Davy Jones

Sailor's final destination

Davy Jones is a personification of the sea as a malevolent spirit or devil, especially in the expression Davy Jones's locker—the ocean floor as a grave for drowned sailors and sunken ships.

The term dates to the 18th century and appears in nautical lore and pirate fiction: The storm sent the vessel to Davy Jones's locker.

locker

shipwreck

Destroyed vessel at sea

  • sunkenDescended beneath water level
  • abyssImmeasurably profound depth
  • depthsLowest or innermost regions

ocean floor · watery grave · drowned · lost at sea · submerged · resting place · coral · barnacles · treasure · fathoms

mythology

kraken

Giant squid of legend

sea monster · siren · mermaid · merfolk · Charybdis · Scylla · Triton · Calypso · Atlantis · Cthulhu

supernatural

ghost ship

Crewless vessel found adrift

  • phantomInsubstantial apparition
  • specterGhostly threatening presence
  • curseInvoked harm through words

haunting · apparition · Flying Dutchman · spirit · eerie · omen · superstition · sea devil · doom · wraith

seafaring

sailor

Seafaring crew member

boatswain · helmsman · old salt · sea dog · shipmate · crewman · navigator · maritime · nautical · voyage

piracy

buccaneer

Caribbean colonial-era pirate

plunder · galleon · cutlass · Jolly Roger · booty · marooned · scallywag · brigantine · broadside · pillage

Categories
Opposites
maritime fate/destination

Davy Jonessafe harbor

Protected place for vessels

homecoming · dry land · landfall · shore · port

nautical supernatural domain

Davy Jonesguardian angel

Protective spirit assigned individually

Neptune · Poseidon · Saint Nicholas · Saint Christopher · mermaid

ontological status

Davy Joneshistorical figure

Renowned person from history

real person · Captain Cook · flesh and blood · Blackbeard · Admiral Nelson

Family

Jones, Davy

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G