  fiddler's green is a legendary supposed afterlife, where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire. its origins are obscure, although some point to the greek myth of the elysian fields as a potential inspiration. ==sailors== one sailor's tale published in 1832 speaks of fiddler's green as being "nine miles beyond the dwelling of his satanic majesty". in maritime folklore it is a kind of afterlife for sailors who have served at least 50 years at sea.eyers, jonathan (2011). don't shoot the albatross!: nautical myths and superstitions. a&c black, london, uk. isbn 978-1-4081-3131-2. the nine could well refer to slavic literary archetypes that associate nine and ten with fantastic places, e.g., the thrice ninth castle in the thrice tenth kingdom where there is rum and tobacco. herman melville describes a fiddlerâs green as a sailorsâ term for the place on land âprovidentially set apart for dance-houses, doxies, and tapstersâ in his novella billy budd, sailor (published posthumously in 1924). ==frederick marryat== fiddler's green appears in his novel the dog fiend; or, snarleyyow, published in 1856, as lyrics to a sailors' song: at fiddlerâs green, where seamen true when here theyâve done their duty the bowl of grog shall still renew and pledge to love and beauty. ==adoption among u.s. military== the story of fiddler's green was published in
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