Davy Jones's Locker Page

Another theory traces "Davy" to duppy , a West Indian term for a malevolent spirit or ghost. Folklore and Depictions

is an 18th-century nautical idiom and metaphor for the bottom of the sea—specifically the final resting place for drowned sailors, shipwrecks, and lost cargo. To be "sent to Davy Jones's Locker" is a long-standing euphemism for death at sea. Origins and Etymology davy jones's locker

Some link it to Saint David (Dafydd), the patron saint of Wales often invoked by Welsh sailors for protection. Another theory traces "Davy" to duppy , a