Hermione, however, pointed that the sign was not in the Spellman's Syllabary. She asked Harry to have a look at it, but Harry was reluctant, as he had never studied runes. In December of that year, Hermione Granger was reading over The Tales of Beedle the Bard, when she saw the sign drawn over the title of one of the stories. Krum, however, remained unconvinced and later confronted Lovegood. Harry, thinking it highly unlikely that Lovegood would be involved in any sort of Dark magic, suggested that perhaps he did not know what the symbol meant and thought it instead to be a cross-section of a Crumple-Horned Snorkack. Others who had lost family members to Grindelwald, including Krum, corrected them. Some students later copied it into their books and clothes, thinking to shock and to make themselves impressive. He explained to a puzzled Harry that the sign was Gellert Grindelwald's mark, which he had carved into a wall during his time at Durmstrang Institute, apparently in an irremovable method. Harry asked why, and Krum stated that he would duel Lovegood for wearing the sign, were he not a guest of Fleur's. A bit later, however, he was confronted by Viktor Krum, who wanted to know if Harry (disguised at the time) knew Lovegood well. At the time, Harry thought the symbol looked like a triangular eye. Harry next observed this symbol at Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding on 1 August 1997, hanging around the neck of Xenophilius Lovegood as a necklace. Harry would later recall seeing the mark after learning about the Hallows from Xenophilius Lovegood and this, in turn, would lead him to realise that Dumbledore had hidden the Resurrection Stone inside the Golden Snitch that he had granted him in his will. He instead referred to the sign as " Peverell coat of arms" in an attempt to bolster his credentials as a pure-blood. The sign was featured on a ring owned by Marvolo Gaunt, though Gaunt himself was unaware of what the sign represented, nor the fact that his ring actually contained the Resurrection Stone inside it. In the autumn of 1996, Harry Potter first observed this sign in a memory seen in Albus Dumbledore's Pensieve, though he did not recognise it at the time. On 7 December 1926, Gellert Grindelwald, in the guise of Percival Graves gave his necklace with the Sign of the Deathly Hallows on it to Credence Barebone. ĭue to its history, and the history of the objects that it represents, the sign has also picked up certain additional associations.
The Elder Wand was represented by the straight vertical line, the Resurrection Stone by the circle surrounding it, and finally a triangle enclosing them both to represent the Cloak of Invisibility. The sign was actually composed of three separate marks that, united, make up the sign.
The Sign of the Deathly Hallows was a triangular mark used as a representation of the Deathly Hallows, three legendary objects that allegedly, if united, would make one the " Master of Death", also known as the "Vanquisher of Death" and the "Conqueror of Death". One simply uses the symbol to reveal oneself to other believers, in the hope that they might help with the Quest." - Xenophilius Lovegood explaining the Sign of the Deathly Hallows There is nothing Dark about the Hallows - at least, not in that crude sense. " Witness that kunckle-headed young man at your brother's wedding, who attacked me for sporting the symbol of a well-known Dark wizard! Such ignorance.