Editing Soul

[[File:IMG 0824.png|thumb|265px|The souls of those who died at sea lost in [[Davy Jones' Locker]].]]
{{quote|You have my payment. One soul to serve on your ship is already over there."<br>"One soul is not equal to another."<br>"Aha! So we've established my proposal is sound in principle, now we're just haggling over price."<br>"Price?"<br>"Just how many souls do you think my soul is worth?"<br>"One hundred souls. Three days.|[[Jack Sparrow]] and [[Davy Jones]]|Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest}}
The '''soul''', in many mythological, religious, philosophical, and psychological traditions, was the incorporeal and, in many conceptions, [[immortal]] essence of a person, living thing, or object. According to some religions (including the Abrahamic religions in most of their forms), souls&mdash;or at least immortal souls capable of union with the divine&mdash;belonged only to human beings.

==History==
[[Image:Bo_Beck's_death.jpg|thumb|left|225px|[[Jolly Roger (pirate)|Jolly Roger]] devours the soul of [[Bo Beck]].]]
{{Quote|Ah, there I be again, forgetting why [[Philip Swift|the missionary]] was here. My daughter fears for my soul, what's left of it. You truly wish to save me, my child."<br>"Every soul can be saved.|[[Blackbeard]] and [[Angelica]]|Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides}}
When the sea goddess [[Calypso]] fell in love with a [[sailor]] named [[Davy Jones]], she gave him a ship, the ''[[Flying Dutchman]]'', to ferry the souls of those who died at sea to [[afterlife]].<ref>[[Story of Davy Jones and Calypso]]</ref> Many years later, during the [[Age of Piracy]], when the ''Flying Dutchman'' became an infamous [[ghost ship]], many believed that its timbers were cut out from the bodies and souls of doomed seamen.<ref name="TCS">''[[Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm]]''</ref>

In the 1710s, when the [[EITC]] captain [[Jack Sparrow]] sank with his ship, the ''[[Black Pearl|Wicked Wench]]'', he sold his soul to Jones, who raised his ship from the bottom of the sea.<ref name="TPoF">''[[The Price of Freedom]]''</ref> Some time later, after Jack Sparrow became the [[Pirate Lord]] of the [[Caribbean Sea]], the infamous pirate captain [[Jolly Roger (pirate)|Jolly Roger]] tried to steal his [[Jack Sparrow's piece of eight|Piece of Eight]] in a [[poker]] match. When Roger failed and shot his partner in crime, the [[voodoo]] witch doctor [[Amo Dorsi]], Dorsi cursed Roger with his last breath, turning him into the [[undead]], soul-devouring creature.<ref name="PotCO">''[[Pirates of the Caribbean Online]]''</ref>
[[File:Pirates vs souls.jpg|thumb|280px|The souls of [[Palaimon]]'s victims attack [[Hector Barbossa]]'s [[cursed crew]].]]
After their [[Mutiny on the Black Pearl|mutiny]] on the ''[[Black Pearl]]'', [[Hector Barbossa]]'s [[Cursed crew|crew]] fell under the [[Curse of the Aztec Gold]], and began a [[Blood of the Aztec Curse|quest]] to lift the curse. At some point in their pursuit, Barbossa's crew discovered a young castaway who claimed to be [[Juan Ponce de León]], the conquistador who searched for the [[Fountain of Youth]]. Barbossa believed his tale and set forth for the Fountain, only to discover the young man's tale to be false. He was actually [[Palaimon]], a [[demon]]ic Greek god who fed on sailor's souls. Palaimon then summoned his army of souls and Barbossa's men were unable to hurt them, but Barbossa managed to defeat Palaimon by forcing him to fall into the sea.<ref name="SSS">''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Shanties|Six Sea Shanties: Strangers Bearing Gifts]]''</ref>

In the late 1720s, when [[Davy Jones]] came for [[Jack Sparrow]]'s [[debt]], Jack attempted to give Jones [[William Turner Jr.|Will Turner]]'s soul, but ended up having to collect 99 more souls for Jones.<ref name="DMC">''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]''</ref> During the [[War Against Piracy]], when the [[Motley crew]], led by [[Hector Barbossa]], came to [[Davy Jones' Locker]] to save the Jack and the ''[[Black Pearl]]'', [[Pintel]] and [[Ragetti]] saw dozens of lost souls in the endless seas of Davy Jones' Locker.<ref name="AWE">''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]''</ref> In [[1750]], during the [[Quest for the Fountain of Youth|quest]] for the [[Fountain of Youth]], [[Angelica]] wanted to find the legendary Fountain to save the soul of her father, the infamous pirate [[Blackbeard]], though the missionary [[Philip Swift]] believed that Blackbeard's soul was beyond saving.<ref name="OST">''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]''</ref> When [[Carina Smyth]] saw [[Armando Salazar]] and his [[Crew of the Silent Mary|crew of ghosts]] on the shore of [[Hangman's Bay]], she thought of them as grotesque souls.<ref>''[[The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth]]'', p. 188</ref> 

==Behind the scenes==
{{Quote|My soul I do swear, for a breeze. A gust, A whisper. A kiss...|[[Jack Sparrow]]|Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization)}}
*In [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (ride)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', there is [[Dead Man's Cove|an area]] referred to as a "graveyard of lost souls".<ref>''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies]]''</ref>
*Screenwriters [[Ted Elliott]] and [[Terry Rossio]] originally conceived of [[Davy Jones]] and [[Davy Jones's crew|his crew]] as [[ghost]]like creatures. Determined to come up with never-before-seen fantastical characters, director [[Gore Verbinski]] wanted them to be more specifically of the sea, with gravity and weight, as if the souls of shipwrecked sailors had fused with the detritus of the ocean floor.<ref>''[[Bring Me That Horizon: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', pg.165</ref>
*One area on [[Raven's Cove]] in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean Online]]'' is known as the Cave of Lost Souls.
*In the trailer for the cancelled video game ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned]]'' it was said that the player was engaged in a battle to save their soul.
*In [[Tim Powers]]' novel ''[[On Stranger Tides (novel)|On Stranger Tides]]'', which served as the basis for the [[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides|fourth ''Pirates'' film]], practitioners of [[voodoo]] like [[Blackbeard]] are able to transfer their soul from one body to another.

==Appearances==
*[[Pirates of the Caribbean (2003 video game)|''Pirates of the Caribbean'' (game)]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Jack Sparrow: Sins of the Father]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Jack Sparrow: Poseidon's Peak]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Price of Freedom]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Shanties|Six Sea Shanties: Strangers Bearing Gifts]]''
*''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Guardians of Windward Cove]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Banshee's Boon]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Pirates of the Caribbean Online]]''
*''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow]]'' {{mo}}
*''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' {{mo}}
**[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization)|''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' (junior novelization)]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]''
**[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization)|''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (junior novelization)]] {{1st}}
**[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Penguin Readers)|''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (Penguin Readers)]]
*''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'' {{mo}}
**[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization)|''Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' (junior novelization)]] {{Mo}}
**''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Movie Storybook]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)]]''
*''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies]]''

==External links==
*{{WP|Soul}}

==Notes and references==
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