Jack (hero)

==Legacy==

==Legacy==

Stephen Winick identifies multiple authors who were likely influenced by Jack tales, such as [[William Morris]], [[George MacDonald]], [[Lewis Carroll]], [[C. S. Lewis]], and [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]. Morris's novel ''[[The Well at the World's End]]'' describes a quest for a magical well that grants fortune to those who drink from it, and there are Jack tales in which Jack also quests for a magic well. MacDonald's story, "The Giant's Heart", is related to a Scottish Jack tale recorded by Duncan Williamson. "Jack and the Beanstalk" is considered one of the first [[portal fantasy|portal fantasies]], a genre which includes Carroll's [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]] stories and Lewis's ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''. Aspects of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', such as an eagle rescuing the heroes and a ring containing a soul, appear in the Jack tale "[[Farmer Weathersky|Farmer Weatherbeard]]" which appears in ''[[The Langs' Fairy Books]]''. At an early age, Tolkein was influenced by ''The Langs' Fairy Books'', which include multiple Jack tales.{{sfn|Winick|2025b}}

Stephen Winick identifies multiple authors who were likely influenced by Jack tales, such as [[William Morris]], [[George MacDonald]], [[Lewis Carroll]], [[C. S. Lewis]], and [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]. Morris's novel ''[[The Well at the World's End]]'' describes a quest for a magical well that grants fortune to those who drink from it, and there are Jack tales in which Jack also quests for a magic well. MacDonald's story, "The Giant's Heart", is related to a Scottish Jack tale recorded by Duncan Williamson. "Jack and the Beanstalk" is considered one of the first [[portal fantasy|portal fantasies]], a genre which includes Carroll's [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]] stories and Lewis's ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''. Aspects of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', such as an eagle rescuing the heroes and a ring containing a soul, appear in the Jack tale "[[Farmer Weathersky|Farmer Weatherbeard]]" which appears in ''[[The Langs' Fairy Books]]''. At an early age, Tolkien was influenced by ''The Langs' Fairy Books'', which include multiple Jack tales.{{sfn|Winick|2025b}}

==See also==

==See also==