Differences In Supernatural Satirical

All things considered, Supernatural as a popular culture television series that falls into the supernatural, horror, fantasy genre, attempts to present traditional lore, not only of the Celtic variety, in a more modern and contemporary way. Through the use of mass-media, and blended narratives, becoming itself an informal storyteller. Cleverly put by Koven and Thorgeirsdottir, "What Supernatural does uniquely, in the context of entertainment and horror, is to self-consciously play with the tradition of storytelling.” Furthering that idea, Catherine Tossenberger expounds the idea that Supernatural is “kinda like the folklore of its day”. What Tossenberger means by this statement is that Supernatural does not only retell folklore and stories,
The brothers being geographical outsiders to the communities in which they hunt, however, they are amateurs with no formal training much like the early collectors of folklore in Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Paradoxically, Tossenberger also suggests that Sam and Dean Winchester are also representative of the folk, through their dress, belief in stories they hear and participation of transmission and folk belief. In many ways, Supernatural engages with the idea of “folklore about folklore”. Simply put, Supernatural is a form of folklore that engages with folklore of the past, effectively creating new narratives and “non-traditional” folklore tales based upon oral traditions. A trend and process that is nothing new to “traditional” and “authentic” oral traditions within Celtic nations, for instance, James MacPherson’s inventive Tales of Ossian, that were based on the narrative of the Fenian Tales, and eventually resulted in the Ossian Tales becoming a part of the Celtic folklore
He suggests that one factor may be that fairytales and folklore are ways of instilling societal norms, responsibilities, morals, values and customs in order to be functioning members within a community and prove their membership within a shared culture, identity and community. Similar to the discussions that were had in the course, those in power of transmission of stories and lore are the same people that have the power to decide what values, morals, and customs are to be held within the society on both a micro and macro scale. Despite the shift in the platforms in which transmission of folklore occurs, from oral and literary traditions to that of mass-media ones, fairylore and folktales still hold a “network of significance” and linear continuum within a community. However, with the advent of mass-media and the spread of popular culture via the platform of television and the internet, the community of believers is no longer local communities that no longer participate at a ceilidh, but other platforms such as blogs, fanfiction sites, conventions, etc. The linear continuum of popular culture fulfills much of the same functions within a community or society that oral traditions of storytelling did, but now its become more flexible, accessible, and contemporary to the current societies beliefs, values and