It got a complete origin story of its own, starting when a meteor crashed in ancient China and, speaking with its own voice, delivered a prophecy that it would flame three times, bringing first death, then life, then power. While the guy who would eventually use that name as a superhero, Alan Scott, was right there at the start of things, the star of the story was absolutely the Lantern itself. While the lamp is the item most commonly associated with Aladdin and his genie, the original version of that story has a second genie that appears when Aladdin rubs a ring, through which he can create anything he can imagine. Before it's turned into its traditional shape, the green lantern in Green Lantern is actually an oil lamp, like the kind seen in Arabian Nights, which is also where we can find the other connection. There are plenty of magic rings in fiction, going all the way back to mythology, but there's one in particular that seems relevant here. The broader strokes of the origin story, however, are a little easier to figure out. Scott Fitzgerald's use of color symbolism to the first appearance of Green Lantern is something even the most daring high school essay writer wouldn't try. The closest thing to a magic green light that would've existed in pop culture at the time would've been the green light at the end of Daisy Buchanan's dock in The Great Gatsby, and linking F. The idea of a ring that can create solid images of anything the wearer can imagine doesn't really have an obvious immediate predecessor. Green Lantern, however, is a whole lot harder to pin down.
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