Halloween Legends is a novel I wrote.
Informations:
1. This novel is a spin-off of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
2. The novel consists of five chapters, each with a story. And the chapters are in chronological order.
3. This novel is a Hallo...
Halloween has been a symbol, Jack O'Lantern for many centuries. Which serves two purposes: - It kept the evil ghosts away. - It lit the spirits of the dead to find their home.
But where does this symbol come from? Here is the answer!
The Legend of Stingy Jack
Jack was a drunken, but funny and resourceful blacksmith, so much so that he even joked about the Devil.
One day the Devil appeared in front of Jack and called him to Hell. But Jack didn't want to go. He therefore asked the Devil to pick an apple from the nearest apple tree. By the time the Devil climbed the tree, Jack had carved a cross on the trunk of the tree. The Devil could not climb off the tree and was frightened by the cross, as it well known that the Devil hates touching the cross. Jack was only willing to let go if he didn't take his soul to Hell. The Devil promised this and as soon as he came down from the tree he disappeared.
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hen Jack died, his soul was a racket between Heaven and Hell. He was not allowed into Heaven because he had been drunk a lot and lived in a sinful way during his life. But the Devil didn't want to let him in to Hell either, because he was very angry with Jack for his old joke. But in the end, the Devil helped Jack by giving him an eternally glowing piece of wood. Jack put the pince of wood inside a fodder beet and wandered between Heaven and Hell.
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The fodder beet was exchanged for pumpkin by the Americans this holiday because they had more of the pumpkin. And so the illuminated Jack O'Lantern slowly became a symbol of Halloween.
