In Tim Burton’s 2010 movie, the Cheshire Cat’s name is ‘Chessur’. Perhaps this is what inspired Dodgson.Īlso, at one time, Cheshire cheeses were molded in the shape of a grinning cat.įinally, the Cheshire Cat might be inspired by a sedilia in Croft Church. Its origin is unknown, but it may have originated from a sign painter in Cheshire, who painted grinning lions on the sign-boards of inns in the area.Īnother source may be the following: when you take a good look at the ‘Alice Window’ in Christ Church, Oxford, you can see 3 grinning animals at the top of the Liddell’s family arms. “To grin like a Cheshire Cat” was a common phrase in Carroll’s day. It is not 100% clear why Carroll named this character ‘Cheshire Cat’. He gives her insight in how things work down there.Ĭarroll kept changing details in the story throughout this life, and in some editions of the story the name of the cat is spelled as ‘Cheshire-Cat’, not ‘Cheshire Cat’. With his remarks, he teaches Alice the ‘rules’ of Wonderland. The Cheshire Cat is the only character in Wonderland who actually listens to Alice. In “The Nursery ‘Alice'”, Alice notices that the cat has ‘lovely green eyes’. Sometimes it disappears and leaves its grin behind. In chapter 8 she meets it again in the Queen’s croquet garden. It constantly grins and can disappear and reappear whenever it likes. Alice first meets it in chapter 6 from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, when she leaves the Duchess house, and finds it in a tree. The Cheshire Cat is the cat of the Duchess.
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