I'm not scaring my daughter with the boogeyman, but for Halloween I've been telling her myths about Persephone and also about Aeneas talking to ghosts. I think that's just spooky enough without being too dark for a tiny baby.
Stingy jack and the headless horse man are the best icon of Halloween. I love the fact stingy jack basically gets immortality by playing fool me once with the devil.
The grim adventures if Billy and Mandy, did the jack story pretty well. Biggest differences where jack was a prankster not a drunk it was the grim reaper he tricks not the devil and after grim gives him eternal life he chops jacks head off forcing him to use a pumpkin as a replacement. That show could get surprisingly dark at times
Fun fact: in Brazil, October 31st is technically a holliday too: the Saci Pererê day. No idea why he has a day to himself, but he's basically THE trickster in brazillian folklore
3:00 One crucifix is like a pepper spray for all kinds of minor evils. Of course he had one. And you _would_ buy "all the crucifixes" if the devil is destined to meet you today. 9:14 The Boogeyman is basically a mytho-story-logical archetype, more then a specific character.
In the show 'The Grim Adventure of Billy and Mandy' Jack O'Lantern was the town prankster and everyone got so tired of his pranks that they framed him for a prank on the queen and got his head chopped off. When the Grim Reaper showed up Jack stole his scythe. He made a deal with the Grim Reaper to give it back if he gave him eternal life so that he could play his tricks for all eternity. The Grim Reaper agreed to the deal but after getting his scythe back he cut off Jack's head and replaced it with a pumpkin.
I think when most people mistake Samhain as the name of an entity they’re actually thinking of The Horned God, a Pagan deity associated Wicca culture. Although not inherently tied to Halloween or even the autumn season in general since The Horned God is actually more associated with the winter time, he has a lot of Halloween-y vibes, being a major figure in Wicca and witch culture, having been worshipped by the same people that celebrated Samhain and being the inspiration for modern day depictions of the Devil being a horned man. Samhain is also said to be the time of year when The Horned God’s gf, The Horned Goddess died and was resurrected as the Goddess of Yule when the harvest season ended and winter came around.
Fun fact: some historical figures were used as boogymen. For example during the American Civil War, parents in the northern states used Stonewall Jackson as a boogyman.
I've always been curious about the more traditional Halloween figures. Also thank you for the introduction to Stingy Jack and all the work you do, keep it up sir.
I believe the reason that some people say that Jack wears the lantern on his head was a conflation of his story and the Headless Horseman's. I have seen it in a few popular media, including the show Sleepy Hollow and Scooby Doo
I would very much like to see a video about the whole Samhain thing. Or about the broader relationship between pagan and Christian holidays. A lot of people seem to miss the nuance there, and assume that holidays like Halloween and Christmas were just pagan holidays rebranded, when the reality is more complicated than that. Anyway, I prefer Stingy Jack as a Halloween mascot. The Headless Horseman is a fascinating character, but I don't think anything about him uniquely speaks to Halloween. And I feel like there are just too many different Boogeymen out there for them to really work as a mascot.
I love The Headless Horseman. I grew up with the story from Disney and when I got older, the Tim Burton movie as well. But I really love about it is two things: First, you can sort of see the horseman as a continuation of The Wild Hunt stories from Europe. There are so many stories of headless riders or ghost riders throw out Europe, such as The Headless Horseman of Brunswick, and almost always they have something to do with the wild hunt. Hell, Halloween is sometimes scene as a starting date for The Wild Hunt, so it make sense for a headless rider to riding on the day Second, I love that this story doesn't give a concrete answer. It could be a ghostly rider, chasing Ichabod to get a new head, but it could also be the other major character of the story, Brom Bones in disguise. Honestly, why don't have more Halloween or horror stories in general that make you question and debate what the monster is?
5:31 I have a new head canon as to how jack ended up like this in these designs. After wandering the earth for many years carrying his lantern, he comes up with one final way to try and trick the devil. He carefully opens the pumpkin/turnip and swallows the ember, lighting his head on fire. He does this to try and make it seem like he was a burning soul that escaped hell, so the devil will chase him into hell and let him stay there, not being able to recognize his face. After being fooled twice the devil has finally caught on to Jack's tricks and decides to properly punish him. He grows a pumpkin/turnip around his jack's head and leaves the ember in his mouth to mock his attempt at entering hell. Now the devil can never mistake Jack for anyone else and Jack just has to wander around with a burning hot pumpkin/turnip encasing his face.
That's sound like a relly good head canon, but the thing that bother me is jack swalows the ember because jack can't said it's to hot to hold so whats the difference to have in in his mouth, or maybe because jack is an undead and cant feel pain.
Dullahans are also prominent in modern Japanese pop culture. In a similar vein to how the Japanese view Yousei and fairies as similar beings, Dullahans are sometimes compared to Nukekubi, which are female yokai with floating heads and are related to Rokurokubi (one example of this is Sekibanki from Touhou Project, who's a Rokurokubi despite appearing to be a Nukekubi while Zun has used Dullahan as the English translation of her species name). Additionally, Japanese pop culture often depict Dullahans in fantasy works as headless knights with plate armour. This isn't how they're originally depicted in Irish and American folklore, but I think we can all agree that giving them plate armour objectively makes them look more badass.
@@jonathanbarr9764 He's more famous sure, but I'd personally rather see the Yule Cat than Krampus. It eats those that didn't get new clothes that year! And the Yule Lads are even weirder if less hostile.
Not sure this is in it but have you ever heard of Springheeled jack ? He was a myth in 18th century where it was a man with a demon mask who could jump so high he could jump over building and he could breathe fire now you would think he would try to hunt people down well instead he would essentially prank people who were on there roof tops he would jump up to the top and jumpscare them as a joke one time it worked so well someone had a heart attack when they saw him and died just a fun little story
I always called it a "spooky trinity" of Halloween: The slasher villains (Freddy krueger, Jason, Michael myers, etc), The classic monsters (Vampire, Frankensteins monster, Werewolf) And the "I tell you about this to scare the shit out of and the good behaviour INTO you" Tales. This is how i spend halloween- Plus updating my profile pictures to fit halloween (this year it's half a potrait of my face and half the face of a mindflayer)
Your videos are always so interesting and entertaining. Nice touch for a Halloween episode. Speaking of iconic, haunting, figures of myth. Have you thought of doing a video on The Black Knight? I’ve scoured UA-cam, but I’ve never seen a single video talking about his roots. I would love to see a summary from you.
@@dylantennant6594 I think there is one story of a knight summoning The Black Knight in Arthurian Legend, but I can’t really find more information about it.
I was (rather accidentally) stingy jack this halloween. I had decided my jack-o-lantern would be carved into a turnip and, just as my family was about to leave for trick-or-treating, I had the bright idea to attach a string to my turnip and carry it around like a lantern.
Jack is obviously most important because of pumpkin lamps are holiday iconic symbol. Headless horseman is my favorite. As for Jack having pumpkin head it probably come from intermingling his legend with headless horse man.
My headcanon is that Stingy Jack's head fell off after so many years of decay so he used the turnip or pumpkin as a replacement head so he appears somewhat normal
Since then, whenever it's Halloween, I always think of the Headless Horseman. I really Love The story of the Headless Horseman and even if there are more other greeting legends or Horror characters......The Headless Horseman remains my Halloween story. By the way, the film of Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow is awesome my Halloween Film every time. 👍🎃
About Jack using the pumpkin/turnip as his head, one have to remember that Jack is the same character in basically all Irish/British fables, fairy tales and nursery rhymes. So Stingy Jack, Jack & Jill, Jack be nimble, Jack Frost, Jack & the beanstalk, Little Jack Horner, etc. Have the same protagonist, and and most people know that Stingy Jack and Jack & Jill, are about the same dude, so Jack lost his head falling down the creek in "Jack & Jill" and then he replaced it with the pumpkin lantern.
You know, Ghost Rider is kinda a combination of stingy jack and the headless horseman -Made a deal with the devil -Flaming head -Skeleton -Spirit that kills while riding something
I was today years old when I found out H.G. Well's "The Invisible Man" was actually based on a very old myth called "The Ring of Gyges". Maybe one worth talking about?
*The following are the musings of a Salty SEAGULL named EARL who just shows up in my posts whenever he feels like it!* [EARL the Salty SEAGULL:] "I think the Jack-o-lantern head thing for Stingy Jack was actually inspired by the Headless Horseman given some versions have the Headless Horseman wear the Jack-o-lantern as a head! Personally, I consider Dracula (as the representative of all vampires), Frankenstein's Monster (though some prefer to call it Frankenstein), Wolfman (representative of Werewolves), The Mummy (as representative of egyptian undead), & the classic Ghost 👻!"
The devil from Stingy Jack is honestly pretty chill as far as devils go. Doesn't go back on his deals, gave Jack a second chance after being made a fool the first time, even gave him a little guidance in limbo. Kind of get why Jack would be bummed not getting into Hell either if this is the devil in charge
The Headless Horseman is one of my favorites, and consider him as the true mascot for Halloween. Who doesn't like a headless man carrying a pumpkin for a head and rides a horse to bring terror in Sleepy Hallow in the month of October.
My favourite version of the stingy jack story came from Billy and Mandy where Jack tricked Grimm into forcing him to never take his soul and as punishment for angering him, Grimm cut his head off, and being that he now can't die he was forced to use a jack o'lantern as his head. It's a fun twist on the old tale and it provides for a lot of very morbid childish fun
I remembered that the third one is in the movie The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. But I think this person should know that there's a famous documentary about Halloween and it's called The Real Story of Halloween. As a matter of fact, this documentary is educational. That means it teaches us things we don't understand or know.
*Áillen mac Midgna:* "This year's the year, this Samhain I finally burn down Cnoc na Teamhrach as a fire-breathing giant!!" *Fionn mac Cumhaill:* _bet_
0:39: the missinformation comes from The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, where Samhigan was a ghost that was LITTERALLY the spirit of halloween called Sam Hagan
When you think about it, is kinda weird that Halloween doesn't have any "Official Mascot" when other Hollydays like Easter have the Easterbunny and Christmast has Santa Claus, specially when there are so many characters that would be amazing mascots. Stinky Jack is really a missing oportunity for having an official mascot of Halloween, specially with Jack'o lanterns already being simbols of Halloween. At least movies gave us some amazing characters that could be perfect as mascots of hallowen like Jack Skellington and Sam from Trick'r Threat.
Actually, I have heard there is a way to drive the Dullahan away. Simply show him a little gold and he will flee as fast as he can. And I've also heard that the Dullahan is not necessarily always a male. It is also known that if he sets out with a specific Target he will know their name and if he becomes close enough and speaks it they will die instantly.
In Brazil besides Cuca, we have other versions of the Boogeyman. Like Bicho-Papão (Brazilian name for the Boogeyman), Velho do Saco (Bag man) and Boi da Cara Preta (Ox with a Black Face).
I saw something similar on a Facebook poll about which character best embodies the spirit of Halloween. The choices were Jack Skellington, Sam from Trick 'r Treat and Michael Myers. A lot of people picked Michael as he's specifically known for killing people on Halloween but I'd argue that's not quite good enough to make him the embodiment of Halloween. Granted, I like the Halloween movies (at least the old ones) but just killing people on Halloween doesn't really make you the personification of the holiday. However Jack and Sam are much better suited to that role with Sam being the best in my opinion. The reason for this is because while Michael and Sam both kill people on Halloween Sam only kills those who specifically disrespect the traditions of Halloween whereas Michael kills people regardless of whether or not they respect seasonal traditions.
I remembered that all 3 stories maybe true but all 3 things are make believe. But I remembered that the second thing was in the Disney channel movie Don't Look Under the Bed. That movie is on Disney plus.
I love this video because it celebrates my birthday Halloween turning 38 this year🎉😂lol. Happy Halloween to you and all of the viewers and your friends and family as well.
I think I can help you with pumpkin on the head story it's probably because of the show grim adventures of Billy and Mandy Halloween episode where literally there's a character who has almost the same story but as death instead of the Devil
I’ve touched on some of this before but I thought it’d be good to compile it all in one place for Halloween.
I love it.
It's an amazing video
I'm not scaring my daughter with the boogeyman, but for Halloween I've been telling her myths about Persephone and also about Aeneas talking to ghosts. I think that's just spooky enough without being too dark for a tiny baby.
I really like this video format. I hope to see more of this in the future. Have a spooky Halloween. :)
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Stingy jack and the headless horse man are the best icon of Halloween. I love the fact stingy jack basically gets immortality by playing fool me once with the devil.
The grim adventures if Billy and Mandy, did the jack story pretty well. Biggest differences where jack was a prankster not a drunk it was the grim reaper he tricks not the devil and after grim gives him eternal life he chops jacks head off forcing him to use a pumpkin as a replacement. That show could get surprisingly dark at times
When he described Stingy Jack I had to check the Billy and Mandy version because it seemed so similar.
A show that quotes The Beast ain't gonna traffic in fairy tales much. RESPECT.
Fun fact: in Brazil, October 31st is technically a holliday too: the Saci Pererê day. No idea why he has a day to himself, but he's basically THE trickster in brazillian folklore
OK, I haven't saw your comment before posting the same thing. But you were way more informative, so I deleted mine.
Best guess, Jack’s pumpkin head is probably because of people doing the exact same thing with The Headless Horseman(mainly because of Disney).
3:00 One crucifix is like a pepper spray for all kinds of minor evils. Of course he had one.
And you _would_ buy "all the crucifixes" if the devil is destined to meet you today.
9:14 The Boogeyman is basically a mytho-story-logical archetype, more then a specific character.
In the show 'The Grim Adventure of Billy and Mandy' Jack O'Lantern was the town prankster and everyone got so tired of his pranks that they framed him for a prank on the queen and got his head chopped off. When the Grim Reaper showed up Jack stole his scythe. He made a deal with the Grim Reaper to give it back if he gave him eternal life so that he could play his tricks for all eternity. The Grim Reaper agreed to the deal but after getting his scythe back he cut off Jack's head and replaced it with a pumpkin.
Dullahan is for sure one of the most interesting and cool Irish fairies
The Krampus honestly feels like the Boogeyman, a Christmas-y one.
I think when most people mistake Samhain as the name of an entity they’re actually thinking of The Horned God, a Pagan deity associated Wicca culture. Although not inherently tied to Halloween or even the autumn season in general since The Horned God is actually more associated with the winter time, he has a lot of Halloween-y vibes, being a major figure in Wicca and witch culture, having been worshipped by the same people that celebrated Samhain and being the inspiration for modern day depictions of the Devil being a horned man. Samhain is also said to be the time of year when The Horned God’s gf, The Horned Goddess died and was resurrected as the Goddess of Yule when the harvest season ended and winter came around.
Fun fact: some historical figures were used as boogymen. For example during the American Civil War, parents in the northern states used Stonewall Jackson as a boogyman.
I've always been curious about the more traditional Halloween figures. Also thank you for the introduction to Stingy Jack and all the work you do, keep it up sir.
I believe the reason that some people say that Jack wears the lantern on his head was a conflation of his story and the Headless Horseman's. I have seen it in a few popular media, including the show Sleepy Hollow and Scooby Doo
I would very much like to see a video about the whole Samhain thing. Or about the broader relationship between pagan and Christian holidays. A lot of people seem to miss the nuance there, and assume that holidays like Halloween and Christmas were just pagan holidays rebranded, when the reality is more complicated than that.
Anyway, I prefer Stingy Jack as a Halloween mascot. The Headless Horseman is a fascinating character, but I don't think anything about him uniquely speaks to Halloween. And I feel like there are just too many different Boogeymen out there for them to really work as a mascot.
Jack is a very common name, so both the drunk and the blacksmith could be true.
6:52 - Dullahans are a species
10:40 - You forgot John Wick.
Jack is definitely the mascot of Halloween.
I would note that the Headless horseman is not only rooted in Irish folklore, it also features in German and Scottish folklore, under different names
Headless horseman is one of my favorite mythological beings, I love him!
I love The Headless Horseman. I grew up with the story from Disney and when I got older, the Tim Burton movie as well. But I really love about it is two things:
First, you can sort of see the horseman as a continuation of The Wild Hunt stories from Europe. There are so many stories of headless riders or ghost riders throw out Europe, such as The Headless Horseman of Brunswick, and almost always they have something to do with the wild hunt. Hell, Halloween is sometimes scene as a starting date for The Wild Hunt, so it make sense for a headless rider to riding on the day
Second, I love that this story doesn't give a concrete answer. It could be a ghostly rider, chasing Ichabod to get a new head, but it could also be the other major character of the story, Brom Bones in disguise. Honestly, why don't have more Halloween or horror stories in general that make you question and debate what the monster is?
5:31 I have a new head canon as to how jack ended up like this in these designs. After wandering the earth for many years carrying his lantern, he comes up with one final way to try and trick the devil. He carefully opens the pumpkin/turnip and swallows the ember, lighting his head on fire. He does this to try and make it seem like he was a burning soul that escaped hell, so the devil will chase him into hell and let him stay there, not being able to recognize his face. After being fooled twice the devil has finally caught on to Jack's tricks and decides to properly punish him. He grows a pumpkin/turnip around his jack's head and leaves the ember in his mouth to mock his attempt at entering hell. Now the devil can never mistake Jack for anyone else and Jack just has to wander around with a burning hot pumpkin/turnip encasing his face.
That's sound like a relly good head canon, but the thing that bother me is jack swalows the ember because jack can't said it's to hot to hold so whats the difference to have in in his mouth, or maybe because jack is an undead and cant feel pain.
Dullahans are also prominent in modern Japanese pop culture. In a similar vein to how the Japanese view Yousei and fairies as similar beings, Dullahans are sometimes compared to Nukekubi, which are female yokai with floating heads and are related to Rokurokubi (one example of this is Sekibanki from Touhou Project, who's a Rokurokubi despite appearing to be a Nukekubi while Zun has used Dullahan as the English translation of her species name). Additionally, Japanese pop culture often depict Dullahans in fantasy works as headless knights with plate armour. This isn't how they're originally depicted in Irish and American folklore, but I think we can all agree that giving them plate armour objectively makes them look more badass.
I enjoyed this, I'd love to see you cover Urban Legends as well since they're like a modern mythology.
This was a neat format. Would love seeing at least a Christmas video in the same style.
(Icelandic Christmas has *cool~* myths btb.)
Maybe as a continuation of this video he could start off with the Boogeyman of Christmas, Krampus.
@@jonathanbarr9764 He's more famous sure, but I'd personally rather see the Yule Cat than Krampus.
It eats those that didn't get new clothes that year! And the Yule Lads are even weirder if less hostile.
I wanna see a video like this for Christmas once we get there.
Not sure this is in it but have you ever heard of Springheeled jack ? He was a myth in 18th century where it was a man with a demon mask who could jump so high he could jump over building and he could breathe fire now you would think he would try to hunt people down well instead he would essentially prank people who were on there roof tops he would jump up to the top and jumpscare them as a joke one time it worked so well someone had a heart attack when they saw him and died just a fun little story
I'm really glad that you chose to include Michael Myers in the myths of the boogeyman. That earned you a like from me. Lol
I always called it a "spooky trinity" of Halloween:
The slasher villains (Freddy krueger, Jason, Michael myers, etc),
The classic monsters (Vampire, Frankensteins monster, Werewolf)
And the "I tell you about this to scare the shit out of and the good behaviour INTO you" Tales. This is how i spend halloween-
Plus updating my profile pictures to fit halloween (this year it's half a potrait of my face and half the face of a mindflayer)
Here's a fun video idea what if the Greek gods celebrated Halloween
Hades and Persephone would throw the absolute best Halloween parties
Your videos are always so interesting and entertaining. Nice touch for a Halloween episode.
Speaking of iconic, haunting, figures of myth. Have you thought of doing a video on The Black Knight? I’ve scoured UA-cam, but I’ve never seen a single video talking about his roots.
I would love to see a summary from you.
Pretty sure Black Knight is just another term for Knight Errant, sort of a European version of Ronan, not nessicarly a figure.
@@dylantennant6594 I think there is one story of a knight summoning The Black Knight in Arthurian Legend, but I can’t really find more information about it.
I was (rather accidentally) stingy jack this halloween. I had decided my jack-o-lantern would be carved into a turnip and, just as my family was about to leave for trick-or-treating, I had the bright idea to attach a string to my turnip and carry it around like a lantern.
Thank you for including Stingy Jack!
I appreciate it!!
stingy jack is so cool
@@Grayson-tk5hn Agreed, there's just something cool and nifty about a guy who can trick the devil twice and survive!
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Jack is obviously most important because of pumpkin lamps are holiday iconic symbol. Headless horseman is my favorite.
As for Jack having pumpkin head it probably come from intermingling his legend with headless horse man.
My headcanon is that Stingy Jack's head fell off after so many years of decay so he used the turnip or pumpkin as a replacement head so he appears somewhat normal
Since then, whenever it's Halloween, I always think of the Headless Horseman. I really Love The story of the Headless Horseman and even if there are more other greeting legends or Horror characters......The Headless Horseman remains my Halloween story. By the way, the film of Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow is awesome my Halloween Film every time. 👍🎃
As a Swabian German imagining the headless horsemen speaking with a hessian dialect is pretty funny to me.
About Jack using the pumpkin/turnip as his head, one have to remember that Jack is the same character in basically all Irish/British fables, fairy tales and nursery rhymes. So Stingy Jack, Jack & Jill, Jack be nimble, Jack Frost, Jack & the beanstalk, Little Jack Horner, etc. Have the same protagonist, and and most people know that Stingy Jack and Jack & Jill, are about the same dude, so Jack lost his head falling down the creek in "Jack & Jill" and then he replaced it with the pumpkin lantern.
You know, Ghost Rider is kinda a combination of stingy jack and the headless horseman
-Made a deal with the devil
-Flaming head
-Skeleton
-Spirit that kills while riding something
The Headless Horseman is my favorite Halloween icon!! It's basically a tradition for me to read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow every October
I’ve never heard of stingy jack but wow that was very interesting
Bro YES! I was trying to convince my friends how Jack and Headless Horseman are the ultimate Halloween icons. So cool to see this!
I was today years old when I found out H.G. Well's "The Invisible Man" was actually based on a very old myth called "The Ring of Gyges". Maybe one worth talking about?
*The following are the musings of a Salty SEAGULL named EARL who just shows up in my posts whenever he feels like it!*
[EARL the Salty SEAGULL:] "I think the Jack-o-lantern head thing for Stingy Jack was actually inspired by the Headless Horseman given some versions have the Headless Horseman wear the Jack-o-lantern as a head! Personally, I consider Dracula (as the representative of all vampires), Frankenstein's Monster (though some prefer to call it Frankenstein), Wolfman (representative of Werewolves), The Mummy (as representative of egyptian undead), & the classic Ghost 👻!"
Whatever the figure, always remember Mythology Guy…EVIL DIES TONIGHT!
this channel deserves one million subs
With that many crucifixes, are we sure Jack isn't a Belmont?
How did I not ever hear the full story of Stingy Jack until now.
~_~
The devil from Stingy Jack is honestly pretty chill as far as devils go. Doesn't go back on his deals, gave Jack a second chance after being made a fool the first time, even gave him a little guidance in limbo. Kind of get why Jack would be bummed not getting into Hell either if this is the devil in charge
Krampus: am I a joke to you? I’m literally the Boogie Man 👻 of Christmas 🎄 🎅🏻.
The Headless Horseman is one of my favorites, and consider him as the true mascot for Halloween. Who doesn't like a headless man carrying a pumpkin for a head and rides a horse to bring terror in Sleepy Hallow in the month of October.
Didn't realize his name was stingy Jack but that's neat that there are so many different versions of that story.
I like it.
Amazing video, I like this style of videos, I imagine making one talking about the Valkyries would be fun
How about Wodan? Leader of the Einherjar, who became the Harlequinn, who became the Ghost Rider. Ya know...Odin.
I mean for second time. It could also be assumed Jack was lil prepared
My favourite version of the stingy jack story came from Billy and Mandy where Jack tricked Grimm into forcing him to never take his soul and as punishment for angering him, Grimm cut his head off, and being that he now can't die he was forced to use a jack o'lantern as his head. It's a fun twist on the old tale and it provides for a lot of very morbid childish fun
So worth watching this
I remembered that the third one is in the movie The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. But I think this person should know that there's a famous documentary about Halloween and it's called The Real Story of Halloween. As a matter of fact, this documentary is educational. That means it teaches us things we don't understand or know.
Well now I'd like to see a stingy jack horror movie
10:37 But have ever heard of the one who killed three men with a pencil?
I've love to see this guy cover Brawlhalla lore
I enjoyed this.
That’s a pretty normal thing to do is lose your shit at the sight of the devil while out at night
I learnt about Stingy Jack from the Halloween episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Love all three of these
Review suggestion:
Ever seen Grimm? American tv series with sometimes interesting takes on creatures from various folklore (mostly european).
I've never heard the story referred to as "Stingy Jack". Every time I've heard or read the story it was prefaced as the origin of carved pumpkins.
*Áillen mac Midgna:* "This year's the year, this Samhain I finally burn down Cnoc na Teamhrach as a fire-breathing giant!!"
*Fionn mac Cumhaill:* _bet_
I love mythology and this vid was amazing
Oh wait, yeah, I remember the story of Stingy Jack! I do not know when I heard it but I have sometime in the past.
Boogeyman: Creature of Fears...
Headless Horseman: Vengeful Soldier of War...
Stingy Jack: Immortal Asshole
0:39: the missinformation comes from The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, where Samhigan was a ghost that was LITTERALLY the spirit of halloween called Sam Hagan
When you think about it, is kinda weird that Halloween doesn't have any "Official Mascot" when other Hollydays like Easter have the Easterbunny and Christmast has Santa Claus, specially when there are so many characters that would be amazing mascots. Stinky Jack is really a missing oportunity for having an official mascot of Halloween, specially with Jack'o lanterns already being simbols of Halloween. At least movies gave us some amazing characters that could be perfect as mascots of hallowen like Jack Skellington and Sam from Trick'r Threat.
2:17 the waitress in my loves how the devil might be the devil, lord of darkness, but he won’t run without paying the bill, appreciating honest work 😂
And this is the fourth of the conflict between Jack skellington and oogy buggy
I grew up on Billy and Mandy so I knew about Jack for a while
i never have heard of jack before this video and i wish i knew about jake before
0:41 well if you do that, maybe you should also do a review of Trick R Treat with it.
Actually, I have heard there is a way to drive the Dullahan away. Simply show him a little gold and he will flee as fast as he can. And I've also heard that the Dullahan is not necessarily always a male. It is also known that if he sets out with a specific Target he will know their name and if he becomes close enough and speaks it they will die instantly.
Saturday Night Live has best depiction of the headless horseman
Damn love this vid and I dont even celebrate halloween great way to pass time In school
In Brazil besides Cuca, we have other versions of the Boogeyman.
Like Bicho-Papão (Brazilian name for the Boogeyman), Velho do Saco (Bag man) and Boi da Cara Preta (Ox with a Black Face).
my favorite boogeyman is el cucoy he is also represented in the paula santiago book
this is interesting, thanks for sharing
I saw something similar on a Facebook poll about which character best embodies the spirit of Halloween. The choices were Jack Skellington, Sam from Trick 'r Treat and Michael Myers. A lot of people picked Michael as he's specifically known for killing people on Halloween but I'd argue that's not quite good enough to make him the embodiment of Halloween. Granted, I like the Halloween movies (at least the old ones) but just killing people on Halloween doesn't really make you the personification of the holiday. However Jack and Sam are much better suited to that role with Sam being the best in my opinion. The reason for this is because while Michael and Sam both kill people on Halloween Sam only kills those who specifically disrespect the traditions of Halloween whereas Michael kills people regardless of whether or not they respect seasonal traditions.
Oh boy I was not expecting this but I am so excited!!!
For me, Jack Skellington will always be Halloween’s mascot
I used to be so scared of the sack-man, until I was like 8 and stayed up past my bedtime once and I was not caught by it
I remembered that all 3 stories maybe true but all 3 things are make believe. But I remembered that the second thing was in the Disney channel movie Don't Look Under the Bed. That movie is on Disney plus.
This was great
Even VeggieTales has the boogeyman😂
Here's a boogie man varient: William Afton
"PURPLE GUY-"
I love this video because it celebrates my birthday Halloween turning 38 this year🎉😂lol.
Happy Halloween to you and all of the viewers and your friends and family as well.
Great video.
About stingy jack i know version where he cant go either heaven or hell and his soul was force to Enter the Pumpkin
Well I was wondering about this Samhain from the real Ghostbusters series.
Bro we still waiting for record of Ragnarok inaccuracies
michael myers was great reference
I think I can help you with pumpkin on the head story it's probably because of the show grim adventures of Billy and Mandy Halloween episode where literally there's a character who has almost the same story but as death instead of the Devil
I have a new dc headcanon where stingy Jack is John Constantine’s great-great-grandfather or something
Jack has the crucifix collection because its 10 years later. He had them ready lol
Also in other versions it isnt 10 years its a year
The headless horseman is my favorite he reminds me of the nazgul from the lord of the rings