They include ‘observations on wizarding history, personal reminiscences and enlightening information on key elements of each story’. These notes were found ‘among the many papers that Dumbledore left in his will to the Hogwarts Archives’. In the more recent editions of The Tales of Beedle the Bard you will find commentary on Beedle’s stories from none other than Professor Albus Dumbledore himself. Pretending to congratulate them, Death gives each brother the prize they have asked for, but the results might not be quite what they wished for… Thoughts from Albus Dumbledore They meet Death halfway across the bridge and he is angry that he has been cheated of three victims of the river.
Three brothers conjure a bridge to make an impossible crossing at twilight. This is the origin story of the Deathly Hallows. To children who grew up in wizarding families, ‘the Hopping Pot and the Fountain of Fair Fortune are as familiar’ to them ‘as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are to Muggle (non-magical) children’. For centuries, the fables have been the staple of wizarding childhoods, the sound of bedtime stories. This just about sums up why the tales are so special.
‘You’ve never heard of The Tales of Beedle the Bard?’ Ron asked Hermione incredulously in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. A wizard who was sympathetic to Muggles, ‘mistrusted Dark Magic’ and believed that ‘kindness, common sense and ingenuity’ were more admirable than even the most powerful magic. Aside from his facial hair, it’s impossible to truly know Beedle, but perhaps we can catch a glimpse of him in his stories. There is also one surviving woodcut that depicts him with ‘an exceptionally luxuriant beard’. Although much of his life remains a mystery, we do know he was born in Yorkshire and that he was a wizard. Beedle the Bard was a storyteller who wove his tales in the 15th century.
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