Poker is a popular game all over the world, which can be called as the most convenient way of entertainment since it can be easily achieved anywhere and no longer the specialty in a casino. Playing cards will be required in this game. In a deck of poker, only JQK12 cards are painted with people's heads. Do you want to know who are the archetypes of JQK in these cards? Let’s go!

J is the abbreviation of Jack, which stands for guard and samurai. JACK originally used the word KNAVE (villain), which was quite popular in Britain and continental Europe until the 1940s, and has been basically abandoned now, but it is still used in some European countries such as Sweden.

Archetype of Jack of Spades: Ogier

Ogier was an aide to Charles I. He was a fictional Danish hero based on ancient French poetry. He made great achievements, but finally died in the battle of Pyrenees. J of spades originally held a spear in his hand, but now it appeared a square stick in printing playing game cards.

Archetype of Jack of Hearts: La Hire 

French commander in the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, who was the attendant of Charles VII and a comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc.

Archetype of Jack of Clubs: Lancelot

A legendary figure in England who was a member of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. It looks like a handsome young boy. Because he is an excellent archer in legend, Jack of clubs shows a man holds an arrow. Lancelot's love affair with the Queen led to the war against King Arthur.

Archetype of Jack of Diamonds: Hector

The Great Prince of Troy, the brother of Paris, was the first warrior of Troy and was once called "the wall of Troy". Finally, he dueled with Achilles and died in the hands of the other party.

Q is the abbreviation of Queen, which stands for Queen.

Archetype of Queen of Spades: Athena

Goddess Athena, the only queen with a weapon in the four queen cards, is the goddess of war and the goddess of wisdom in Greek myth, and Athens is named after her.

Archetype of Jack of Hearts: Judith

Judith was a heroine in the Old Testament. The Assyrians invaded Jerusalem. Judith defrauded the enemy by her beauty. After Herofinis got drunk, Judith cut off his head and saved the Israeli people. This is the first written "honey trap" in history.

Archetype of Jack of Clubs: Argine

Argine, evolved from the word Regina, has red and white Rosa multiflora in her hand. The Lancaster royal family in England was symbolized by red roses, and the York royal family was symbolized by white roses. After the Rose War, the two royal families reconciled and tied their roses together.

Archetype of Jack of Diamond: Rachel

She was Jacob's second wife and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Jacob worked for his uncle for fourteen years for free in order to marry her. It was said that she was a very beautiful woman, and her sister Leah was Jacob's first wife.

K is the abbreviation of King, which stands for King

Archetype of Spades King: David

He was the King of Israel, also Solomon’s father in the 10th century BC. He was good at playing harp, also known as the most righteous king, and was a good soldier, musician and poet. What we are familiar with is Michelangelo's sculpture David.

Archetype of Hearts King: Charlemagne

Charlemagne, King of the Frankish Kingdom, conquered most of Western and Central Europe. Charlemagne on the playing cards holds a sword in his left hand, and presses the edge of his royal robe in his right hand, with his hair curled inward. It is said that in the past, printing was done with woodblock printing, and a staff member who engraved the printing plate accidentally shaved off the beard on the upper lip of Charlemagne's woodblock, so Charlemagne became the only king on printing playing game cards without the beard on the upper lip.

Archetype of Clubs King: Alexander

He was one of the greatest military geniuses in European, the most famous conqueror of the Macedonian Empire. Alexander the Great's hair curled outward, and his clothes always wore jewels with crosses, which was characteristic of King of clubs.

Archetype of Diamond King: Julius Caesar

He was Roman famous soldier and statesman who became the dictator of Rome after unifying Rome. His portrait on Roman Empire coins is a profile. Since then, among the four Kings K cards of playing cards, only the king of diamond is a profile, with his hair curled inward and holding a bundle stick.

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