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crewy
Unregistered User
(10/13/05 8:07 am)
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Fairy Tales and Urban Legends
First, what is the difference between a fairy tale and an urban legend? Second, how can you tell them apart?
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Writerpatrick
Registered User
(10/13/05 9:57 am)
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Re: Fairy Tales and Urban Legends
"Fairy tales" (tales of wonder) are traditional stories intended as fiction.
Urban legends are fictions created through mistaken beliefs.
A fairy tale is intended as fiction, whereas an urban legend is intended as truth. (Then there's the obvious aspect that most fairy tales take place in rural, not urban, areas.)
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Veronica Schanoes
Registered User
(10/13/05 10:43 am)
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Re: Fairy Tales and Urban Legends
What I find interesting is that most urban legends take place in rural areas as well--teenagers making out in cars in the woods, drivers picking up hitchhikers on lonely stretches of road. Not so many urban urban legends!
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kristw
Unregistered User
(10/13/05 12:39 pm)
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urban legends
If you're looking at urban legends, I recommend www.snopes.com. It's exhaustive and fascinating!
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