JK Rowling has revealed the inspiration behind the symbol for the Deathly Hallows. Speaking in a new BBC documentary, the author says it's connected to a film that came out more than 40 years ago.

and was stunned when she saw the Masonic symbol again. Rowling adds: "I looked at the sign of the Deathly Hallows and realised how similar they are. "I've got a feeling that on some deep ...

The Deathly Hallows symbol from Harry Potter has become a modern icon that shows up everywhere from necklaces to tattoos. But it has a surprising secret origin, as revealed by JK Rowling in the ...

For any fan of both Harry Potter and the 1975 movie The Man Who Would Be King, you might notice a similarity between the Deathly Hallows symbol and the Masonic symbol. According to the series ...

“The Masonic symbol is very important in that movie,” said Rowling. “And it was literally 20 years later that I looked at the sign of the Deathly Hallows and realised how similar they wer ...

In the final Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the symbol was explained to represent the three objects that comprise the Hallows: the invisibility cloak, resurrection stone ...

Many of us - whether we're fans of the series or not - will recognise the symbol for the Deathly Hallows: a triangle with a struck-through circle in it HARRY Potter is a bit of a British ...

and was stunned when she saw the Masonic symbol again. Rowling adds: "I looked at the sign of the Deathly Hallows and realised how similar they are. "I've got a feeling that on some deep ...