What Does Being 'Master of Death' Actually MEAN in Harry Potter?
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- In the Harry Potter world rich with Magic, one of the most captivating aspects is the existence of the ‘Deathly Hallows’ fabled magical artifacts that go back many centuries. These legendary artifacts, consisting of the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak, hold immense power and significance. And according to wizarding folklore, anyone who possesses all three Hallows attains the esteemed title of a 'Master of Death.'
Today, we’ll be diving deep in to the ‘Tale of the Three Brothers’- taking a closer look at the history of these artifacts as well as what it actually MEANS to be a ‘Master of Death’.
But before we get started, no discussion surrounding the Deathly Hallows is complete without a summary of WHERE these artifacts came from.
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Could you do a further explanation on why Harry didn’t KEEP all 3 hallows? Especially since Dumbledore said Harry was the only one who should/could do so. Thanks
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I have a question about Olivander, he says that Harry's wand's brother gave him his scar, how did he know Tom became Voldemort, who else knew his true identity, isn't it supposed to be a secret even from most Death Eaters? This particular question has been on my mind for awhile.
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My take on it is that Master of Death means like having the biggest advantage against death. You still can not win immortality but you have less to fear in life. Death and the Hallows comes down to 3 aspects of death, dying, having lost somebody who has died and killing somebody. Having all 3 Hallows means having a kind of cheat code for all 3 aspects weakening „Death“. As master of death you are harder to kill by the help of the cloak, but you can kill easier with the help of the elder wand and if you lose somebody to death that loss is not permanent too. It does not make immortal but mortality is less ultimate.
I like the fact that he decided to drop the stone. It showed how much he knew himself. He didnt want the wand. The cloak is his literal birthright. But the stone was the one he knew was dangerous not only to him but to others. Mentally destroying. He didnt want anyone to come across it again. It became just another stone in the forest.
Personally, i think to actually "master death" is to accept it. Everything dies, and there's nothing you can really do about it. The hallows represent power, longing, and humility. Which Dumbledore basically explained in limbo, that he himself learned he wasn't worthy of power, but Harry was. He accepted death. Plus, many believe there is an afterlife. And death is just the next great adventure.
When I first read Deathly hallows I remember thinking that Harry survived Voldemorts killing curse in the forbidden forest because he was in possession of all three hallows, even though he didn't have any of the hallows on his person, he still "owned" them. So that's why I thought he was able to survive. Later on in life of course I learned differently, mostly from your videos!!
No. Harry survived the killing curse because Voldemort took his blood when he regained his body. And in doing so, made Voldemort the only one who could not kill Harry. Any of the others could've, but due to the prophecy, and Voldemorts narcissistic personality wouldn't allow Harry to fall to anyone but himself.
@@Larka661 Yup, and the moment Harry sacrificed himself in the forest Voldemort was no longer able to kill anyone else at Hogwarts. Harry gave all the defenders the same protection his mother gave him.
@@dalehammers4425exactly.
It always seemed clear to me that it was both at the same time. In a way that without the mother love charm (or any way to evade death, for the matter) the "universe" wouldnt let him become the master of death.
I feel like becoming the master of death works like a reverse prophecy: while at the time a profecy is said it makes the future fit into what was declared, when you become the master of death it ensures you always had in your past a way to make it logically happen.
The series already messed with the bootstrap paradox in the 3rd book so we know it's possible in-universe, and my interpretation of the master of death thing is basically a lighter version of this time paradox.
@@Larka661I thought Voldemort only killed his horcrux in Harry and that’s why he lived
Wand keeps you from dying in a duel. Stone makes it so you can talk to those who died. Cloak can hide you from those wishing to kill you.
The concept of the master of death is very similar to the themes around accepting death in Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. I think it has a quote about always being ready to greet the Ferryman on the bank of the River Styx as friend. So yes, I agree with the video's interpretation.
If the cloak was suppose to protect and hide a person completely, then why was it possible that mad eye(Barty crouch) was able to see Harry when he was wearing it
Because mad eyes eye was magical, hell, Dumbledore knew when Harry and his friends were around when under the cloak.
Thanks for the clarification 😊
Two theories.
One (the more likely scenario): J. K. Rowling didnt plan on the hallows' existence when the goblet of fire was written, which is why Harry's invisibility cloak wasnt as powerful as the tale of the 3 brothers made it out to be.
Two: The cloak could have been created with ancient magic, something that very few can see/sense. Moody's eye could have been made using this ancient magic, which is what allowed him to see harry through the cloak.
@@RyftStudios you do know that Dumbledore told harry that the peveril brothers made the hallows, not death.
@@Larka661 I didn't say death made the hallows. I said they were made using ancient magic. And Dumbledore didnt explicitly say death wasnt their maker. He said they were more likely to have been creations of the brothers.
For some period of time (between James and Lilly's deaths and when Harry arrives at Hogwarts) Albus Dumbledore was in possession of all three of the Deathly Hallows. Interesting to think about.
He wasn’t because he didn’t have the resurrection stone which he found in the half blood prince book when he found the Marvolo grant Ring Horcrux and then the stone was in the ring.
@@Karma-hy6ki Oh, that's right. I stand corrected. He did not.
I was going to say I thought he only had the wand and the cloak
He had the cloak and the wand, and access to the resurrection stone at the very least wasn't he the one that put it in the Hogwarts vault? So all three, had he.
@@jinjerradiske6458 Right, at some point he was in possession of all three items, just (as I have been reminded of) not all three items at the exact same time. He had the Elder Wand and the Invisibility Cloak, but then passed the cloak to Harry. Then he did not get the Resurrection Stone until he destroyed the Gaunt family Ring that was the Horcrux (in the Half-Blood Prince). So he had all three at separate points and two at the same time as well, but not all three at the same time as I erroneously thought in my OP.
Your reading of The Tale of the Three Brothers is excellent man.
I have a theory of my own, Harry didn't physically have the elder wand... But from the moment that he disarmed Draco, he had the wands allegiance, the power of the elder wand was his so technically he was master of death
thats pretty much the consensus of everyone mate, not a distinctive theory...basically what was said in the video
Also the fact that Harry had the invisibly cloak and the resurrection sttone you know before he threw it on the ground.
@@Ashera5469 Yup... After he used it for comfort, he knew that they could never truly come back... They gave him the strength to face death
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Which is the other one?
I was waiting for this video for a long time
I thought it basically meant no one can kill you (or it's at least extremely unlikely). With the Invisibility Cloak, no one can find you to attack you. With the Elder Wand, no one can defeat you in battle, so they can['t kill you. With the Resurrection Stone, you can bring people back to life as a shadow of their former selves. So all three used together would make you pretty much unkillable and able to bring others back to life. Thus, the "Master Of Death".
I think when the 3 hallows are united, they unlock a secret powers that allow each of them to truly accomplish what they are described to do. The elder wand could actually win every duel for its owner. The stone could have fully brought back the dead, and the cloak could truly hide its owner from everyone.
Master of death can be like you said, someone who accepts his death and face it with bravery, peace and without any regrets.
In the forest, Harry was ready to die, he was brave to face it and willingly accepted his destiny.
Makes me think; Harry already had the alliance with the Elder Wand, and although it wasn't in his hand, it was in his presence (Voldemort used it to avade Kedabra him). So, idk...even when he threw the Resurrection Stone in the Forbidden Forest; it was in his proximity still... So he had the 3 of them reunited, not in his full possession but they were together in the same place at the same time for a brief instant.
They probably didn't bare any meaning/particular power by being reunited, but they were indeed reunited in that moment, so to me, it proved that indeed, all the mythic power given to them were only mere superstition.
A bit of trivia: Peverell originated from the surname Peverel (one L). It started with William, a Norman.
"William Peverel († 28. January 1114), Latinised to Gulielmus Piperellus), was a Norman knight granted lands in England following the Norman Conquest."
"Little is known of the origin of the William Peverel the Elder. Of his immediate family, only the name of a brother, Robert, is known." He was supposedly a young boy the king favored.
"William Peverel was a favourite of William the Conqueror. He was greatly honoured after the Norman Conquest, and received as his reward over a hundred manors in central England from the king. In 1086, the Domesday Book records William as holding the substantial number of 162 manors, forming collectively the Honour of Peverel, in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, including Nottingham Castle. He also built Peveril Castle, Castleton, Derbyshire. William Peverel is amongst the people explicitly recorded in the Domesday Book as having built castles.
"He is considered first Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests."
Thus, as JKR did with the Montagu family, spelling the magical line Montague, she did so with the Peverel. Harry and Tom would have been of Anglo-French descent.
I love this video topic idea
If spells don't work on the Cloak how did Luna Lovegood rescue Harry Potter on the train during the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince?
She used her special glasses that let her see those magical dust particles then she pulled the cloak off him
@@omegagamer4124 Just like revealing hidden items in the video game as well
I'd imagine she can't physically damage the cloak in any way but if you know where the person is, they'll be able to use a spell to remove the Cloak in some way like a wind type spell.
@@trillz31 they why was the Death Eater unable to use a Summoning Charm on the Cloak in the seventh book
Death is a constant theme in HP. It starts with Lily and James'. Voldemort sought to avoid death by any means necessary. Many of the Patronuses from the main characters directly linked to people who died, even the curiosity that some of the deceased remained behind in some form (ghosts, portraits) It is no coincidence that Death has a room in Department of Mysteries.. its veil, a simple yet powerful, classy depiction. The short conversation between Sir Nearly-Headless Nick and Harry, after Sirius died, is perhaps the most poignant of all.
Excellent!
Good video, although I like the idea of it only being a vanity title :)
Master of Death in Harry Potter is about choosing your time and place of dying and losing loved ones. It’s being either so powerful no one can hurt you or the ones you love, being invisible to hide for anyone that would seek to harm you, and a stone to keep your loved ones around well after they had passed.
IMO I think the most the hallows can do is to extend a life that is endangered.
You have an advantage with the wand. A place to hide with the cloak. A way of summoning someone to give advice with the stone.
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Personally i think the stone and the cloak were made with the help of the elderwand cause its the most powerful wand for example only the elderwand was able to repair Harry‘s wand. And maybe Dumbledor made the eye of Mad Eye with it.
Dumbledor thinks also that its just a legend that these three object were created by Death himself.
And yes the three object combined were powerful and of course the owner will be hard to defeat but it seems that only the one who don‘t fears the death would be able to get the power.
Andy i think the power is simply that you don‘t run away and simply do what must be done
My guess is that the Master of Death has the ability to choose if he dies or not, like Flamel and the philosopher stone.
What I would love is a video on how Dumbledore learned how to be invisible without an invisibility cloak.
5:09 What Does Being 'Master of Death' Actually MEAN?
I guess the simple meaning is that if you the master of death you don‘t fear the death anymore. If we don‘t fear something we are feeling free or am i wrong?
great topic. why do we cling to life?
17Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
18For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;the more knowledge, the more grief.""
Same old song
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do
Crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see.
The master of death is the one who welcomes it like Harry did. He accepted it even though he had all 3. He mastered death.
I wonder what Voldemort would have thought of this master of death business? Would he have thought it would make him
immortal if he could find the Hallows? If so, he would be mistaken. The master of death sounds like the third brother in the tale, who accepted Death and greeted him like an old friend come to take him on a whole new journey.
I think the resurrection stone also made the shades that did come back make you want to die. "Be pretty sweet if you joined me." 😉 I mean when Harry talked to his loved ones they were all pretty gun-ho on him dying. Quicker then falling asleep!
No it was just comfort. It’s only when the dead are made to stay too long which is unnatural when they start to become agitated like the wife in the hallows story, they are forcefully brought back from peace but unable to truly live either
Nice theory
Was it explained how the Stone was passed on from the second brother? Who obtained it after him and how did it reach the Gaunt ancestors?
I wonder why I can't search the transcript in this video like I can in your previous video on truth serum.
I guess even Wizards need legends
Not including Harry, how many others back through time have owned all three hallows at the same time?
Interesting theory
Before watching it, doesn't it just mean that you control all three deathly hollows which means you're able to hike the death in every way kind of like the three brothers except for one person instead of three
Deathly hallows were never combined together, so even wizards themselves don't know what combining them will do. This title is something like an expectation of extraordinary power if they are connected. But it is just a legend, because nobody tried :D
So dumbeldore at one Point was the master of death because he handed harry the invisible coat was the owner of the elder wand and also handed harry the resurrection stone inside the golden snitch ?😳
Philosopher's stone > ressurection stone, change my mind!
The only guarantee in life is death. From the smallest insect to the mightiest plants and from the weakest to the strongest. Sooner or later, death will always win.
To me, being “the master of death” means that with the hallows you have the ability to alter Death’s reach, power, and influence. However, to truly be the master, you also understand that it’s part of the natural world and is to be embraced, not feared. Just as the last brother “took off his cloak and embraced death like an old friend”
There was that giant purple raisin-faced guy with the golden glove. He thought he was Master of Death too. Even his name was derived from the Greek word for death.
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What if the bridge they build is actually the veil?
They build a bridge to visit deaths realm, p*ssing him off 😅
What if there was a sister with a clock that predicts death and that clock is Molly's clock.
I have a question about Olivander, he says that Harry's band's brother gave him his scar, how did he know Tom became Voldemort, who else knew his true identity, isn't it supposed to be a secret even from most Death Eaters?
Wand, sorry autocorrect.
Assuming the deathly hallows are real, would someone survive the killing curse if they are wearing the invisibility cloak? Because you would be technically dead, but the death won’t be able to take your soul, so you are technically still alive
It means Harry can't die until he so chooses.
No. It doesn't.
I think the term means master over death not master of death as with the three tools in hand death truly could not come to the person who owned all three Hallows
Since Dumbledore had all three deathly hollows, but not at make him the headmaster of death?
Did Harry get to choose to go back to the living because he was the master of death, or because Voldemort only killed his soul living inside of him? We may never know
i think that the wand would have NEVER worked for voldy the way it did for dumby, grindel and harry. i think it was more picky about who it allied with not based on strength or who won a duel but much more about the owners stance on death. like only people who saw death can see thestrals only those who don't fear death can master the elder wand. ofc there isn't much to go off of but to me it makes sense. for dumbledore it was just the "next great adventure", grindy literally laughed at voldemorts face with his last breath and harry well. obviously he made peace with the fact that he has to die. but voldy was scared of death like nothing else. that's why i think the wand refused to obey him.
that's just my headcannon but it's what i like to believe.
Possibly, but remember, the first brother wanted the wand because he also wanted to elude Death. He asked for the wand because he thought that, if he were the most powerful wizard; unfortunately, it was that very thing that led to his death.
It refused to obey him because he was never the true owner, Draco then Harry was
If Voldemort had just disarmed or murdered Harry without magic but with like a gun or knife he would’ve unfortunately been the true owner. But he still would’ve died of old age, his best bet at what he wanted was the sorcerers stone but he messed that up
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Dumbledore technically had all 3 at one point as well.
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The master of death is to except death’s power.
He’d just found out that Dumbledore KNEW that he, Harry, was an accidental hallow, and would have to be destroyed for Voldemort to die permanently. And when he used the resurrection stone he was on he way to let Voldemort try and kill him again. He was hurt.
Huh
Just curious but who would Voldemort see if he held the resurrection stone? Doesn't it show you your loved ones.
Most likely no one. Remember, the ring had the resurrection stone, an old family heirloom, but it wouldn't work for Voldemort.
@@Larka661 i also think that the wand would have NEVER worked for voldy the way it did for dumby, grindel and harry. i think it was more picky about who it allied with not based on strength or who won a duel but much more about the owners stance on death. like only people who saw death can see thestrals only those who don't fear death can master the elder wand. ofc there isn't much to go off of but to me it makes sense. for dumbledore it was just the "next great adventure", grindy literally laughed at voldemorts face with his last breath and harry well. obviously he made peace with the fact that he has to die. but voldy was scared off death like nothing else. that's why i think the wand refused to obey him.
that's just my headcannon but it's what i like to believe.
Whatever it means , I think he was stupid for tossing the pieces of the elder wand away.....Breaking it makes sense, but canonically per what happened with Salazar's wand when buried = grew into a unique tree with healing leaves ...Harry should have buried the elder wand pieces in the backyard of Potter Cottage ( repaired and owned by Harry). He was also stupid for discarding the stone.....someone could eventually find it. Instead he could have always just buried it in the foundation of Potter cottage and it might have super powered any wards as long as one of Harry's descendants (someone with Peverell blood) lived there.
"The true master of death does not seek to escape death, he accepts death, that he will die and there are things far worse than death in the living world."
Its a meaningless title that people put grandiose ideas on it, like when Grindelwald and Dumbkedore were hyperfixated on it, they thought they would be the "invincible masters of death"
You have all three hallows... but we do not grant you the rank of master.
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It’s all symbolic not literal.
Harry Voldamort and Snap represent the Pevoral brothers Voldemort died for power like the first brother Snap died for love like the second brother and Harry greeted death like a old friend like the third brother and Voldemort and Harry are linked as distant relatives because Voldamorts family had the resarection stone and Harrys family had the invisability cloke
So the 3 brothers resemble Voldemort snape and harry right?
Coincidence
what none of us fans really want to admit is this is just a HUGE plothole and Rowling rushed the ending of her great story. This just slipped in between. It is the whole title of the ending and they mean nothing? Come on!
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Anyone else starting to feel like our favorite HP channels are running out of things to talk about?
Retelling the deathly hallows story took 40% of the video and he spend half the remaining time saying ‘master of death’ a hundred times…
The videos have always maintained an all-encompassing format with every bit of detail included so that they're approachable even for the casual fans
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a curiuos question then about the resurrection stone... if Harry cared/love DUmbledore like a father/grandfather type.. why didn't He see DUmbledore in the forest when he saw his parents and Remus? if it stood to reason the stone let the barrer see his lost loved ones... shouldn't have DUmbledore been included in that grouping?