versatile forms of verbal folklore as its applications can be synthesized by anyone anywhere. In my research paper I will be diving deeper into an urban legend local to my hometown of Mahopac‚NY. This urban legend is the legend of “Oniontown”‚ a supposed haven for “In-breds” and “mutants” this town features people who will do anything to remove outsiders from their secretive community. The legend of Oniontown plays off of several aspects of the genre of verbal folklore Urban Legend such as the connection
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folktales‚ form a very important part of the African culture. There are different ways in how those folktales affect the African culture in general; one of this ways is that it’s used as a way of communicating. There is a rich‚ fertile legacy of folklore from Africa. On this vast continent‚ folk tales and myths serve as a means of handing down traditions and customs from one generation to the next. The storytelling tradition has thrived for generations because of the absence of printed material.
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Dream Eating Monsters of Japan - BAKU Japanese children are not afraid of nightmares after they are told about Baku. They are taught when waking up from a scary dream to whisper three times‚ "Baku-san‚ come eat my bad dream." Faithfully the dream eating monster will come to their bedroom and suck the bad dream away. Baku are not always so benevolent and if they happen to be too hungry a single dream may not be enough and they may take away the child’s hopes and ambitions as well. Children are
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Birthday song was originally authored and then converted by folk culture.) d. Reflects cultural diversity and economic prosperity 2. Folk Culture 3. Folklore (Definition) a. Information created by same people use it b. More than entertainment c. Part of cultural tradition d. Not fixed in time e. Transmitted orally 4. Folklore (Function) a. Entertainment b. Educational- explains natural occurrences c. Celebrate rites of harvesting‚ hunting d. Teleological- establishing a community
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initiation exists. We can distinguish different types of such literature: the anthropologic works devoted to local and traditional culture (of course‚ similar works concerning modern cultures also exist but they tend to use the same methods)‚ studies in folklore and folk literature (myths‚ fairy and folk tales etc.)‚ which often go with the former‚ and psychological literature. And the narrowest represented type is researches in modern and classical fiction (we mean works concerning the question "how are
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“tradition” is necessary in the African society during the 14th century in order of passing information down from generation to generation. This can be proven through the primary source given called the Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by D.T Niane. In this folklore it depicts an African society and how oral tradition played a key role in their lives during the 14th century. This oral story shows the trials and tribulations of Sundiata and how he became the King of the Malinke people. This oral story helped
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Not even advancement in technology could remove the people’s thought and curiosity about mystries and legends of folklore. Some researchers and so-called experts have come and gone. All of them believing that their findings are correct. We do not know yet who to believe. A Tikbalang is a half-man and a half-horse creature. It’s upper body resembles like that of a horse and from the neck down it has a shape of a man. It is said to be living in places like swamps‚ deep woods‚ forests and big trees
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religion. They both seek to provide explanations to issues affecting different cultures. However‚ religion and mythology diverge on the basis of their result. Mythology deviates from the sacred aspect of a phenomenon to become part of a culture’s folklore while religion maintains its sacred significance to the culture in question. Since religion and mythology seek to provide an explanation behind the occurrence of a phenomenon‚ they can be extremely beneficial to human beings who may be facing difficulties
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Fort Delaware became a State Park in 1951. Dating back to 1859‚ the Fort was originally used to protect the ports of Wilmington and Philadelphia‚ and served as a Union fortress and a Confederate prison. Many of Fort Delaware’s first Confederate prisoners were brought from the Battle of Kernstown in 1862 and the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. A total of thirty-two thousand prisoners were kept at Fort Delaware. The state of Delaware obtained the Fort from the United States Federal government in 1947
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