Posted by Drinks with Evil on August 16, 2000 at 15:52:50:
In Reply to: Davy Jones' locker text but N/TP posted by Yar on August 16, 2000 at 15:32:02:
> I have always heard this to be a refrence to the devil That works well with this off a myth site.
> or any of the evil spirits that the sailors hold to.
> His locker being that of hell, or the place of lost souls.
> Of cource, I could be wrong.
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Because ancient peoples believed that the bodies of the deceased must be burned or covered with earth, death by drowning was considered to be especially unfortunate.
The sea swallowed up the bodies of those who perished on its waters, and these unfortunate souls, denied proper burial, were damned forever to "Davey Jones' locker".
(As Davey Jones became the sailor's name for the Christian devil, Davey Jones' locker was sometimes equated with purgatory, other times with hell.)"