Stories of Lost Israel in Folklore

Jack and the beanstalk

I suggest you read the story first and have a think what the symbolism is.
Some internet accounts leave out detail, you can find audio cartoon renderings, such as here

Jack is a shortened form of the name Jacob, so he is a type of the whole house of Jacob, the children of Israel (Jacob’s name was changed to Israel).
Jack is an Englishman with a particular smell / blood.
“Fe fi fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman”.
A distinct, separated people who maintain their identity.

England probably derives from Engl-land as it was settles originally the the Angles who were 2 brother peoples, the Angae and the AEglae, the latterv being derived from the hebrew word Eglah meaning heifer of the wild ox, antelope or unicorn, the tribal symbol of Ephraim, the main tribe of the house of Israel, indeed Israel generally were often referred to as “Ephraim”. “John Bull” is still a symbol of the English and the lion and unicordn speak of their Israelitish origins.

God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. (Num:24:8-9)

(the word Saxon can be traced using the Behistun Rock to be Isaac’s sons)

Once upon a time there was a poor widow who lived with her son Jack in a little house.
Their wealth consisted solely of a milking cow. When the cow had grown too old, the mother
sent Jack to sell it. On his way to the market, the boy met a stranger.

The sons of Israel had been driven to Egypt by famine and later became poor slaves in Egypt,
symbolised by the (sacred) cow.
The stranger is Moses who had fled from his people but returned.
He commands them to exchange the worship of Egypt (the old cow) for the magic beans – the wonder working God.

Now we don’t have anything and we are even poorer.” Jack felt guilty and sad.
“Only a fool would exchange a cow for five beans,” his mother fumed.
Then, at the height of her exasperation, she threw the five beans out of the window and sent Jack to bed with no dinner.

Initially Pharoah punishes them for wanting to worship their God and makes them work harder “bricks without straw”.
The Israelites accuse Moses of bringing them trouble not blessing (Exodus 5)

Jack is a bow, showing how we must have childlike faith to believe in God not just what our eyes see.
Just as Jacob slept and saw a ladder leading to heaven, so while Jack slept the beanstalk grew.

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. (Gen. 28:12)

Israel left Egypt and headed toward the promised land, God “magically” providing for them with small round manna, quail and water, and protecting them. They climb materially and spiritually, into the land of milk and honey.

I am lost. May I have something to eat? I am very hungry.” The woman, who did not have children, looked at him a little more kindly: “Come in, quick. I will give you a bowl of milk. But be careful because my husband, the ogre, eats children. If you hear him coming, hide at once.”

Jack meets a maiden who knows about him:-

“Good morning, Jack,” said she; and Jack was more surprised than ever; for he could not imagine how she had learned his name. But he soon found that she knew a great deal more about him than his name; for she told him how, when he was quite a little baby, his father, a gallant knight, had been slain by the giant who lived in yonder castle, and how his mother, in order to save Jack, had been obliged to promise never to tell the secret.
“All that the giant has is yours,” she said, and then disappeared quite as suddenly as she came.

Later in their history, Nebuchnezzar took the temple artifacts (along with the Israelites remaining in Judah) to Babylon and set up a giant image of himself which was to be worshipped. He got the idea of the image from the dream that Daniel interpreted.

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. (2Chron. 36:18 )

Meanwhile in the story, the tall old woman says to the Ogre:-
Sit down and I’ll make your dinner.” The ogre, still grumbling,
filled a jug of wine and drank it all with his dinner.
After having counted again and again all the gold pleces of his treasure, the ogre fell asleep

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. (Dan. 5:2)

Jack escapes more than once. The 10-tribed house of Israel were already deported by the Assyrians before the Babylonians came, then God decreed that the Jews (the house of Judah) should be let go ion the time of Cyrus

The Enchanted/singing harp is of course the Harp of David (also on our Heraldry), symbolising the Throneof David which escaped to the British Isles.
Britain would have to deal with the giant kingdoms. “Babylon” is not just the old Babylon of ancient time.

Who is the old woman who warns and shelters Jack but who seems to be in bondage to the ogre?
This fits the Old Testament, The Law, the carnal commandments which have a wisdom and prophetic edge, but are not salvation.
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
For this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. (Gal. 4:24-5)

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For Jack (poor natural man) to become Israel (rule with God), he must believe in the magic beans (God’s word) and climb the beanstalk (walk with God), then kill the ogre (overcome), or be killed (be overcome with darkness).
No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. (Mark 3:27)

But if we really believe in Jesus, the enemy is already slain:-
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. (Luke 10:18 )

Who are you like, Jack, or the Ogre?

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire” (Matt. 3:10)

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. (Rev.18:21)