Davy Jones' Locker (term)

For other uses, see Davy Jones' Locker (disambiguation)

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"And last we saw of ol' Bill Turner, he was sinking to the crushing, black oblivion of Davy Jones' locker."

―Pintel on Bootstrap Bill Turner

Davy Jones' Locker can refer to two things. One can be used as a metaphor or idiom for the bottom of the sea: the state of death among drowned sailors and shipwrecks. It is used as a euphemism for drowning or shipwrecks in which the sailors' and ships' remains are consigned to the depths of the ocean (to be sent to Davy Jones' Locker). The origins of the name are unclear, but it is known to be related to Davy Jones, the sailors' devil and captain of the Flying Dutchman.

It was used as a pirate slang term for death at sea (to be sent to Davy Jones' Locker). It can also refer to the mythical realm also known as the Land of the Dead, or the underworld. When Davy Jones was master of the realm, as the cursed captain of the Dutchman, it was a nightmarish place where the souls of sailors suffered for all eternity. Sometimes the term may be used interchangeably, as was used for many individuals, Jack Sparrow among them.

Behind the scenes

Davy Jones' Locker was first mentioned in Thurl Ravenscroft's 1966 narration recorded for Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean.

Until the mythical realm of the same name appeared in the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Davy Jones' locker was a term most prominently used to refer to the bottom of the sea. For instance, in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Will Turner threatened to pull the trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' locker, Pintel told Will Turner that Bill Turner was "sinking to the crushing, black oblivion of Davy Jones' locker." In Elizabeth Rudnick's junior novelization, Jack Sparrow tells Koehler and Twigg, "The deepest circle of Davy Jones's locker is served for betrayers... and mutineers" rather than the deepest circle of "hell" as in the film.

Appearances

• The Price of Freedom (Mentioned only)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 junior novelization) (First appearance)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2006 junior novelization)
• Legend of the Aztec Idol!
• Pirates of the Caribbean Online
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)

Sources

• Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Sound Track of the Fabulous Adventure (First mentioned)

External links

• Davy Jones's locker on Wikipedia