The jabberwocky

Vintage colour lithograph of The Jabberwock by John Tenniel (1820 - 1914) Source: The New York Times

For the 1951 character of the same name, click here. The Jabberwocky is a lightning-breathing dragon who was under the control of the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland. The creature's name comes from the Lewis Carroll nonsense poem "Jabberwocky", most commonly known from the second "Alice" novel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. In the poem, the creature's name is The Jabberwock and "Jabberwocky" indicates that it is a poem about the creature. The Jabberwocky, the Jub Jub…

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The Jabberwock is a fictional character from the novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll. It only appears within the poem Jabberwocky that Alice reads during the first chapter and the creature never interacts with the rest of the cast. The Jabberwock is commonly (and incorrectly) referred to as the Jabberwocky, though Jabberwocky is the title of the poem, rather than the name of the creature, as seen in the original poem, reproduced below. In Tenniel's…

The Red Queen riding the Jabberwocky from Alice In Wonderland