Editing Magical objects in Harry Potter (section)

== Deathly Hallows ==
[[File:Deathly Hallows Sign.svg|right|thumb|The symbol of the Deathly Hallows represents the three objects: the Wand (line), the Stone (circle), and the Cloak (triangle).]]
The '''Deathly Hallows''' are three magical objects that appear in ''Harry Potter and the'' ''Deathly Hallows''. They are the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Cloak of Invisibility. According to wizarding legend, they can provide mastery over death if one person owns all three. The objects are generally remembered only as part of an [[Story within a story|in-universe fairy tale]] called "[[The Tale of the Three Brothers]]". According to J. K. Rowling, this fictional fairy tale is based on "[[The Pardoner's Tale]]" by [[Geoffrey Chaucer]].<ref name="webchat">{{cite news |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=31 July 2007 |title=Online Chat Transcript |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214064648/http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1 |archive-date=14 February 2008 |access-date=31 July 2007 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]}}</ref>

In the narrative, Harry Potter eventually comes to possess all three Hallows – the cloak being inherited from his father James Potter, later understood to be a descendant of one of the three brothers from the story, the Resurrection Stone in the [[Golden Snitch]] bequeathed to him by [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]], and the allegiance and mastery of the Elder Wand when he defeats and disarms its prior owner, [[Draco Malfoy]], who unwittingly won it from Dumbledore just before Dumbledore's death.

=== Elder Wand ===
The '''Elder Wand''' is described in ''Deathly Hallows'' as a legendary and extremely powerful wand made of [[Sambucus|elder]] wood with a core of [[Magical creatures (Harry Potter)#Thestrals|Thestral]] tail hair.<ref name="HP7">{{HPref|book=7}}</ref><ref name="jkextra25">{{cite web |title=Extra Stuff |publisher=J.K.Rowling Official Site |url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208163107/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=25 |archive-date=2007-12-08}}</ref> Harry discovers that the Elder Wand's allegiance is transferred when its owner is killed, defeated, or disarmed. Through a series of events, Voldemort comes to possess the Elder Wand, even though Harry is its true master. Unaware of the wand's loyalty to Harry, Voldemort attempts to duel him near the end of the novel. The wand refuses to kill Harry, with the result that Voldemort's curse rebounds on him once more, and he dies. After Voldemort's death, Harry uses the Elder Wand to repair his own broken wand. He then returns the Elder Wand to Dumbledore's tomb. In the film adaptation of ''Deathly Hallows'', Harry snaps the wand in two and throws the pieces off a bridge.

J. K. Rowling revealed in an interview that the first working title for ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' was ''Harry Potter and the Elder Wand''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=30 July 2007 |title=J. K. Rowling Webchat Transcript |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106145256/http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1 |archive-date=6 January 2008 |access-date=4 January 2019 |work=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]}}</ref>

=== Resurrection Stone ===
The book presents the '''Resurrection Stone''' as allowing the bearer to communicate with the dead. The form of [[Sirius Black]] generated by the stone tells Harry that he and the other forms created by the stone are part of him and invisible to others. According to the fairy tale concerning the origin of the Deathly Hallows, using the Resurrection Stone drove its first owner to kill himself because he brought his late fiancée back from the dead, and she was very unhappy in the living world because she did not belong there. By the time the stone was seen in Marvolo Gaunt's possession, it had been set into [[#Marvolo Gaunt's ring|a ring]] that bore the symbol of the Deathly Hallows, which the ignorant Gaunt believed to be the Peverell coat of arms; he used the ring to boast about his ancestry and blood purity. Harry said this is the Hallow he would desire most, as like Dumbledore he could name people he would like to communicate with again.<ref name="HP7" /> Voldemort became aware of the ring's antiquity and eventually used it as a Horcrux, a container for part of his soul, being unaware of the stone's additional magical properties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter {{!}} What is the story behind each of Lord Voldemort’s Horcruxes? {{!}} Wizarding World |url=https://www.harrypotter.com/features/history-of-voldemorts-horcruxes |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.harrypotter.com |language=en}}</ref>

Dumbledore is depicted recovered the ring from Marvolo's estate, recognizing it as both a Horcrux and one of the Deathly Hallows. Forgetting that as a Horcrux, it was likely to be protected by curses laid by Voldemort, and blinded by personal desire, Dumbledore attempted to use the Resurrection Stone to talk to his deceased family. The curse disfigured his hand and began to spread into his body. Although Snape partly contained the spread in the damaged and blackened hand, Dumbledore was doomed to have, at most, a year left to live.

The stone is later passed to Harry through Dumbledore's will. Harry uses the Stone to summon his deceased loved ones – his parents, his godfather [[Sirius Black]], and [[Remus Lupin]] – to comfort him and strengthen his courage, before he goes to meet his death at Voldemort's hand. The stone falls unseen from Harry's fingers in the Forbidden Forest as he reaches Voldemort's encampment. Harry survives the encounter and he and Dumbledore's portrait later agreed that Harry will neither search for the stone nor tell others where it is.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Starner|first=Nina|date=2020-10-05|title=The Problem With The Resurrection Stone In Harry Potter|url=https://www.looper.com/256472/the-problem-with-the-resurrection-stone-in-harry-potter/|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Looper.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Cloak of Invisibility ===
In the ''Harry Potter'' universe, an '''invisibility cloak''' is a rare type of cloak used to make the wearer invisible. Rowling's 2001 book ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (book)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' states that invisibility cloaks may be crafted from [[Magical creatures in Harry Potter#Demiguise|Demiguise]] pelts. Invisibility cloaks can also be ordinary cloaks with a Disillusionment Charm or a Bedazzlement Hex placed on them. Over time, these cloaks will lose their invisibility.

In the novels, Harry owns an invisibility cloak which is later revealed to be a Hallow. Unlike other invisibility cloaks, the Cloak of Invisibility cannot be worn out by time or spells. The Hallow Cloak belonged to Ignotus Peverell and was passed down to his descendant, James Potter. After James's death, Dumbledore gives the Cloak to Harry, who uses it throughout the series to sneak around Hogwarts undetected on various adventures.