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"Mary, mother of God!"
―Joshamee Gibbs[src]

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman, and an important figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion. She was venerated under various titles such as Virgin or Holy Mary (Spanish: Santa Maria). The churches and believed that Mary, as mother of Jesus, was the Mother of God.

The gospels name Mary as the mother of Jesus and describe her as a virgin who was chosen by God to conceive Jesus through the Holy Spirit. After giving birth to Jesus and raising him, she was present at his death by crucifixion and with the apostles after his resurrection and ascension. Although her later life is not accounted in the Bible, some traditions believed that her body was raised into heaven at the end of her earthly life. The multiple forms of Marian devotions include various prayers, celebrations, and shrines dedicated to her by believers.

Biography

Legacy

Over the years, devotion and veneration to Mary has varied greatly among Christian traditions and religious practicies.[7]

When the East India Trading Company merchant ship Wicked Wench, captained by Jack Sparrow, encountered the pirate frigate Venganza, the ship of Jack's love interest Lady Esmeralda, Esmeralda made a speech to her crew regarding her decision to rescue the Wench, which was heavily damaged and sinking. Esmeralda pledged to Jack the assistance of herself and her crew, and said if her grandfather Don Rafael would were alive, "May all the saints and the Virgin bless him." Later, inspired by the parable of a pearl of great price, which Mary's son Jesus told his disciples, Sparrow returned to a life of piracy and rechristened the Wicked Wench as a pirate vessel, the Black Pearl.[4]

During the quest for the Shadow Gold, a Spanish stable boy named Diego de Leon said "Madre de Dios!" (Mother of God) when he met Captain Jack Sparrow] aboard the Black Pearl.[5] Later, when Sparrrow revealed his intention to sail the Black Pearl all the way to China to find a vial of Shadow Gold, the runaway Spanish princess Carolina exclaimed "Santa Maria" (Holy Mary).[6]

As Lieutenant James Norrington of the British Royal Navy examined Will Turner, a young unconscious boy found lying on his back on a small piece of wreckage and hauled safely aboard the HMS Dauntless, Joshamee Gibbs gasped "Mary, mother of God!" All hands on deck, including Governor Weatherby Swann and his young daughter Elizabeth, turned and followed Gibbs's gaze out to the sea where they saw the burning remains of a merchant vessel littering the waves.[1][2]

Behind the scenes

Mary was first mentioned as Joshamee Gibbs gasps "Mary, mother of God!" in media relating to the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.[2] Unlike the film and Irene Trimble's junior novelization,[1] Gibbs instead muttered, "Mother of all that's holy..." in Elizabeth Rudnick's junior novelization in 2006.[3] In the German Pirates of the Caribbean novelization by Wolfgang and Rebecca Hohlbein, Gibbs exclaims "Heilige Mutter Gottes!" (Holy Mother of God!).[8] In the 2008 book Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean by Rob Kidd, the Spanish phrase "Madre de Dios!" (Mother of God) was first said by Diego de Leon,[5] while "Santa Maria" (Holy Mary) was said by Carolina.[6] "The Virgin" was mentioned in the 2011 novel The Price of Freedom by A. C. Crispin.[4]

Mary (as Hail Mary) is mentioned in Tim Powers' 1987 novel On Stranger Tides, which would be used as inspiration for the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.[9]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 junior novelization), p. 4
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2006 junior novelization), p. 6
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Price of Freedom, Chapter Fourteen: Hard Bargains
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean, p. 54
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean, p. 229
  7. ↑ WP favicon Mary, mother of Jesus on Wikipedia
  8. ↑ Fluch der Karibik - Der Roman zum ersten Kinofilm, p. 15
  9. ↑ On Stranger Tides, Chapter Seventeen