Figured out what the deathly hallows are.

Four hallows of Arthurian legend- Sword or dagger, chalice of cup, baton or wand and coin, disc or pentacle.

Based on four treasures of Ireland, pops up in all sorts of legends, still seen today as the cup, wand, sword and pentacle of tarot.

The regalia of a king represents these objects. Sword, septre, crown, orb. Voldemort was making himself king by choosing these artifacts to become hurcruxes.

So they are the remaining hurcruxes. Harry knows he's looking for an artifact of each founder. Hufflepuff's cup, Slytherin's locket, Ravenclaw's wand, "something of Griffindor's". That something is the sword sitting in Dumbledore's office.


SO, the "Deathly Hallows" are the 4 remaining Horcruxes. Hallows beause they are these four items, Deathly because they are hurcruxes. Hallows could also refer to the founders themselves.

Final Harry Potter title revealed!!!

Harry Potter and the... Deathly Hallows!

Hallows- set apart or holy. All Hallows day, hallowed means saints. Halloween, it just means dead people.

SO, I have three theories.

1. Harry dies (I know I said he wouldn't, but I've had 5 hours of work to think about this) and joins a long list of matyrs in the war against Voldemort. He would be hallowed right? And plural hallows because others have died before him.

2. Hallows are the opposite of inferi. Inferi are spiritless bodies used to do Voldemorts bidding. Deathly Hallows are bodiless spirits returned to earth, an army led by Dumbledore! Not quite ghosts, but able to influence things in some way.

3. Harry has to learn about people who have fought Voldemort before him, and died. He must combine their knowledge, with his own, and use it to defeat Voldemort. His parents, Regulas Black (RAB, who knew about the horcruxes), Dumbledore etc. This works with the Catholic church's idea of hallowed people, people whose example you follow, and look to for help.

I like the 3rd theory best.

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