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nathan
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  		   Posted 10/14/2007 12:13 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hey wise ones: other than the headless horseman does anyone know of a legend/myth/folktale/story that has the jack-o-lantern for a head.
 
Modern B movies and DC/Marvel comics don't count--I'm hoping there's some (perhaps ancient celtic, or whatever) historical legend for this iconic figure.
 
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  		   Posted 10/14/2007 12:50 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Not a pumpkin head, but try Dullahan, an old Irish myth.
 
 
The Celtic stuff is lost and/or buried for the most part -- what survives -- ie-- "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" seems fairly disconnected from the probable myths and legends that gave rise to SGATGG (or pumpkinhead) as we know it.
 
Keep digging and you'll likely find snippets here and there which could send you toward what you're looking for. If you want to start off with Celtic stuff, try Herne.... master of the hunt.  That would be my best guess for a Celtic origin for "pumpkinhead" per se...

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  		   Posted 10/14/2007 2:54 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
now THAT was some fun reading. Thanks Dan.

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  		   Posted 10/14/2007 6:24 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
It's a down South thing... fella from Louisiana said to me once, "My mama'd tell me about Punkin'-haid, an' how if he kills you, you become the next Punkin'-haid."

 

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  		   Posted 10/14/2007 6:46 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
The Great Pumpkin?

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  		   Posted 10/14/2007 8:00 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
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  		   Posted 10/14/2007 8:03 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Why does math scare Punkin' head?

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  		   Posted 10/15/2007 9:24 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Well, there's always Jack Pumpkinhead in the Oz books, but I suppose that's not what you're looking for.
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