Transcript of Folklore Or Popular Antiquity. Pop Culture, Fine Culture, Folk Culture These are the three types of...
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- Folklore Or Popular Antiquity
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- Pop Culture, Fine Culture, Folk Culture These are the three
types of culture used in the world today. Can you tell which
picture belongs to which culture?
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- Pop culture The media passes it down Short life span Author is
traceable
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- Fine Culture Media passes down Author is known Long Life
span
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- Folk Culture Roots of the other two Passed along orally, rarely
by media Usually told among friends Difficult to trace author Lives
basically forever
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- Elements of Folklore Folklore is the traditional beliefs,
customs, stories, songs and dances of a culture. It is an oral
tradition and is based on the lives of the common people. The
following are examples of folklore that is used in modern day
literature. Fairy Tales (think Once Upon A Time or Grimm) Proverbs
Folk tales Tall Tales/Legends Urban legends Superstitions
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- Fairy Tales Fairies are like myths. They were once believed in
and were used to explain the unexplainable things that happen to
people. For example: If two dark haired parents have a child that
is blond, we understand that genetically that can happen. The
people of old believed the fairies came and switched their real
child with a fairy child (a changling).
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- Fairy Tales Features fantasy characters (fairies, goblins,
elves, trolls, giants, mermaids) Can include magic and enchantment
Usually have a fairy tale ending or a happy ending Take place once
upon a time rather than a point in actual time
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- Fairy tales continued Fairies were used to explain negative
things as well. If a young person got thin and quit eating, the
people of old claimed he or she must have eaten fairy food and will
now waste away. The truth? It was probably some form of cancer or
other disease. Milk soured? Kobolds did it! Water in a pan by the
fire disappear? The pixies drank it! Mushrooms grow in a circle in
your yard? Fairies danced there the night before. That is called a
fairy ring. Blankets all kicked off the bed at night? You have a
boggart living in your house!
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- Kobold
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- Boggart
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- Pixies
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- TROLLS Parents told their children about trolls and the bogey
man to keep them from going outside or away from them at night.
They used the tales to keep the kids safe.
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- Proverbs Brief popular saying in a relatively fixed format
Oldest form of oral genre, but has passed into literary works
Examples: Get your ducks in a row A rolling stone gathers no moss
Several use similes sweet as sugar or are ironic clear as mud
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- Superstitions Superstitions are beliefs that have no factual
basis. Some people actually believe them to be true. Most
superstitions have a counteractive part that will fix whatever the
belief is to make it better. Examples of Superstitions It is bad
luck if a black cat crosses your path unless you put 3 Xs in the
air as it does. If you break a mirror, you will experience seven
years of bad luck. If you sweep over a persons foot with a broom,
someone is going to die the house that night. You hear of teams
wearing the same shirt or socks for each game as if that is why
they win. Players do not shave their beards for the playoffs,
etc.
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- Folk Tales An anonymous, traditional story passed down orally
long before it was written down. Folktales include animal stories,
tricksters, fairy tales, legends, myths and tall tales. Folk tales
also include fables, such as The Tortoise and the Hare and The Boy
Who Cried Wolf.
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- The Tortoise and the Hare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjokVI0LJzw
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- Tall Tales A tall tale is a story in which the exploits of a
character are exaggerated. When you read one, you expect to find
ridiculous and unlikely situations narrated seriously, as if the
events are true. They rely on certain elements: a hero for the
people, deeds that are unbelievable, and character traits that are
wildly exaggerated. Examples include Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyon, and
John Henry.
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- PECOSBILLPECOSBILL
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- PAUL BUNYON AND HIS BLUE OX, BABE
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- JOHN HENRY
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- Urban Legends A form of modern folklore consisting of stories
that may or may not have been believed by their tellers to be true.
Some of these may seem more modern because you have heard them from
your parents. They are stories easily passed down through the
media. Examples include Bloody Mary, The Hook Story, or even
something as simple as a chain letter or post on a social
networking site like Facebook (i.e. if you dont post this as your
status, you will be hauntedBloody MaryThe Hook Story
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- Urban Legends: Bloody Mary Bloody Mary is a legendary ghost or
spirit conjured to reveal the future. She is said to appear in a
mirror when her name is called multiple times. Historically, the
ritual encouraged young women to walk up a flight of stairs
backwards while holding a candle and a hand mirror in a darkened
house. As they gazed into the mirror, they were supposed to be able
to catch a view of their future husbands face. There was a chance
that they would see a skull or the face of the Grim Reaper instead,
indicating that they were destined to die before they married.