Urban legends have always intrigued me. In fact urban legends are told all over the world, even in countries that many have never heard of before. Many people of all backgrounds find them to be mystifying and sometimes even alarming. It seems as if urban legends have the ability to draw any person in ranging from a young child to the typical adult male. Whether or not you believe these incredible tales is almost irrelevant in many cases because for many different cultures and societies the primary purpose of urban legends are for entertainment and shock effects. This in many cases taken to the extreme with some of the different versions created to intensely horrify listeners.
Urban legends have existed since the beginning of time in all different kinds of cultures and societies around the world. The idea of urban legends in Inca society played a key role throughout many people’s lives. Legends of early rulers in Inca society were some of the most common this clearly reflecting how important the rule of some of these leaders initially were. The idea of inevitable fate runs through all Germanic storytelling [1]. And in fact »in Germanic belief, each man had a certain span of life, a certain measured time to live, and not only the time but the place and circumstances of his death were determined from the moment of his birth». This widely believed fact is featured in many Germanic legends and leaves a great impression behind to those who read them.
Some legends’ purposes or effects can cause a lot of harm and confusion in society. Urban legends also turn out to be more international than many people think.
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Мельник М.П., Лопатина О.И. ВЛИЯНИЕ ГОРОДСКИХ ЛЕГЕНД // Международный студенческий научный вестник. – 2015. – № 5-1. ;URL: https://eduherald.ru/ru/article/view?id=12813 (дата обращения: 21.11.2024).