- "Haul those sheets! Run 'em! Run, keep running! Run as if the devil himself and itself is upon us!"
- ―Jack Sparrow
The Devil is believed in many religions, myths and cultures to be a supernatural entity that is the personification of evil and the enemy of God and humankind.
History
- "Jack, where are ye going?"
"I am going to have a talk with the devil himself." - ―Arabella Smith and Jack Sparrow
The first pirate flag of the infamous pirate Blackbeard was the black flag with the skeleton of the devil holding a goblet in one hand and a spear pointing to a bleeding heart in the other,[1] a design he later used for his figurehead.[2] The nightmarish vision painted on the stained glass window seen on the stern of the Queen Anne's Revenge, depicted dead men writhing in flames, stoked by devilish characters.[3] Davy Jones' hat was shaped to effect devil horns, in effect making him known as the sailor's devil.[4] When the young adventurer Jack Sparrow and the crew of the Barnacle attended the masquerade ball in a hotel in New Orleans, Jean Magliore and Tumen wore matching devilish masks, complete with horns and pointed eyebrows.[5]
Behind the scenes
- According to Captain Charles Johnson's book, A General History of the Pyrates, Blackbeard's superstitious crewmen believed that Devil himself was sailing with them. A night before the battle of Ocracoke, when a pirate asked Blackbeard about the location of his buried treasure, Blackbeard answered that only him and the Devil know where the money is hidden.
Appearances
- Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm (Mentioned only)
- Jack Sparrow: The Sword of Cortés (Mentioned only)
- Jack Sparrow: Dance of the Hours (Mentioned only)
- The Price of Freedom (Mentioned only)
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Wild Waters (Mentioned only)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (First mentioned)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Mentioned only)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game) (Mentioned only)
Sources
External links
Notes and references
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization), p48.
- ↑ The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide, p38-39: "Blackbeard's Cabin"
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze, p93