The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Asha: Witch, she had been robbed of her home, her gold and wand by an evil sorcerer. She hoped the Fountain might relieve her of powerlessness and poverty.
• Altheda: Very poor witch who attempts to reach the fountain of fair fortune.
• Amata: Witch, she was heart broken, having been deserted by a man she loved dearly.
• Babbitty Rabbitty: Witch, Animagus, worked for the King
• Death: A creature that wears a long black cloak. He doesn't like to be tricked
• Warlock: A simply mad wizard who wishes to never fall in love. He lives in a castle with his parents at the beginning of the story.
• Ignotus Peverell: One of The Three Brothers, the one who wisely took death's cloak of invisibility
• Babbitty Rabbitty: An Animagus witch who can turn into a rabbit.(An animagus is a person who can turn into one animal at will). She works for the King, washing the clothes and linen from the castle
• Antioch Peverell: One of The Three Brothers, who accepts a gift from Death.
• Cadmus Peverell: One of The Three Brothers who receives a gift from Death
• Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore: Professor and headmaster from Hogwarts who put his own notations in this edition of the book.
• King: He feared magic, so he set a brigade of witch-hunters. But he also wanted to be the only one to have the power of magic.
• Grand Sorcerer in Chief: Position taken by a charlatan, who claimed to be a powerful wizard and pretended to teach the King how to be a wizard.
• Old wizard: Kind wizard who helped muggles with his hopping pot.
• Young wizard: The old wizard's son. At first, he refused to help muggles and was vain.

Quotes edit see section history

• “To hurt is as human as to breathe.”

  Albus Dumbledore

• “Human efforts to evade or overcome death are always doomed to disappointment.”

  Albus Dumbledore

• “Tamper with the deepest mysteries -the source of life, the essence of self - only if prepared for consequences of the most extreme and dangerous kind.”

  First of Adalbert Waffling's Fundamental Laws of Magic

• “A simple and heartwarming fable, one might think - in which case, one would reveal oneself to be an innocent nincompoop.”

  Albus Dumbledore on "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot"

• “Hope springs eternal”

  Albus Dumbledore

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• A small town in the English Countryside
• Medieval city ruled by king
• Dungeon of Castle

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• Ministry of Magic: Instated the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy is a law in the wizarding world that was first signed in 1689, then established officially in 1692. The law was laid down by the International Confederation of Wizards to safeguard the wizarding community from Muggles, and hide its presence from the world at large.
• Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts: Professor Beery taught there
• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: School for young witches and wizards
• Hogwarts Board of Governors: Add a description of this organization.
• Death Eaters: Voldermort's closest supporters
• Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers: Hector Dagworth-Granger, founder.
• Brigade of Witch-Hunters: Set up by the King in Babbity Rabbitty to hunt down witches
• The Order of The Phoenix: Secret society founded by Albus Dumbledore to oppose Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Squib: A born to magical parents, but has no magical powers themselves.
• Ashwinder: A beast.
• Horklumps: Pink, bristly mushroom-like creatures.
• Necromancy: Dark Art of raising the dead.
• Inferi: Dead and decayed/decaying corpses which are reanimated by Dark Magic.
• Ellhorn: Old name for "Elder".
• Eldrun: Another, *older* term for 'Elder'
• Muggle: A mere mortal with no magical powers or any sense of magic what-so-ever. No knowledge on news or even existence of the Wizarding World, in most cases. There are some students in Hogwarts who are completely muggle born, but are amazing young witches or wizards, as in the case of Hermione Granger
• The Deathly Hallows: According to legend, whoever the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Cloak of Invisibility, would then become the Master of Death.
• The Elder Wand: It was bestowed on Antioch Peverell, supposedly by Death himself after the wizard requested, as his bounty, the most powerful wand in the history of wizardkind.
• The Resurrection Stone: Given to Cadmus Peverell, it gave its owner the power to bring back a form of the dead. To be specific, when the Resurrection Stone is flipped over three times in one's hand, it brings back shades of the holder's deceased loved ones as long as the stone is held. These shades are more physically solid than a ghost, but less so than a living body.
• The Cloak of Invisibility: Given to Ignotus Peverell by Death himself, and was soon passed onto Ignotus' son so that he too may not be found by death. By a series of rather unfortunate events, Harry Potters father winds up with the cloak, and after he passes away and Harry is attending Hogwarts, the cloak is given to Harry by Professor Dumbledore.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Fairy Tales: This brings more depth into the world of Harry Potter. J.K could have just written the story of the Peverell brothers, but she decided to go into more detail, and provide to us some of the stories that yound wizards are told.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. J. K. Rowling (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Beedle the Bard (Real name unkown) (Author) - The "Writer" Of these tales. J.K. Rowling was the true author, of course.

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PZ8.R798 Tal 2008
• Dewey: 823.914

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some scary parts to the story.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
• Books › Children's Books › Series › Fantasy & Adventure › Harry Potter Books
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths › Stories
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths › Anthologies
• Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12

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