Jack-o'-lantern (disambiguation)
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Jack-o'-lantern may be:
Customs and folklore
- In American English, a jack-o'-lantern (alternately spelled "jack o' lantern"), is a decoratively carved and internally lit pumpkin or turnip, named after the role of such vegetables in folklore tales about such lights
- In English folklore, an alternative term for will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus, an unearthly light which attracts travellers
- In Irish folklore, an alternative term for Stingy Jack, also known as the Smith or Drunk Jack
Media and entertainmnet
- Jack O'Lantern (DC Comics), several DC Comics superheroes
- Jack O'Lantern (Marvel Comics), several Marvel Comics supervillains
- Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, a magazine
- Jack O'Lantern (film), a 2004 film
- Pyro Jack, demon found in the serie of games Shin Megami Tensei. Pyro Jack is an American "change" to the original name in Japanese, ジャックランタン (jakkurantan), an adaptation for Jack o'Lantern in kana.
Other uses
- The Omphalotus olearius mushroom
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