| Bandersnatch | |
|---|---|
| Alice And The Wonderland character | |
 Peter Newell's illustration of the Jubjub bird (left) and the Bandersnatch (right). | |
| First appearance | Through the Looking Glass |
| Created by | Lewis Carroll |
| Portrayed by | Peter Newell |
A bandersnatch is a fictional creature in Lewis Carroll's 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass and his 1874 poem The Hunting of the Snark. Although neither work describes the appearance of a bandersnatch in great detail, in The Hunting of the Snark, it has a long neck and snapping jaws, and both works describe it as ferocious and extraordinarily fast. Through the Looking-Glass implies that bandersnatches may be found in the world behind the looking-glass,[1] and in The Hunting of the Snark, a bandersnatch is found by a party of adventurers after crossing an ocean.[2] Bandersnatches have appeared in various adaptations of Carroll's works; they have also been used in other authors' works and in other forms of media.
- ^ Carroll, Lewis (1971). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. London: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Carroll, Lewis. "The Hunting of the Snark". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 21 November 2013.