(person) by Biblos Wed Mar 07 2001 at 23:12:09

A character found in Mumming Plays, European Festivals and amongst Morris Dancers.

He represents spring and vegetation. The name Jack is taken from the French Jacques, which some scholars trace back to Iacchus, the title of Dionysos in the Eleusinian Mysteries.

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