Urban legends

Urban legends exist in every society and change with the times adapting to the new innovations that occur. An urban legend is a story that has been passed down through generations with the intention of being informative whether it causes fear or joy. The only problem with urban legends is the fact that they are so hard to be proven true. Sometimes they have actual events attached with them but are obviously false; people try to attach relevant topics to legends to make them more believable. Some

Stephen King’s short story “The Boogeyman” is a thrilling adventure that incorporates an urban legend that has many names throughout the world, and therefore makes any reader able to identify with this story. It pulls you in, making you question whether the stories your parents, cousins, or siblings you had finally deemed as unrealistic and fake were fictional at all. Why is King’s story so eerie? Is it the realism in the story, or the fact that the creature being described may have always been a

abide by universal laws or familiar logic. Lastly, in the book, Bless Me, Ultima and the short story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children”, the stories bear the influences of oral tradition such as fables, myths, tall tales, urban legends, and a charmed story telling narrator. To begin, in the story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children”, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, reveals the aspects of magical and the normal are combined ordinarily. In this short story, it

missing children, called La Llorona, ‘the Weeping Woman.’” This is only a short snippet of a ghastly Urban Legend. An Urban Legend is a story circulated as truth and retold over and over again through word of mouth. They are modern day folktales or myths. This Urban Legend, La Llorona is popular throughout Mexico and Texas. She is described as the lady in white, looking for her children. This legend has been around approximately 400 years and has evolved greatly. This folktale began in the Aztec city

You would be sitting around a campfire maybe surrounded by friends out camping for a weekend to celebrate just finishing the school year, or maybe you are with your family out on a yearly family bonding camping trip. It is getting pretty boring and everyone has run out interesting of things to say when someone speaks up. They say they have a story to tell you. It is a story about this witch who lives in these woods. The story goes that a girl named Elly Kedward was accused of witchcraft and banished

The book “To Kill a Mockingbird” has an urban legend hiding in the background. You might not see it at first but if you break down Boo Radley and pick him apart, you figure out there is a lesson to be told from his story. First let’s look at what an urban legend is. Urban legends are fictitious stories, but sometimes based on true events, that teach a moral lesson or offer an explanation for mysterious events. Urban legends are told throughout the world and are distorted a little based on who tells

The Adaptation of Urban Legends and Folklore to Education Urban Legends, conspiracy theories, and ghost stories stem from the fears of society. The fictional, yet fact-based stories should be taught in the K-12 curriculum. It is better to learn about the fear society holds and see what comforts their minds, rather than refuting the impossible. Though based on “pseudoscience”, it is important to show students to think for themselves. It’s the student's jobs to choose what beliefs to live by. Psychology

Have you heard of a bloodsucking animal? An urban legend is a story that has been spread as true but doesn’t have very much evidence. It is left open to speculate about and certain urban legends tend to be more popular in different cultures and subcultures. They can be found in every different time of media ("Vampires: Fact, Fiction, and Folklore" par 1). Do they really exist? What evidence is there? What is a vampire? One urban legend that stretches its reach over many cultures is the concept of

“I will never forget her face as long as I live!” The urban legend of bloody mary is terrifying, many will see this as morbid but I see this a story as explaining why parents tell us never to never do this challenge. This story is explaining why our parents say not to do this challenge known as the “Bloody Mary”. This urban legend is one of my favorites, it is very paranormal and that is something I would like to study one day. Bloody mary was a beautiful woman who was in a car accident in the

The Tale of the Vanishing Hitchhiker The legend of the Vanishing Hitchhiker has been evolving over many years as every town has a slightly different tale to tell, but the gist of these tales have remained the same.“A man picks up a young woman hitchhiking and when he turns to bid his unusual hitchhiker goodbye he discovers that she has mysteriously disappeared from the car. He later learns that his mysterious passenger had died several years earlier”(“The Vanishing Hitchhiker”). Even though some