Jack

Jack is an archetypal Cornish and English hero and stock character appearing in legends, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes, generally portrayed as a young adult.

Description
Unlike moralizing fairy heroes, Jack is unusually thick portrayed as lazy or foolish, but through the use of cleverness and tricks he usually emerges triumphant. In this way, he may resemble a trickster.

While these heroes are not necessarily congruous, their concepts are related and in some instances interchangeable. The notion of "Jack" is closely related and sometimes identical to the English hero John. He also corresponds with the German Hans (or Hänsel) and the Russian Iván.

Folklore/Mythology

 * Jack o' Kent (English Folklore)
 * Stingy Jack (Irish Folklore)
 * Jack Frost (American Folklore)

Films

 * Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)

Literature

 * Jack (Jack and Jill)
 * Jack the Giant Killer (Jack the Giant Killer)
 * Jack of all Trades (The Graveyard Book)

Comic Books

 * Jack Hoerner (Bill Willingham's Fables)
 * Jack Frost II (Bill Willingham's Fables)