1981
DOI: 10.1080/0015587x.1981.9716207
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Rationalized Motifs in Urban Legends

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“…Evidence of social and survival biases can be found in the kinds of stories propagated by the tabloid press and gossip magazines, and in narratives transmitted from person‐to‐person – most notably in so‐called ‘urban legends’. Urban legends, also referred to as ‘modern legends’ (Mullen, ), ‘urban belief tales’ (Fine, ), and ‘contemporary legends’ (Simpson, ) are generally defined as apocryphal stories, which are told as true (Brunvand, ; Heath, Bell, & Sternberg, ; Tangherlini, ), involve an urban or suburban setting (Brunvand, ), and feature a single event, usually an individual experience, as the core of the narrative (Tangherlini, ). Successful legends often share a number of features, such as a suspenseful or humorous narrative (Brunvand, ), which contains surprising information or a twist ending (Fox Tree & Weldon, ), a warning or moral message that is either explicit or implied, and they are often attributed to a ‘friend of a friend’ (Brunvand, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Evidence of social and survival biases can be found in the kinds of stories propagated by the tabloid press and gossip magazines, and in narratives transmitted from person‐to‐person – most notably in so‐called ‘urban legends’. Urban legends, also referred to as ‘modern legends’ (Mullen, ), ‘urban belief tales’ (Fine, ), and ‘contemporary legends’ (Simpson, ) are generally defined as apocryphal stories, which are told as true (Brunvand, ; Heath, Bell, & Sternberg, ; Tangherlini, ), involve an urban or suburban setting (Brunvand, ), and feature a single event, usually an individual experience, as the core of the narrative (Tangherlini, ). Successful legends often share a number of features, such as a suspenseful or humorous narrative (Brunvand, ), which contains surprising information or a twist ending (Fox Tree & Weldon, ), a warning or moral message that is either explicit or implied, and they are often attributed to a ‘friend of a friend’ (Brunvand, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O personagem do vizinho agressor encontra seu antecedente na casa dos porquinhos ou dos cabritosou, melhor ainda, na figura do lobisomem, que reúne o tema da metamorfose e o da violência. A folclorista inglesa Jacqueline Simpson, 16 estudando esta lenda urbana, observou, com pertinência, que o reconhecimento do agressor pelo ferimento corresponde, exatamente, ao motivo do "duplo ferimento" nas histórias de lobisomem: desmascara-se o homem que se metamorfoseia-se em lobo porque ele tem um ferimento no mesmo lugar do corpo em que o animal foi ferido.…”
Section: Estudo De Caso: Quatro Lendas Urbanasunclassified
“…O personagem do vizinho agressor encontra seu antecedente no folclore tradicional, relativo ao lobo dos contos -por exemplo, o lobo que quer entrar na casa dos três porquinhos ou dos cabritos -ou, melhor ainda, na figura do lobisomem, que acumula os temas da metamorfose e da violência. A folclorista inglesa Jacqueline Simpson (1981), estudando esta lenda urbana, pertinentemente observou que o reconhecimento do agressor por sua ferida corresponde ao tema da "dupla ferida" nas histórias do lobisomem: desmascaramos o homem que se metamorfoseava em lobo porque ele tem uma ferida no mesmo lugar do corpo em que o animal foi machucado.…”
Section: A Velha Senhora E O Agressor Mascaradounclassified