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Jack and the Beanstalk

Notable Authors: J. Roberts, Benjamin Tabart, Andrew Lang
Location: England

“Jack and the Beanstalk” is one of the popular folktales that were published as a fairy tale. Researchers theorize that the “Jack and the Beanstalk” fairy tale has origins back to Proto-Indo-European language and Proto-Indo-Iranian variants. It was first published in Round About Our Coal Fire as “The Story of Jack Higgins and the Enchanted Bean” around the year 1734. Different versions of the tale have the giant with the name Blunderbore, which is based on “Jack the Giant Killer.” However, the original name of the giant in “The Story of Jack Higgins and the Enchanted Bean” is Gogmagog.

The story of “Jack and the Beanstalk” begins with Jack selling his family’s cow for enchanted beans. Jack plants the beans on their field, which grow into a large stalk. He climbs the stalk and comes in contact with a terrifying giant. The giant says out loud his most famous lines: “fee fi fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread.”

However, Jack outwits the giant, steals his goose that lays golden eggs, his magic harp that plays by itself, and a bag of gold. The giant attempts to retrieve his stolen items, but Jack cuts off the stalk, killing the giant. Allowing Jack’s family to prosper. Tabart’s version moralizes Jack’s actions by having a fairy tell Jack that the giant had murdered and robbed his own father.

Source: https://facts.net/popular-folktales/#:~:text=One%20Thousand%20and%20One%20Nights&text=One%20Thousand%20and%20One%20Nights,during%20the%20Islamic%20Golden%20Age.

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