The Bandersnatch is a fictional creature mentioned in Lewis Carroll's poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark. The form or size of the creature is not described. Nor is it clear whether Bandersnatch is singular, like Phoenix. The Bandersnatch was made famous by Lewis Carrolls nonsense poem Jabberwocky in Through the Looking-Glass. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll (), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... For other uses, see Jabberwocky (disambiguation). ... The Bellman supporting the Banker by a finger entwined in his hair The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1874, when he was 42 years old. ... For other mythic firebirds, see Fire bird (mythology). ...

The only description given of it is that the hero should "shun the frumious Bandersnatch." Other advice given to the beamish hero proving quite accurate, one must dismiss the possibility that the speaker within the poem was uninformed about the Bandersnatch, which, however, does not actually make an appearance in "Jabberwocky." Thus it is clear that the Bandersnatch is not of a size or character to be embraced. Elsewhere in Through the Looking-Glass, however, it is implied (but not stated) that a Bandersnatch is quick-moving, and that there may be more than one of it when the White King says: "She runs so fearfully quick. You might as well try to catch a Bandersnatch!" For other uses, see Hero (disambiguation). ... Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of childrens literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized as literary nonsense. ...

It is not stated whether there are non-frumious Bandersnatches, or whether these can be approached safely, merely that the hero of the poem must shun a Bandersnatch that is frumious. At the same time, it may be that 'frumious' is not a merely descriptive adjective, but a definitive one, describing the essential quality of the Bandersnatch. 'Frumious' is a portmanteau word combining 'furious' and 'fuming.'^[1] A portmanteau (IPA: ) is a word or morpheme that fuses two or more words or word parts to give a combined or loaded meaning. ...

Fortunately, Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark (Fit the Seventh) settles some of these questions: in an encounter with a bandersnatch it is described as moving swiftly, having a neck it can extend, and having snapping, frumious jaws, with which it tries to grab the Banker. The Bellman supporting the Banker by a finger entwined in his hair The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1874, when he was 42 years old. ...

Further developments

New Alice

The book A New Alice in the Old Wonderland, 1895, by Anna M. Richards, contains a broader description given of the Bandersnatch with the poem Bandersnatchy. A New Alice in the Old Wonderland (ISBN 1-58715-199-5) is a novel by Anna M. Richards, written 1895. ...

In this poem another hero sets out to slay the frumious Bandersnatch so as to gain respect from his people against the hero who slew the Jabberwock (a story he would sit and tell till after ten o'clock).

It is necessary to be armed with a vorpal sword or a winxy pistol, because one never can tell what a Bandersnatch might do. According to the hero, the Bandersnatch is a queer thing that whizzles overhead causing him to believe it is up a tree, only to his surprise its legs are awfully high. It pleads the hero not to shoot only to fool him and fly away. The hero grabs its tail and cuts it off as his trophy. For other uses of the name Jabberwocky, see Jabberwocky (disambiguation). ... A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ...

The hero describes the creature as being extremely long legged with a long tail as well and the ability to fly extremely fast. It could be understood that the Bandersnatch perhaps camouflages itself as a tree, given the explanation understood by the hero's description.

There is also an added illustration by Anna M. Richards of the hero's encounter with the Bandersnatch.

Omar

The book Omar: A fantasy for animal lovers by Wilfrid Blunt (ASIN B0006BVCT6) states that bandersnatch is in fact a rock hyrax, which is only dangerous when it is frumious. Genera Procavia Heterohyrax Dendrohyrax A hyrax (from Greek shrewmouse; Afrikaans: klipdassie) is any of four species of fairly small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. ...

Known Space

In the Known Space novels by Larry Niven, there is a heavy-gravity species somewhat resembling a giant slug, which upon their discovery were immediately given the genus and species "Frumious bandersnatch." Additionally, in these books the plural is bandersnatchii. Known Space is the fictional setting of several science fiction novels and short stories written by author Larry Niven. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about land slugs. ...

Other Appearances

• In 1967, a relatively obscure psychedelic rock band called Frumious Bandersnatch was formed in San Francisco in the "second wave" of psychedelic rock bands in the Bay Area. A collection of their music was issued on Ace Records/Big Beat Records in 1996.
• Final Fantasy VII: In the video game Final Fantasy VII by Square-Enix (then Squaresoft), there is a monster type called Bandersnatch - a being similar to a wolf, living in snowy terrain. In Final Fantasy IX, the Bandersnatch is a gigantic dog with green, marble-like eyes and a spiralled tail, which are unleashed on the party by Queen Brahne. Other similar monsters called Bandersnatches appear in other installments in the series.
• Resident Evil Code: Veronica: The fourth of the popular video game series contains a monster called the Bandersnatch. It is a tall humanoid with a single long arm. This arm can extend up to twenty feet in length to attack the player from distance.
• American McGee's Alice: The load/save game screen is designed to look like a machine. An engraving on the machine reads: Bandersnatch Opticals.
• 8-bit Theater: The Bandersnatch also gets a brief mention in the webcomic, when Fighter recalls the words of Story Master Vargus (Episode 173). Master Vargus's words also appear to be identical to the poem "Jabberwocky".
• Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands: There is an event called "Shoot the Bandersnatch" which involves shooting a "Frumious Bandersnatch" with an item called a "Banderbow."
• Computers and Intractability, a Guide to the Theory of NP-Completness by Michael R, Garey and David S, Johnson. The Bandersnatch is used as a showcase for the beginners to understand NP-Completness.
• Rock band Forgive Durden's debut album Wonderland's first single is entitled "Beware the Jubjub Bird and Shun the Frumious Bandersnatch". The entire album's track titles are derived from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
• In Deus Ex: The Conspiracy(PS2): The first time you enter Smuggler's abode. There is a book on a table upstairs titled "the Modern Terrorist's Handbook" the chapter excerpt is titled "Section 7C. Computer Virus Cultivation. Near the end of the text, if mentions "Bandersnatchv128" as a "typical virus"
• In the tabletop strategy game Battletech, one Battlemech design is named the Bandersnatch.

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