The Messed Up Origins™ of Jack Frost | Folklore Explained - Jon Solo
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» 0:00 - Intro
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» 3:25 - Who is Jack Frost?
» 5:31 - The Birth of Jack Frost
» 8:33 - The Kalevala
» 12:28 - Morozko
» 16:07 - Analysis
» 18:14 - Wrap-Up
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Researched by: Jon Solo & Jack Daly
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» The Kalevala: Or, Poems of the Kaleva District. (1963). United Kingdom: Harvard University Press. www.google.com/books/edition/...
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS SOLO FAM! :D What do you think about the origins of Jack Frost?
We’ve got some gooood content coming these next few Thursdays so keep an eye on those sub boxes!! 👀
Also HUGE shoutout to our resident folklorist Jack Daly (twitter: @thefolklord) for leading the research on this one! (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
I’m sorry but umm where r the Sagittarius ♐️ I need the Sagittarius explain video please
This was a fun video! I always love you videos, especially the truly horror, the very odd and unique ones.
Also. Do. Do you have a messed up origins of Saint Nick? Aka Santa Claus?
Hi Jon not sure if you'll see or read this but could you maybe check out the novels the rise of the guardian movie is based on because Jack's, Pitch and Man-In-The-Moon's stories, connection, and the real reason why jack is powerful and important to The-Man-In-Moon are amazing. I truly think you'd have a field day covering those characters and their back stories as presented in the books series they appear in (which has apparently shaped a lot of people's childhood on the level as the Narina novels did which makes it perfect for your channel) .
Im so sorry for the long reply and I love your channel so much😊
Very informative. That one Russian Jack Frost reminds me of Santa, warm fur coat, red nose, giving goodies to a young girl.
Where is Sagittarius?!
The Rise of the Guardians movie is seriously underrated. I thought it was well done I'm surprised it didn't catch on. But I will admit, I saw it late when it came out on video. So I guess I was part of the problem 😆
Well, there is the Rise of the brave tangled dragons fandom. For them, it definitely caught on.
I was hoping it was gonna be a franchise
This movie is one of my fav but the thing is the books are way more interesting.. It explores the original story of pitch black, jack frost, the man in the moon and their relationship. SPOILERS!!!!
. Pitch black has one of the most heartbreaking stories i have ever read.. that is why he is very complex and one of my fav "villians" .. The story is pitch black wasnt always the nightmares king but a light general called *kozimos pintcher who protected a golden kingdom far away from earth..this kingdom was ruled by a nice and powerful king who trusted kozimos to protect his kingdom from the darkness and nightmares that were created by hate and envy.. So with an army behind him he manged to capture the darkness and locked it in seals meant to keep them away to create a peaceful world.. But these seals needed a guardian.. so the king chose kozimos for this cost..
Away from home and from his duaghter whom he loved dearly he graw tired and desperate to see her.. and the darkness used that to their benefit.. They imitated her voice into tricking him.. Letting him believe that she was prisoned with them..
"she" cried for her father to save her for years and in the end kozimos couldnt take it anymore and was forced to open the seals to save "his duaghter".. instead he got posessed by the darkness and became pitch black...he changed his golden warriors to nightmares and nightmare men and with them he manged to destroy the kingdom he once swore to protect and killed the king and the queen..
However.. before they were killed they had a one year old son called *manny.. and in order to protect him the king and the queen used a powerful magic and tear to create a star called *the nightlight who took the baby faraway from the fallen kingdom and into the moon.. pitch black followed them and fought the nightlight into a battle So huge it ended up freezing them both in a lake on earth that became frozen over decades .. After So many years the baby became *the man in the moon and with his power he tried to raise his guardin from the lake.. But in doing the nightmare king was a waken too and that was the start of the dark ages.. On The other hand the nightlight tried to stop him but with half of his power locked he failed to do So.... He lived among the humen and loved the human life and decided to became human himself.. So he locked away his memories and the rest of his power and born again as a baby named *Jackson overland frost.. Who died to protect his "sister" and with that the man in the moon raised him up again as jack frost and didnt tell him his story because he knew that is what the nightlight wanted in the first place.. That explains why pitch black knew the man in the moon and jack frost.. And why jack frost was So powerful.. And the reason why he was invicible was because jack died in the lake while all the other guardian didnt die.. they recieved powers from man in the moon that is why they remember their past life .. And can be seen and believed in..
There is a Beautiful fanfiction that explians the story way better than the movie.. It is jack frost /pitch black fanfiction with two parts the first called from the darkness we raised / the second called into the shadows we fall... Enjoy and remember.. In the end.. Believe in jack frost ♥️❤️
I loved that movie so much I wanted Santa's tatts 😂😂😂
Released in a time where a lot of great movies were so it had hard competition. Also the “kids movie” bs put it in a specific demographic that wouldn’t appreciate the work behind it
I really liked his portrayal in Rise of the Guardians, despite not seeing that movie until a few years after it came out, so that's what I think when someone says "Jack Frost."
Me too I like how they portrayed him and the gardians
@@aleissa07 h bu y7y8
Its the og kids avengers to me.
This movie is one of my fav but the thing is the books are way more interesting.. It explores the original story of pitch black, jack frost, the man in the moon and their relationship. SPOILERS!!!!
. Pitch black has one of the most heartbreaking stories i have ever read.. that is why he is very complex and one of my fav "villians" .. The story is pitch black wasnt always the nightmares king but a light general called *kozimos pintcher who protected a golden kingdom far away from earth..this kingdom was ruled by a nice and powerful king who trusted kozimos to protect his kingdom from the darkness and nightmares that were created by hate and envy.. So with an army behind him he manged to capture the darkness and locked it in seals meant to keep them away to create a peaceful world.. But these seals needed a guardian.. so the king chose kozimos for this cost..
Away from home and from his duaghter whom he loved dearly he graw tired and desperate to see her.. and the darkness used that to their benefit.. They imitated her voice into tricking him.. Letting him believe that she was prisoned with them..
"she" cried for her father to save her for years and in the end kozimos couldnt take it anymore and was forced to open the seals to save "his duaghter".. instead he got posessed by the darkness and became pitch black...he changed his golden warriors to nightmares and nightmare men and with them he manged to destroy the kingdom he once swore to protect and killed the king and the queen..
However.. before they were killed they had a one year old son called *manny.. and in order to protect him the king and the queen used a powerful magic and tear to create a star called *the nightlight who took the baby faraway from the fallen kingdom and into the moon.. pitch black followed them and fought the nightlight into a battle So huge it ended up freezing them both in a lake on earth that became frozen over decades .. After So many years the baby became *the man in the moon and with his power he tried to raise his guardin from the lake.. But in doing the nightmare king was a waken too and that was the start of the dark ages.. On The other hand the nightlight tried to stop him but with half of his power locked he failed to do So.... He lived among the humen and loved the human life and decided to became human himself.. So he locked away his memories and the rest of his power and born again as a baby named *Jackson overland frost.. Who died to protect his "sister" and with that the man in the moon raised him up again as jack frost and didnt tell him his story because he knew that is what the nightlight wanted in the first place.. That explains why pitch black knew the man in the moon and jack frost.. And why jack frost was So powerful.. And the reason why he was invicible was because jack died in the lake while all the other guardian didnt die.. they recieved powers from man in the moon that is why they remember their past life .. And can be seen and believed in..
There is a Beautiful fanfiction that explians the story way better than the movie.. It is jack frost /pitch black fanfiction with two parts the first called from the darkness we raised / the second called into the shadows we fall... Enjoy and remember.. In the end.. Believe in jack frost ♥️❤️
@@castielwinchester6222 omg there is a book on that omg yes
Never knew my childhood crush's story could be so terrifying
Lmao
He was everyone’s crush…
*our**
I'm so old.
Whats always bugged me is that Jack Frost is the personification of Winter, that means there are also the personifications of Spring, Summer and Autumn but no one knows the names of them.
Jill Bloom, Petey Pitstain, and Leaf Erickson
@@JonSolo Happy Leaf Erickson Day!
@@JonSolo Highly doubt those but until find evidence of their names I guess will be Unofficially Official :P
Wonderful videos by the way :)
Actually a good question to ask, in Santa Clause: The Escape Clause they had that ending where Jack Frost was De-Frosted, what exactly did he become in that event? Seeing he was de-frosted so could not be Jack Frost without the frost...
Do your own research then if u doubt him
@@chibaku9992 Yeah doing research on Jack Frost's seasonal counterparts just results in pages upon pages of Fan-OCs ranging from lovers to siblings to rivals to enemies, and just people taking Jack Frost stories and flipping to fit a different Element. Besides the only 4 Seasonal Deities I know that are all from one culture is from Greece/Rome and they are all sisters so don't think Jack is of them. Plus Jon could be making those names as a joke as well, he is really good joker, plus kinda need the evidence those are the names can't just go accepting the first answer.
Honestly, I kind of love the Rise of the Guardians back story for Jack. It's probably the most solid origin story you're going to get. All other sources seem to be "He's just always existed". It's kind of funny that the RoG version kind of does for Jack what happens in the movie. Before he was more of an ephemeral concept than an actual character, RoG gave him a story and a personality, made him "real".
Ya the idea of a boy who spread fun and joy in a time of hardship saving his loved one and being brought back to continue his mischief and fun is super cool and a lot better than the ROG books origin (one massive confusing roller coaster)
Santa is the reincarnate form of Saint Nicholas, I think Tooth was some kind of childrens doctor and I don't know about the Easter Bunny (forgot his name) but Sandman was personally created by the Man in the Moon I believe, which is why he and Pitch both have similar powers because they're both incarnate forms of concepts rather than from people like the rest of the Guardians.
@@InitialPC I don't think tooth was a childen's doctor but then again i haven't read the books in a good while. I'm pretty sure sandman was a space captain and pitch was a general with a family before he got corrupted and turned evil. Saint Nicholas was a theif i think and a swordsman and also he isn't the reincarnation of santa he *is* santa. The easter bunny was a rabbit who could control time and had his whole race wiped out by pitch. They're all basically aliens as well in the books
@@wellihavenothingbettertodo9696 I know we're talking about a story where holiday mascots become a crime fighting team but the books sound fucking weird.
This reminds me of a one of my old gym teachers.
Her name was Mrs. Frost. It was always cold in the gym. What made it even colder is we had to sit on the floor.
Lol. Us kids would jokingly tell her "Tell your husband Jack to get out and stay out!".
She would just smile and laugh.
Wow. For a guy with no origin story. Rise of the Guardian’s Jack was surprisingly accurate.
I mean, I already got the sense each character was more ‘authentic’ to their roots especially with (Russian?) Santa with his clothes, but it’s just great to see how true the inspiration was.
Actually it wasnt accurate if you read the books.
i really love that Jack Frost is getting recognised today and to answer the question i love to see his history being tolled and the Jack Frost i think of is the one from the Rise Of The Guardians
I have a HUUUUUGGE crush on him in Rise of the Guardians. He’s just so frigging adorable and intensely gorgeously animated
Indeed 👌
I always think of Rise of the Guardians Jack when hearing Jack Frost, he does have an interesting story in the books as he was literally a star tasked to guard the prince of the moon, Manny. But after fighting Pitch, he traveled the human world until he decided to become a human which made him lose his memories and as he died protecting his "sister" he came back as Jack Frost, hench why Jack in the movie is stronger than anyone expected because he's original form is one of the strongest being exsisting.
The books are pretty underrated honestly.
BOOKS?!
@ya btch Maaike Jupp, the series is called "Guardians of Childhood"
“There’ll be scary ghost stories, and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago.” Could the spooky stories have been a holiday tradition that explains Round About Our Coal Fire? I’m asking because that line in the song, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, has always seemed odd to me. Love your work!
i think people used to tell ghost stories on christmas!
It used to be a tradition in I believe Victorian England to tell ghost stories at Christmastime. Dickens' "A Christmas Carol in Prose" is basically a ghost story.
@@alexandria3583 or could be the ghost stories of the old druids sacrifices for the wonter solstice😳😳 "burn that yule tide log" code for the bodies
@@takima504 nope. It’s from Charles dickens
Yes ghost stories used to be a Christmas tradition a LONG time ago. I'm thinking the Victorian era?
I love history and mythology and this man teaches this in a amazing way can't wait to see what's coming up next year hope Egyptian gods and goddesses keep up the great videos
Hey thanks my man! Stay tuned because 2022 is gonna be HUUUGE!
@@JonSolo I'm ready 😉
Dude yes Egyptian mythology
omg Im having a hard time keeping up on all the gods and goddesses of Egyptian
It can be a bit overwhelming
So very interested on how your gonna approach it
Got my Lil brother into your videos he's now interested in Norse mythology
You deserve all the praise for your content
You approach it very well
And it's very unique
you get sources and I'm honestly really wishing you would write a book
Fingers crossed you get time for it.
@@JonSolo just an FYI Demeter is goddess of agriculture, harvest, and the grain specifically
@@aleissa07 my favourite Egyptian god is the devourer 🤣
Big ole hippo bum
I really like how Rise of the Guardians showed Jack Frost's story. It looks like it could pass as his origin story 😁 this is also the version that immediately pops in my head whenever someone mentions Jack Frost....
I also remember how in junior hs, I was known as the girl that has a huge crush on him, Jack Frost from RotG.. it's embarrassing, cute and nostalgic all at the same time.
The claymation Jack Frost is always the first that comes to my mind, he's always been my favourite winter spirit, I find it even more interesting that he simply appeared in other people's stories over the years and no one knows exactly where he came from
I live in a tropical country so my first exposure to Jack Frost was from the Rise of the Guardians movie. In fact, I was a little confused at first because while the concepts of Santa, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny were well-known (not so much Tooth Fairy unless you were raised watching American cartoons, but definitely the other two), Jack Frost and the Sandman were nonexistent. Most kids (including myself) never really understood where and why we got our dreams until we learned it in science class (no, that was a lie, until we research it ourselves to find the scientific answer) Jack Frost doesn’t exist… because we don’t have winter. I was pretty surprised to find out that he and the Sandman were not original characters made for the movie but instead actual mythos characters I was never raised to believe in.
I really love the fact that the one thing almost every Jack Frost has in common is that they want to be recognized and seen by people.
Yes! I really like the Rise of the Guardians Jack Frost, but the Martin Short Jack Frost intrigues me too. I always drop videos I'm watching in order to see yours. I enjoy them thoroughly. I was wondering if there was any good stuff about the elves who help Santa Claus. If it had something to do with fairies giving children whom they like/are good to them gifts. Just a thought. Awesome stuff! I can't wait for the next one! :D
Yes, *Guardian of the Galaxy* my favorite winter movie with Jack Frost, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, and Tooth Fairy, collecting the power stone from Pitch Black directed by James Gunn. Lmao
You didn’t just say that….lol
I’m not sure if this was on purpose or not but I love it lmao
Apologies. I was half-asleep when I wrote this. It's been fixed. Thank you for pointing that out. X)
Definitely had something to do with fairies.
So glad you mentioned the Michael Keaton version of Jack Frost.
Could the Cold Miser from The Year Without Santa Claus be considered another version of Jack Frost?❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
It's kind of a stretch, but perhaps Frosty could be considered some kind of version of Jack Frost. He shows up in winter and just wants to hang out with the neighborhood kids.
One more idea that's a real stretch: Frozone from The Incredibles. Yes, he's technically a super hero, but to Dash, Violet and Jack Jack, he's Uncle Frozone, who delights them with his literally cool powers.
Snorre Snulursun is definitely my favorite Norse name.
Im from finland it made me very happy that kalevala is mentioned here.
I personally believe jack frost originates from northern europe.
Since here finland has many names for jack frost wich the most common pakkanen, others include Talven henki (winter spirit), and Puhuri (father of the Frost) and maybe Halla (Puhuri's daughter)
There are many names to snow in winter. Lumi, puuteri, loska, halla, routa, etc... So i wouldn't be suprised if Jack frost is originated from northern people. Maybe i should check things up from Saamish people since they are original population of finland that currently lives in Lappi.
Ite en ees tienny koko tarusta lol
Please do the messed up origins of santa. From what i heard he's the god of war and death based off the odin myth
Did someone get that from the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher?
Historically, he was a Grecian Bishop living in Turkey. Stories tell of him giving golden balls to three sisters as dowry, raising the dead, multiplying grain. Supposedly, he punched a heretic named Arian at the council of Nicea.
Ah yes, Santa the God of War
As a Filipino living in a tropical country, my first introduction to this guy was Rise of the Guardian... I sadly think of him as nothing more than the Harbinger of Snow, the Source of Elsa's gift/Mentor & my ship for Elsa...
Awesome
Hello fellow Jelsa shipper haha
Cool
Touch some grass
@@joosi_booty9334 keep your negativity for yourself 🙃
I've heard two people say that when they were kids, they each had a snow-day playmate named Jack. I can't remember the details of what the 2nd person said, but the first said that he had pale skin, white or blonde hair, and blue eyes.
This Jack would only appear when it snowed, and he said he could appear as any age he wanted. The first person's mom assumed Jack was an imaginary friend because she couldn't see him. However, the mom changed her mind when she saw child-sized footprints in the mud underneath a frost-covered window. The prints couldn't belong to her child, because there would've been mud in the house.
I'm pretty sure something similar happened to the 2nd person, although I might've blended the memories.
Hi, Jon, can you please do the Messed Up Origins of the Yuki-onna (The Snow Woman) next?
@ Jon Solo OMG yes!!!
He rarely does eastern mythology
@@siege824s8 sigh IKR But please Jon Solo, you can do something amazing with that as the snow falls!
I personally always think about rise of the guardians Jack Frost when hear the name just cause I like him in that movie. Before that movie came out tho I don't think anything but the name would have come to mind
When I saw that he's doing one on Jack Frost I clicked on it so fast
Same😂😂
I found out that Jack Frost has a lot of reference to fall season and wind as well! Many Jack Frost concept art for ROTG was him decorated with fall leaves. Rise of the Guardians is almost 10 years old, it deserves it's time to shine :)
I grew up with the Jack Frosts on the right of the screen- and I must say, the Jack Frost in Rise of the Guardians is my favorite 💙
I really would like to see Jack as the incarnation of Nuclear Winter. It would be horrifyingly badass.
That sounds amazeballs!
Fun fact when I was a kid in the late 2000’s we bought a movie titled Jack Frost from a dollar store. Turns out it was that Morozko movie you mentioned.
I love how I knew about the Russian movie from my childhood but didn’t realize it was related to Jack Frost. I hope to see more Slavic folklore in the future 🙏
Also in that movie at the last moment in the forest the father decides to fight his wife back and not leave his daughter in the forest, turns the carriage back, but the daughter quietly escapes not to bring him trouble. Although still, he doesnt go searching for her when he finds out she’s gone. So yeah, not the father of the year anyways.
Having snow on April 1st is a sick joke by mother nature.
Well one thing for sure I love the Jack Frost from the Rankin-Bass Christmas special, because I got to learn the origins of where he came from. Helping for both Christmas and groundhog Day.
But then on the other Rankin-Bass Christmas special frosty's Winter wonderland he got jealous at frosty the snowman, because the kids loved frosty more than Jack. I think it was because the kids didn't know Jack Frost that well, so that's why they loved frosty.
But luckily from that animated movie special, Jack Frost sort of learned his lesson. And at the same time I should say he was like reborn, by accepting the fact that he should always be a good friend to frosty the snowman. And at the same time the kids will get to know him more than ever, and the kids would love to see him be close friends with frosty.
And also Jack Frost appeared on the Rankin-Bass full length animated Christmas movie, Rudolph and Frosty Christmas in July. The reason why, because frosty and his family went to a Town far away from the North Pole. Because both Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer and frosty the snowman and his family were invited to be performers for a 4th of July circus, and along the way a villain by the name of winterbolt. Wanted Rudolph's nose to be extinguished and not light up anymore, winter boat was even mean at frosty the snowman and his family. Winterball was manipulating frosty and his family, trying to be kind to them and that they wouldn't melt in the summer weather.
But by the time winter bolt was destroyed in the end, his powers that made frosty and his family to stay unmelted during the summer weather. Again frosty the snowman melted, as well as his family, but luckily Jack Frost came in and helped frosty and his family to get unmelted. So they can be able to go back to the North Pole.
And then Jack Frost comes back for the Santa clause 3 and again he went back to his old ways of jealousy and being selfish at the same time, where he thought he can be Santa Claus and take over the North Pole and so forth. Which eventually did not work, and I should say it was terrible for Jack Frost to do that. Because he broke all of rules of what the North Pole is supposed to be, and what a true Santa Claus is supposed to be as well. And in this case the rules is supposed to be where nobody is supposed to know that a beautiful winter wonderland town at the North Pole exists, where it's all supposed to be in secret. And Santa Claus being such a generous and magical man, to travel around the world by reindeer once a year during Christmas Eve. To show his generosity and give lots of toys and goodies to all of the boys and girls around the world, kids of all ages. Because Santa Claus is truly the magical big man, and a generous Father Christmas.
And then of course the movie rise of the guardians comes, and we see Jack Frost again. And we could see that he can be mischievous sometimes, but at least he doesn't go back pure evil. And he's not jealous, and not selfish anymore. But we see that he is a changed legendary figure, where he can be very nice and generous to anybody in the world. Just like Santa Claus, I guess Jack Frost had probably learned lots of lessons through the years, that Jack Frost is like Santa Claus in a way. Except he is Jack Frost, but at the same time trying to be a nice guy and a generous person at the same time.
And even though I love Santa claus, Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer and frosty the snowman. At the same time starting from last year, I started to love Jack Frost at the same time. At first I was really scared of him, but realized that because he learned his lesson for years and years. I believe Jack Frost is not that bad anymore, he can be mischievous sometimes. But all in all, I really do believe his personality had changed, he was reborn and now he is a very nice and generous holiday figure. AKA folklore, winter legend
My family and I celebrate the winter solstice as “Jack Frost Day” and we make winter/snow themed foods and sweets, crafts, and snowmen and play outside either sledding or just enjoying the snow. I tell my nieces that winter is very important for the rebirth we see in the spring and that animals and plants that hibernate need the sleep to continue their normal lifecycles. It’s the beautiful cleansing before the new stuff can grow.
Thank you so much for doing this video (finally lol)! I’m going to show it to my sister this year for Jack Frost Day on the 21st.
I knew his origins were super vague, but I didn’t realise just how vague they are. A lot of the stories that mention characters similar to him have been told (to me at least) as stories of old man winter/father winter, so it’s cool to know that he has such a strong presence in English literature, even if it is just mentions.
My favourite portrayal WAS the Jack Frost movie with Kubla Kraus, but when Dreamworks came out with their version, I fell in love with his character instantly because that’s how i’ve always thought of him (not necessarily as a human turned sprite, but as a misunderstood mischief maker that just wants to have fun, even if it goes too far sometimes).
Jack frost IS seriously underrated both as a character and a story. I hope one day someone can give him justice. I DO plan on writing a book about him having his own story one day too.
I guess that is why Finnic and Slavic Winters seem so much more magical compared to the Germanic winter myths we're used to.
Or could just be me being married to a Finn and living in an Island country where its summer during Christmas. Only White sand not snow.
Thank you so much for doing these Jon! I've been watching your videos for a long time now since I love these kinds of things, but now they're providing some help for my senior project for college! I'm creating a bunch of concept art of fairytale characters in a post-apocalyptic world, and it's a lot of fun to hear summarizations of different origins. I've even started collecting some fairytale analysis books.
Really just fascinating stuff and an awesome way of retelling stories that are hundreds of years old! Can't wait to see what you do next 🤗
can we appreciate jon’s promotion skills?? like i’m a woman, but he’s got me wanting to buy manscaped 😭
Same
There's a weird, head-trippy Finnish _Jack Frost_ movie that _Mystery Science Theater 3000_ magnificently riffed, which _features_ Lemminkainen as the main protagonist of sorts (in this version, Jack is affable: Lemminkainen tends to be a bit of a brash jerk).
Oh, further on in the video you show clips from that version, with its original title...
Awesome job Jon. I personally like the Rise of the Guardians that's my favorite one about Jack Frost
This man is the reason why I love Greek mythology and old stories 🔥
Rise of the Guardians is still one of my favorite movies to this day; I was really into the fandom when it was big and it's still got a special place in my heart.
I actually heard the name Jack Frost in Ed, Edd n Eddy's "Jingle Jingle Jangle" where Jonny dressed up as him. But I only get to know about Jack Frost in Rise of the Guardians. I think that's my favourite portrayal of Jack Frost, and the most well known as well. They touch upon how winter can be fun, and how joy can be found in the cold.
I asked for this video ages ago!! Ah, well. Better late than never 😁
P.S I LOVE both the Rankin Bass and Rise of the Guardians interpretation of Jack Frost. I cant decide which is more adorable!!
I was literally JUST thinking how I wanted you to do a origins of this-
Why do you think I did it? ... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I love seeing your videos. Could you please do a Messed up origins on The Wizard of Oz one day? The books are so different from the movie and I think it would be cool to see your take on it. Thank you for what you do. 👠🌈🌪️🌹
I honestly did love the Rise of the Guardians version. Because it was like the chaotic natural of all of the stories of Jack Frost.
P.S. But I'm so glad you brought up the Michael Keaton's Jack Frost, definitely one of my favorite Christmas movies ❤❤❤❤
I always think of the stop motion animation. It's my favorite of all the old stop-motion films. It just had such a wonderful story, and dared to not end with a happily ever after. I always admire stories that don't have a fairy tale ending of "they all lived happily ever after."
The Rise of the Guardians was my first and only exposure to Jack Frost, and I absolutely love his development in the film and how it made the film so wholesome.
I really like Jack Frost. I think the movie is very underrated. And
Lol
And- needed a sequel! More story of jack!
I just finished reading The Winternight Trilogy which follows a Russian girl and Morozko, among other Russian folklore creatures. It was amazing - so it was really cool to hear these backstories!
Yes! I was just going to comment about that series too. Katherine Arden's books are amazing! I love the Jack Frost stories, any of them, and her books being about Morozko were just so fun to read!
@@rayeannberg7714 Definitely agreed! :)
The dude in The Kalevala is badass- put Jack in his place right away
YESSSS BEEN WAITING!!! Love you Jon!!!
I would happily let Rise of the Guardians Jack Frost nip my nose
You never mentioned the 1934 Jack Frost cartoon. I loved that one the most growing up! I used to watch it on a VHS at my grandparent's house, and now I've found it on Amazon Prime so I was able to show my daughter!
I swear The minute your channel notification popped on my screen I clicked faster than you can say 'Let it go'
Jack is one of those universal English names like Tom, Dick ,or Harry that you can use to stand in for anyone. It doesn't surprise me that someone would add it to a character simply named Frost.
The music never gets old
I hope you do a video for the various Christmas characters. I would also love to see one on Santa's elf's. I always wondered why they are so short. I would also love to see one on Krampus and Santa as well.
I like Rankin Bass’ interpretation, but my favorites are ROTG and Martin Short’s portrayal. Plus I dress up as the Short version for ‘favorite holiday character day’.
I’m watching this on a night of a blizzard in my area. How appropriate. On another note- what’s everybody’s opinion on the Jelsa ship? (The relationship posts between Jack Frost and Elsa.)
The fanfiction community is rapid. Have been since late 2013/early 2014...kinda stalled for a bit, but then Frozen II came and writers got right back to rapid fire!!
It makes sense in a way, both are have a sad past and associated with cold....but i dont see them have real chemistry beyond that. But that's just my opinion
I Love that you included the russian film "The magic forest" (at least thats the german Name)
Grandpa Frost is Fun, yet dangerous. Ya know, like all People 😁
GOD I HAVE BEEN ASKING THIS FOR SO LONG
You mentioned Kalevala!!!! This little Finn is so happy! Thank you!
It's always funny hearing people from America complaining about cold, I was at an event earlier today of which half the attendees are USAF (i live in east anglia so loads of US servicemen around here). It was about 6°C while we were all queuing up, and they were shivering and begging for the hot summer to come back (we had a drought for th first time since the 70's, 40°c heat, my lovely green country looked like the spanish desert) meanwhile all the english were basking loving the cool weather, having a right laugh.
I'm American and 6 Celsius/42 Fahrenheit is just fall for me
40 Celsius is a normal summer here too
I absolutely love Rise of the Guardians. Even though the movie came out this year 10 years ago, I saw the movie years later. Bunnymund is my favorite but that's also where I get to know Jack Frost for the first time. I honestly never thought that it's also folklore.
I'm totally excited i needed the cold air here!
I absolutely love that you are doing FOLKLORE!!!
My Senior Art Exhibition is next Spring and I am going to base my Senior Thesis on the Hero’s Journey explained using characters from folklore and fairy tales. It’s going to be unique, interesting and something my university seems excited to see. So, I absolutely love that you are now exploring folklore!!!
Grim Fairy Tales, Folklore, Mythology.. Only Jon Solo explains it best!
I love how Jon low-key shades monotheism in his videos and I am here for it lmaooo
Ok Fedoramancer.
@@dubuyajay9964 I'm not but love you, hunny!
Honestly I always loved that in rise of the guardians Jack Frost was originally a human, it made his story that much more interesting.
Still wish me had sequel. Damn.
Hmm I wonder if we can get a messed up origins of the snow queen? Or has that been done already?
This movie is one of my fav but the thing is the books are way more interesting.. It explores the original story of pitch black, jack frost, the man in the moon and their relationship. SPOILERS!!!!
. Pitch black has one of the most heartbreaking stories i have ever read.. that is why he is very complex and one of my fav "villians" .. The story is pitch black wasnt always the nightmares king but a light general called *kozimos pintcher who protected a golden kingdom far away from earth..this kingdom was ruled by a nice and powerful king who trusted kozimos to protect his kingdom from the darkness and nightmares that were created by hate and envy.. So with an army behind him he manged to capture the darkness and locked it in seals meant to keep them away to create a peaceful world.. But these seals needed a guardian.. so the king chose kozimos for this cost..
Away from home and from his duaghter whom he loved dearly he graw tired and desperate to see her.. and the darkness used that to their benefit.. They imitated her voice into tricking him.. Letting him believe that she was prisoned with them..
"she" cried for her father to save her for years and in the end kozimos couldnt take it anymore and was forced to open the seals to save "his duaghter".. instead he got posessed by the darkness and became pitch black...he changed his golden warriors to nightmares and nightmare men and with them he manged to destroy the kingdom he once swore to protect and killed the king and the queen..
However.. before they were killed they had a one year old son called *manny.. and in order to protect him the king and the queen used a powerful magic and tear to create a star called *the nightlight who took the baby faraway from the fallen kingdom and into the moon.. pitch black followed them and fought the nightlight into a battle So huge it ended up freezing them both in a lake on earth that became frozen over decades .. After So many years the baby became *the man in the moon and with his power he tried to raise his guardin from the lake.. But in doing the nightmare king was a waken too and that was the start of the dark ages.. On The other hand the nightlight tried to stop him but with half of his power locked he failed to do So.... He lived among the humen and loved the human life and decided to became human himself.. So he locked away his memories and the rest of his power and born again as a baby named *Jackson overland frost.. Who died to protect his "sister" and with that the man in the moon raised him up again as jack frost and didnt tell him his story because he knew that is what the nightlight wanted in the first place.. That explains why pitch black knew the man in the moon and jack frost.. And why jack frost was So powerful.. And the reason why he was invicible was because jack died in the lake while all the other guardian didnt die.. they recieved powers from man in the moon that is why they remember their past life .. And can be seen and believed in..
There is a Beautiful fanfiction that explians the story way better than the movie.. It is jack frost /pitch black fanfiction with two parts the first called from the darkness we raised / the second called into the shadows we fall... Enjoy and remember.. In the end.. Believe in jack frost ♥️❤️
@@castielwinchester6222 wait all this is from fanfiction and not from a book?
@@greyworld6242 no it is from the books.. The fanfiction just summerized it in heartbreaking story.
@@castielwinchester6222 Ah.
I was not ready for that promo omfg ahhh!!
Merry xmas, Gunther!
You to Jon
Awesome video! How about the Faust legend at some point. Possibly, Faust was based on a real person in Medieval Germany, who, by today's standards would be a polymath (or renaissance man before the term was invented). However, people in his time decided to demonize him by writing pamphlets about him saying he sold his soul to the devil for his vast (and advanced) knowledge and talents, or something to that effect.
The last animated movie they made about him was good. What happened to his sister was sad 🐣™️💯
Love to see my boy Jack getting attention! Rise of the Guardians has been one of my favorite movies since I saw it in theaters 10 years ago. I also love how he's depicted in the Rankin in Bass specials. But I didn't know most of the information on this video, so I'm glad I watched! It was very informative.
YAY IM EARLYISH! LOVE MESSED UP ORIGINS. You're amazing John keep up the good videos.
HI! Love your work! Wonder if you would do an episode on the other Guardians from The Rise of Guardians??? Thought they are pretty interest to dive into.
A small change to the king frost could make it a great tale. The step mother drops the daughter in the cold while the father is out. The father then goes looking and can not find her before Jack. Similar events, rescues dad and then decides to run off with their riches. Leaving the mom and step daughter to face the harsh winter brought on by Jack Frost!
I’ve sometimes wondered about this myself! But…MERRY CHRISTMAS JON!!!🎄🎄☃️☃️🎅🏼🎅🏼
FINALLY!!! THANK YOU, JON!!!!
my favorite version of Jack Frost is the one where he just wants to be human and be with that girl. also explains groundhog day and why it's pointless because was almost always end up with 6 more weeks of winter
I couldn't wait ☝️💯💁🏿♀️💁🏿♀️😍😍😍😚
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I love your videos, Jon solo. Great job
I haven't watched Jon Solo since 2020😭 good to see your still doing well man. Keep up the videos💯💪🏾
Hey I love all your videos and been here since day one but I want to recommend something. You have done Greek mythology and northern mythology also. But you haven’t done the Chinese Mythology like “Sun Wu-Kong for example “ so I was wondering if you was ever gonna make videos base of this mythology or folklore of Chinese traditions. @JonSolo
So I remember the first time I ever heard the name it was in that movie with the groundhog, so then when I let her watch The rise of the guardians I was really really confused about why these two characters had the same name and similar Powers but completely different mythologies
Thank you for the video!!!
So awesome. I just love how you explain the folklore. Very well done!😀
Theory. Ride of the guardians.
Writers had a very hard time finding his origin story as well so not only did they incorporate that in the movie, but they decided to create one for him.
To bring life and belief
Just a theory
❄A game theory thanks for watching 🌨
I'm from the tropical regions of the earth so why did you say "we"?
good vid you never fail to surprise us. Good job.
I would love to see you talk more about the Kalevala. Your videos are great.
Why do i think that this guy would be an amazing teacher ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)
Morozko (1968) is on tv every Christmas here in Czechia, OMG it´a my childhood :D It´s not that weird compared to other russian fairy tales in film, but it is over the top and that´s part of the fun for me.
I really like how they made the characters in rise of the guardians, all the details are really unique down to their eye details
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!!!
I love how he trade marked the Messed Up Origin
I love hearing you refer to books I have. I have been collecting fairy tales / mythology books since I was a kid. I just went to my group of books and had several. Lol You are so much fun to watch.
This is a great video jon
Wow I never knew this!! I loved it!! Thanks Jon!!!