The True Story of Davy Jones

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Davy Jones is easily one of the best villains in pop culture history. His backstory is very deep and emotional, his performance is fantastic, and the visual effects are absolutely mind blowing. But that begs the question... who was he in real world myths? Where do the traits we see on screen come from? Who was Calypso? Is the Kraken real? What was the Flying Dutchman? What is Davy Jones' Locker? I invite you all to sit back, relax, and explore this deep dive into the inspirations of one of my favorite characters!

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:49 - Calypso
2:33 - The Kraken
5:45 - The Flying Dutchman
8:45 - Davy Jones
11:42 - Outro

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[TheSEAempire]

Thanks for watching the video!

[smokey]

I have been going to sea for 30 years, The story I was told by an old captain 20 years ago was that, when a ship sank or never made port again and everyone knew they were lost at sea, people looked for someone to blame so they blamed Davy Jones, a name given to the Devil by sailors so the Devil could have an identity they could understand.

[KimsLantern]

Davy Jones’ and Calypso’s ‘origins story’ would make such a great movie.

[michaelfisher]

The Davey Jones arc was a briiliant mashup of mythology. Greek and pirate myth joined with terrifying and in the end, a remakably relatable tale. Who didnt feel for Jones as he died?

[Ned-nwge]

There's a lot of speculation surrounding the Flying Dutchman. Some say it's a story that originated in the seventeenth or eighteenth century, others say it originated from the nineteenth century. In all cases the ship and its crew come from the Dutch Golden Age aka the seventeenth century. One version of the legend features indeed Van der Decken, who was cursed to forever sail the seas because he wanted to sail out from either Amsterdam or Texel not just during a storm but also on Easter Day, a holy day. The headstrong captain supposedly would have said, when his crewmen warned him about Easter and the storm: "I don't care. I will sail, storm or no storm, Easter or no Easter, if it be until Judgment Day. I will sail!"
With these words he earned the yre of God, who cursed him. The ship would turn black, it's sails red, it's crew and captain ghostly and it'd be embedded in a glow of sort. Though it kept flying the Dutch flag, which is how it earned its name. In this version the crew never find peace, and will cause storms and bring misfortune on any ship that sees it. In the versions where Van der Decken is cursed by not God but the devil, he is able to set foot on land every seven years, and told that the curse would be lifted if indeed a woman would love him. Back at home, Van der Deckens wife eventually learned what happened to her husband, and sacrificed herself by throwing herself into the waves to prove her love for him and break the curse, and the ship and crew finally found peace.

[noisypr]

Zeus telling Calypso to not hold hostages to fulfill her fantasies is comically ironic to say the least

[pyroshayniac]

I love learning about sailor’s superstitions. Don’t paint your boat blue. Don’t have a banana on board. Sea monsters and ghost ships. It makes it seem like the world is still wild, untamable, and undiscovered,

[computerinsurgent]

A more scary version of the Flying Dutchman is that when it sailed trough the deadly storm, the weather suddenly turned calm. From the sky a message from God was heard to warn Van der Decken that he should return to port. But Van der Decken wanted to continue sailing so bad, that he ignored God and shot with his pistol to the sky and said he would sail even if it was until judgement day. Than the weather turned into a storm again. The First Mate of the Dutchman begged Van der Decken to alter course, but Van der Decken became angry and threw the First Mate over board. And then the most scarierst thing happened. The Dutchman became cursed with a deadly form (dark hull and blood red sails). And while Van der Decken was navigating the Dutchman trough the storm, it is said that next to him stood the Devil himself as if it was his new First Mate.

[sheiladay-odme]

Watching Jack try to pull the ship with a rope is hilarious. I just love this guy.

[trabis]

I always thought Davy Jones was a famous myth all because of Nickelodeon's SpongeBob also has Davy Jones as character. Though, I wonder what inspired SpongeBob Davy Jones, most probably was also from POTC I reckon.

[allanb]

Little fun fact is the Karken actually dates back to Greek mythology! It's parents were Titans of the ocean. When the God's defeated the Titans, they entombed the Kraken to the deep. Only they could unleash or contain it.

[jwilburn]

Interesting
I had previously just assumed that "Davy Jones Locker" was just a reference toward the bottom of the ocean as a final burial for already dead/drowned sailors.

[Leo-okuj]

0:08 I find very funny how some fan made lyrics are basically canon at this point

[joetorrance]

Davy jones is like good wine he gets better the older he is

[EmperorDank]

I was a deckhand on a subsea vessel for a little over a year, doing six week trips onboard. We didn't go to port, instead we were supplied offshore, and after 5 or so weeks i have no problem believing sailors who claimed to see things in the distance. Let alone if they had been at sea for months. Clouds looked unmistakenly like shorelines, to the point i asked fellow crewmembers if we had moved closer to land. Some could easily be mistaken for ships as well

[dartawnasailo]

Ive always been fascinated with davy jones, , ive always seen him as the best in the POTB franchise, , i never know there was a real back story or myth around him

[striker]

One of the most terrifying things to me is not just that we barely know what is under the water in our own times, imagine what creatures have existed down there over the millions of years we've had life on earth.

[mrfunatparties]

Whats a pirate with out its hat. Davy also has the best looking hat.

[lunawenko]

I like it, that when you talked about Hendrik van der Decken, you showed a picture of Willem van der Decken, who is the captain of the Flying Dutchman in a rollercoaster, themed around the legend, which is at the dutch themepark Efteling

[wl]

Have to give props to the actor who played Davey Jones in potc, fantastically brought the character to life, fine performance.👍