Jack the Giant Killer
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Jack the Giant Killer is a fairy tale. It is probably the source story to what we know today as Jack & The Beanstalk.
The story is a series of encounters with giants. The first is caught in a pit trap and killed. The second, Blunderbore, is killed by being strangled with a cord along with his brother. The third encounter is with a Welsh giant, whom Jack tricks into stabbing himself. In the fourth encounter, Jack uses his coat of invisibility to attack a giant and his brother with impunity. The final encounter is with the giant Galligantus, whom he first scares with a blast on a magic trumpet, then cuts off his head and sends it to King Arthur.
External link
- One telling of Jack the Giant Killer (http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/youth/fantasy/TheBlueFairyBook/chap39.html)