Does a pumpkin have any significance in ancient legend

Question

Does a pumpkin have any significance in ancient legend

Answer 1

cinderella..?? lol

Answer 2

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Answer 3

There is a legend that if you keep a pumpkin for more than 10 days after Christmas it will turn into a vampire. People were not afraid because the pumpkin vampire has no teeth.This legend seems to have originated in the Balkans

Answer 4

The "Jack-O-Lantern" comes from an Irish legend.  A mean old drunk named "Stingy Jack" loved to play tricks on everyone.  He even tricked the Devil into climbing an apple tree, and then proceded to cover the truck with crosses, so the devil could not climb back down.  He made the Devil promise that he wouldn't take his soul when he died.

When Jack finally did die, he went to the pearly gates, and was, of course, denied admittance.  He had no choice but to go to the gates of h**l and ask the Devil for a final resting place.  The Devil got the last laugh and denied him entrance, but took pity on him having to wander eternity in the dark, and gave him an ember from h**l's fires.  Jack put it in a hollowed out turnip to use as a lantern.

The British took to using turnip "jack-o-lanterns" on All Hallow's Eve to ward off evil spirits, and the tradition came to North America, where a large squash, the pumpkin, made a much nicer lantern.  

Answer 5

Well, I'm sure somebody ate one in a legend at some time. They are just food.

Answer 6

Not really.

Answer 7

Cinderella.... duh. My boyfriend says thats a fairy tale but i say it was a legend before it was ever a fairy tale.

and also the pumpkin king from charlie brown. The great pumpkin or whoever. from halloween.