Hermione Discovers a Mysterious Symbol in The Tales of Beedle the Bard

While reading *The Tales of Beedle the Bard,* Hermione Granger points out a strange symbol that appears above one of the stories. She initially thinks it is a picture of an eye but realizes it is something more significant. Harry recognizes the symbol as the same one Xenophilius Lovegood wore at Bill Weasley's wedding, which Viktor Krum identified as Gellert Grindelwald's mark. Hermione is surprised, having never encountered this symbol in her readings, and they both find it odd that a symbol of Dark Magic appears in a children's book.