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Anth 3390: Magic, Ritual and the Occult
Chapter 2
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 3
02/17/2011

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Four Stories of the Supernatural
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-Folktales

-Legends

-Urban Legends

-Myths

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Folktales
Definition
exist independent of time and space and take place in a fictional world and include supernatural elements and frequently contain a moral
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Legends
Definition
represent events that have actually taken place, although some embellishment often occurs
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Urban Legends
Definition
Stories that are recounted as having really happened, primarily on the internet or tabloids
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Myths
Definition
sacred stories that tell the origin of the world and humankind, the existence and activities of gods and spirits, the creation of order in hte universe, and the nature of illness and death
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