The Deathly Hallows symbol from Harry Potter is now a popular icon that appears everywhere from tattoos to necklaces.
It also has a source, which was it was revealed through JK Rowling during the new BBC document Harry Potter: A History of Magic.
The writer talked about drawing sketches for the role of Professor Sprout and then watching a film at the same time her mother died about 250 miles away
The film she was viewing was John Huston’s film from 1975. The Man Who Would Be King The Man Who Would Be King, a Rudyard Kipling adaptation that starred Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey and Christopher Plummer.
“The Masonic symbol is very significant in the film,” said Rowling. “And it was only 20 years later when I was looking at the symbol in the Deathly Hallows and saw the similarities between them.”
The Deathly Hallows symbol is a vertical line with a circles enclosed within a triangular is a symbol of three famous Harry Potter artifacts: the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility.
The Masonic Square and Compasses symbol resembles a triangular shape.
“When I went to see the movie over and over again, and I was able to see it’s Masonic symbolism, I was cold and thoughtto myself, ‘Is this why that the Hallows symbol is what it is?” Rowling continued.
“And I’m convinced that, at a deep unconscious level, they’re connected. It’s like I travelled back more than 20 years ago until that night, since the Harry Potter series is all about loss. I’ve already said it previously – if my mother had not died, I would think that the books would be completely different, and not the way they are.”
Harry Potter: A History of Magic was released in conjunction with the exhibit of the same title on display at the British Library.
