Hermione Granger translates The Tales of Beedle the Bard in J.K. Rowling’s fictional wizarding world.
The book is presented as a collection of five wizarding fairy tales translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger. Albus Dumbledore provides notes on each story, while Harry Potter and Ron Weasley also appear in the fictional editorial material surrounding the collection.
In the plot of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Dumbledore leaves Hermione a copy of the book. The tale “The Tale of the Three Brothers” contains the story of the Deathly Hallows, making the collection important to the final novel’s central mystery.
The real-world book was published in 2007, with proceeds supporting the Children’s High Level Group, later known as Lumos. Hermione’s translation is part of the fictional framing device, not a claim about a real historical translation.