| Jabberwock | |
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Real Name |
Jabberwock |
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First Appearance |
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) |
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Original Publisher |
Macmillan |
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Created by |
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (as "Lewis Carroll") |
Origin[]
The Jabberwock was a moustrous creature described in "Jabberwocky" a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll and included in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
In the story, Alice discovered the mock-epic poem in a book that she can read only when it is reflected in a mirror. In the poem, a father warned his son to avoid the Jabberwock, a fearsome creature that attacks with its teeth and claws. Upon encountering the demonic beast, the boy-hero slays and beheads it with his “vorpal blade,” much to the joyous relief of his father.
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
- Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871)
- A New Alice in the Old Wonderland (1895)
Notes[]
- The creature is often mistakenly called by the title of its poem, Jabberwocky, rather then the name given to the creature in the poem, Jabberwock.
- In the Alec in Fumbleland stories featured in Puzzle Fun Comics there is crook named Jabberwock Jake.