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 entertainment

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

Other uses

The Omphalotus olearius mushroom

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