| Mome Raths | |
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Real Name |
Mome Raths |
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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 |
Lewis Carroll |
Origin[]
In the original "Jabberwocky" poem, Raths are green pigs; and in the original Mischmasch state are land turtles with erect heads, shark mouths, curved out front forelegs so that the animal walked on its knees, and smooth green bodies that lived on swallows and oysters (Humpty Dumpty was uncertain what "Mome" meant but thinks it means "from home" [and in the Mischmasch state "grave"] ).
Public Domain Appearances[]
All published appearances of Mome Raths from before January 1, 1930 are public domain in the US.
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
- Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871)
Notes[]
- In the animated Disney 1951 Alice in Wonderland film, The Mome Raths are bipedal, flower-like creatures without arms. They each have a pair of googly eyes and fuzzy hair on their heads. When they sleep, only their fuzzy hair is visible. However, the one that appeared in the 2010 film was accurate to the original poem version.
- In the Muppet Show, the Mome Raths are green pigs with tufts of fur in the episode of Alice In Wonderland staring Brooke Shields as Alice.
- In Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013 - 2014), Mome Raths in this adaptation are portrayed as feral wolfy creatures attracted by light colors.