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Davy Jones' Locker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Davy Jones's Locker is an idiom for the bottom of the sea: the resting place of drowned sailors. It is used as a euphemism for death at sea (to be sent to Davy Jones's Locker),[1] whereas the name Davy Jones is a nickname for what would be the devil/saint/god of the seas. The origins of the name are unclear and many theories have been put forth, including incompetent sailors, a pub owner who kidnapped sailors, or that Davy Jones is another name for the devil—as in "Devil Jonah." This nautical superstition was popularized in the 1800s
The earliest known reference to Davy Jones's negative connotation occurs in Tobias Smollett's The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, published in 1751:[2]
“ This same Davy Jones, according to sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is often seen in various shapes, perching among the rigging on the eve of hurricanes:, ship-wrecks, and other disasters to which sea-faring life is exposed, warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. ”
In the story Jones is described as having saucer eyes, three rows of teeth, horns, a tail, and blue smoke coming from his nostrils.
Theories
The origin of the tale of "Davy Jones" is unclear, and many explanations have been proposed:
1).He was Vanderdecken ('of the decks')
2.)the captain of the ghost ship the Flying Dutchman.
There was an actual David Jones, who was a pirate on the Indian Ocean in the 1630s,[3] but most scholars agree that he was not renowned enough to gain such lasting global fame.
[4]A British pub owner who is referenced in the 1594 song "Jones's Ale is Newe." He may be the same pub owner who supposedly threw drunken sailors into his ale locker and then dumped them onto any passing ship.[4]
He could also be Duffer Jones, a notoriously myopic sailor who often found himself over-board.
[5]Welsh sailors who would call upon Saint David for protection in times of mortal danger, though this is unlikely as the Welsh have always used the saint's Welsh name Dewi.
Some also think it is simply another name for Satan.
[4]The name may have come from Deva, Davy or Taffy, the thief of the evil spirit
Davy may also stem from Duppy, a West Indian term for a malevolent ghost.
There is also the "Jonah" theory, Jonah became the "evil angel" of all sailors, as the biblical story of Jonah involved his shipmates realizing Jonah was an unlucky sailor and casting him over-board. Naturally, sailors of previous centuries would identify more with the beset-upon ship-mates of Jonah than with the unfortunate man himself. It is therefore a possibility that "Davy Jones" grew from the root "Devil Jonah" - the devil of the seas. Upon death, a wicked sailor's body supposedly went to Davy Jones's locker (a chest, as lockers were back then), but a pious sailor's soul went to Fiddler's Green.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Davy Jones's Locker is an idiom for the bottom of the sea: the resting place of drowned sailors. It is used as a euphemism for death at sea (to be sent to Davy Jones's Locker),[1] whereas the name Davy Jones is a nickname for what would be the devil/saint/god of the seas. The origins of the name are unclear and many theories have been put forth, including incompetent sailors, a pub owner who kidnapped sailors, or that Davy Jones is another name for the devil—as in "Devil Jonah." This nautical superstition was popularized in the 1800s
The earliest known reference to Davy Jones's negative connotation occurs in Tobias Smollett's The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, published in 1751:[2]
“ This same Davy Jones, according to sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is often seen in various shapes, perching among the rigging on the eve of hurricanes:, ship-wrecks, and other disasters to which sea-faring life is exposed, warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. ”
In the story Jones is described as having saucer eyes, three rows of teeth, horns, a tail, and blue smoke coming from his nostrils.
Theories
The origin of the tale of "Davy Jones" is unclear, and many explanations have been proposed:
1).He was Vanderdecken ('of the decks')
2.)the captain of the ghost ship the Flying Dutchman.
There was an actual David Jones, who was a pirate on the Indian Ocean in the 1630s,[3] but most scholars agree that he was not renowned enough to gain such lasting global fame.
[4]A British pub owner who is referenced in the 1594 song "Jones's Ale is Newe." He may be the same pub owner who supposedly threw drunken sailors into his ale locker and then dumped them onto any passing ship.[4]
He could also be Duffer Jones, a notoriously myopic sailor who often found himself over-board.
[5]Welsh sailors who would call upon Saint David for protection in times of mortal danger, though this is unlikely as the Welsh have always used the saint's Welsh name Dewi.
Some also think it is simply another name for Satan.
[4]The name may have come from Deva, Davy or Taffy, the thief of the evil spirit
Davy may also stem from Duppy, a West Indian term for a malevolent ghost.
There is also the "Jonah" theory, Jonah became the "evil angel" of all sailors, as the biblical story of Jonah involved his shipmates realizing Jonah was an unlucky sailor and casting him over-board. Naturally, sailors of previous centuries would identify more with the beset-upon ship-mates of Jonah than with the unfortunate man himself. It is therefore a possibility that "Davy Jones" grew from the root "Devil Jonah" - the devil of the seas. Upon death, a wicked sailor's body supposedly went to Davy Jones's locker (a chest, as lockers were back then), but a pious sailor's soul went to Fiddler's Green.
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