Jack Frost (Legendary character)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009011014
- info:lc/authorities/sh2009011014
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2009011014#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
- LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
- LCSH Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Frost, Jack (Legendary character)
Broader Terms
- Legends
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Melling, D. The tale of Jack Frost, 2003.
- found: Baum, L.F. The runaway shadows, or, A trick of Jack Frost (Jack, son of the Frost King)
- found: Still, J. Jack Frost, a Russian folk tale, c1998.
- found: Wikipedia, Dec. 22, 2009 (English folklore, Jack Frost appears as an elfish creature who personifies crisp, cold, winter weather; some believe this representation originated in Germanic folklore specifically in the Anglo-Saxon and Norse winter customs; tradition holds Jack Frost responsible for leaving frosty crystal patterns on windows on cold mornings (window frost or fern frost))
- found: Golden, C. The myth hunters. Volume 1, The veil, 2006: pp. 16-17 (A man, or so it seemed made from ice, his body all perilously sharp edges, dagger fingers, and hair that swung and tinkled musically like a crystal chandelier; "Help me," the winter man [Jack Frost] whispered)
- found: The DisneyWiki WWW site, Jan. 5, 2009 (Jack Frost; the legendary figure responsible for snow, ice, and cold weather)
Change Notes
- 2009-12-28: new
- 2012-07-16: revised

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