# Elijah — Moby-Dick character guide

> Elijah in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Elijah, stationary Elijah, the ragged Elijah

**First appearance:** 0022-xix-the-prophet

## Who they are

A mysterious, ragged prophet in Nantucket who warns Ishmael and Queequeg about sailing on the Pequod.

## In the story

### [XIX: The Prophet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xix-the-prophet)

The ragged, prophetic stranger; delivers ominous, cryptic warnings about Captain Ahab and the fate of those who ship on the Pequod, invoking past events and prophecies.

### [Going Aboard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xxi-going-aboard)

Appears suddenly to deliver frantic, ambiguous warnings about the voyage and asks if Ishmael saw shadowy men board the Pequod.

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