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| Name | Jabberwock
| | Pronunciation | JAB - BER - WOK
| | Classification | Lizard
| | Origin | Literature
| | Latin Text | None
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In Myth:
Although technically not a mythological creature, the Jabberwock has found its way into a sort of literary folklore. Hailing from Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking Glass & What Alice Found There comes this nonsensical, bird-like lizard. The Jabberwock does not actually exist in the book, but rather is mentioned in a poem inside the book called "Jabberwocky".
Despite being the namesake for the poem, the Jabberwock gets very little mention (when not dying), receiving description for only two of the poem's seven verses:
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
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And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
The Jabberwock lives in a fetid swamp with toves and borogoves. It devoured small lost children that would wonder into its swamp, until the hero of the poem, a young boy armed with the Vorpal Blade, decapitated it.
Tenniel, the artist commisioned for the artwork of Carroll's book, thought up a wicked looking pseudo-dragon, with bulging eyes, bat's wings, and a long tail for the image of the Jabberwock. He also gave it whiskers, bucked teeth, and -- most ridiculous of all -- a waist coat.
The name of this creature is the Jabberwock. "Jabberwocky" is the name of the poem and is not to be confused with it.
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| Stages | Egg
Jubjub Bird
Bandersnatch
| | Strength | Powerful Magical Attacks
| | Weakness | Poor Defensive Capabilities
| | Added | July 11, 2001
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