that "the close" means death. When he whispers, "I am about to die", the Snitch opens. Harry uses the stone to summon [[James and Lily Potter|his parents]], [[Sirius Black]] and [[Remus Lupin]] to comfort him before he meets Voldemort.

The stone slips through Harry Potter's numb fingers in the [[Locations in Hogwarts#Forbidden Forest|Forbidden Forest]]. He and Dumbledore's portrait later agreed that Harry would neither search for it nor tell others where it is, in order to prevent the three Deathly Hallows from ever being united by a single owner. In a recent interview, J.K. Rowling said she would like to believe that a centaur's hoof pushed it into the ground, burying it forever. This way, it would presumably never be found in the Forbidden Forest.{{Fact|date=December 2007}}

===Cloak of Invisibility===
[[Image:Cloak_of_invisibility.JPG|right|thumb|420px|[[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]] standing with his new invisibility cloak. In the [[Harry Potter (films)|Harry Potter films]] this cloak is the film depiction of the invisibility cloak.]]
According to the legend, the '''Cloak of Invisibility''' has the power to shield the wearer from being seen by Death. It is a true [[Cloak of invisibility|invisibility cloak]], in the sense of being able to completely shield the wearer from sight, and cannot be worn out by time or spells. Other typical [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Invisibility Cloaks|invisibility cloaks]] described in the ''Harry Potter'' universe, which are sometimes woven from the hair of a beast known as the Demiguise, can become opaque with age and are vulnerable to being penetrated by various spells.<ref name="{{HP7}}ch21">{{HP7}}, chapter 21</ref>

Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak originally belonged to [[Ignotus Peverell]]. After his death, the cloak was passed down from father to son, through Peverell's descendants to [[James and Lily Potter#James|James Potter]] <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1000-aol-chat.htm|title=J.K. Rowling Web Chat Transcript|date=[[2007-07-30]]|accessdate=2000-10-19|publisher=Accio Quote}}</ref> and eventually to Harry. The cloak was not in James Potter's possession the night he was murdered; he had previously lent it to [[Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore|Dumbledore]], who was greatly interested in the Deathly Hallows, to study. Dumbledore gave the cloak to Harry several years later as a [[Christmas present]] during [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|his first year]] at Hogwarts. Harry uses the cloak throughout the series in order to sneak around the school on various adventures. It is large enough for [[Ron Weasley|Ron]] and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] to accompany him, and they frequently do, although this becomes increasingly difficult as they grow up throughout the series. At the end of Book 7, Dumbledore explains to Harry that the Cloak's true magic is that it can shield and protect others as well as its owner, as demonstrated by Harry and his friends on various adventures under the cloak throughout the series.

In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', it is revealed that Harry's cloak is in fact the Cloak of Invisibility: one of the [[#The_Symbol_of_the_Deathly_Hallows|Deathly Hallows]], along with the [[#Elder Wand|Elder Wand]] and the [[#Resurrection Stone|Resurrection Stone]].

While making the wearer invisible to ordinary people and wizards, some creatures are able to sense people hidden under it. Snakes for example cannot see through the Cloak of Invisibility, but they can sense movement and heat, and therefore can detect people under it. [[Mrs. Norris]], the cat of the caretaker, [[Argus Filch]], also seems to see Harry when he wears the cloak. Wearers can also be detected by the "Homenum Revelio" spell.<ref name="webchat">{{cite news|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1|date=[[2007-07-31]]|accessdate=2007-07-31|publisher=[[Bloomsbury]]|title=Online Chat Transcript}}</ref> In [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]], Mad-Eye Moody's magical eye could see Harry through the cloak. In the ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' Dumbledore warns that Dementors' perception of humans is unhindered by invisibility cloaks, as they sense people through emotions. In ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Dumbledore used ''homenum revelio'' the human-presence-revealing spell and was therefore able to sense when the cloaked Harry was nearby. <ref>[http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1]</ref>

There are a number of different types of Invisibility Cloaks. All are very rare and expensive, and they may be spun from the pelts of [[Minor Harry Potter beasts#Demiguise|Demiguises]], magical herbivores that are found in the [[Far East]], or are ordinary cloaks with a ''[[Spells in Harry Potter#(Disillusionment Charm)|Disillusionment Charm]]'' or a ''[[Spells in Harry Potter#(Bedazzling Hex)|Bedazzlement Hex]]'' placed on them. Over time, these will lose their invisibility ability, eventually becoming opaque<ref name="{{HP7}}ch21">{{HP7}} chapter 21</ref>.

At the conclusion of the seventh book in the series, [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]] decides that the Invisibility Cloak will be the only Hallow that he will keep, and intends to pass it on to his [[Relatives of Harry Potter#Descendants|descendants]].

==The Deathly Hallows and Horcruxes==
Initially, it is believed that both The Deathly Hallows and [[Horcrux]]es can be used to deceive death. However, [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] tells [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]] near the end of the book ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', that while the Deathly Hallows made their owner the "Master of Death", they did not bestow immortality as the ''true'' "Master of Death" does not run away from death but instead embraces that he or she must eventually die.<ref name="{{HP7}}ch20">{{HP7}}, chapter 20</ref> Of course what Dumbledore may have meant was that mastery of death is achieved, ironically by accepting it, as Harry has shown acceptance of death when he entered the Forbidden Forest, believing he must die for Voldemort to be defeated at the end of book 7. Yet he has always evaded it, unlike Voldemort who tried to gain immortality yet ultimately died in the end.

==References==
*[[J. K. Rowling|Rowling, J. K.]], ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Bloomsbury, 2007.
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