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Supernatural Folklore Final Exam Flashcards

1
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How does folklore diff from pop and elite culture?

A

folk culture is deeply rooted in a specific place and community, whereas popular culture is widely accessible and trends quickly

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What are 3 major genres of folklore?

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  1. Material
  2. Customary
  3. Verbal
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What are the 3 major belief genres of folk tradition?

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  1. Legend
  2. Myth
  3. Memorate
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What is liminality? Ex.

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In between
EX. basement, bathroom, attic

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Cultural source hypothesis

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a theory that supernatural beliefs are a product of culture

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Experimental Source Hypothesis

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a supernatural experience people should take a face value

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What is worldveiw?

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the way we see ourselves and the relationship with the world around us

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What is a rational believer

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Clear memory of a supernatural encounter

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What is a monster?

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not human

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10
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Ex. of ancient monster

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Griffins and Cylops

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Ex. of medieval monster

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Behemoth and Leviathan

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Ex. of scientific monster

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Hydra and Jo Jo the Dog Face Boy

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Ex. of psychological and future monsters

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psychopaths and cyborgs

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What is a shapeshifter?

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something that can change from one thing to another then return to the original form

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What are characteristics of vampires?

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pal, dark hair, pointy teeth, strong, fast

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Vampires under folk and scientific understanding?

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both use the same evidence to support certain conclusions

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17
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What was the Great New England vampire panic?

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claiming dead people were werewolves, burning dead people

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18
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How do you become a werewolves?

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Involuntary: witchcraft, hereditary
Voluntary: drink water from footprint, magical salve

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19
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What is protection against werewolves?

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Silver bullet, garlic, burning

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What fears/anxieties might vampires and werewolves represent?

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Losing control, infection

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Compare/contrast pop cul. and folk representations of aliens over time?

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Pop: Green, dangerous
Folk: Green/gray, friendly

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4 kind of encounters with aliens?

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  1. sightings
  2. evidence
  3. contact
  4. abduction
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What are examples of of alien folklore that have been adopted in pop cul.?

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abductions, crop circles, men in black

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What is a typical narrative structure of an alien abduction narrative?

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Memorate

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What are common motifs in alien abduction narratives, common themes?

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physical/mental examination, men in black, bright light

26
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Who are Betty and Barney Hill?

A

a couple who claims to have been abducted by aliens

27
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What are common features of UFO’s?

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flying disk, bright light

28
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What is a conspiracy theory?

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covering a wide range of events that deal with questions of belief and express FEAR and DISTRUST

29
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Who is La Llorna?

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A heart broken women who was said to have drowned her children and herself

30
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Compare La Llorna and other supernatural stories overlap?

A

She practically haunts the river/creek, pull children, kills/drowns them

31
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What is Dia Los Muertos?

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The day of the dead

32
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What is an ofrenda?

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A decorated altar that helps passed loved ones find their way home

33
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Under the sea monsters

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Kraken, Each Uisge, Ninyo

34
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Relation of selkies, sirens and merfolk

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tails, seem half mermaid have other animal

35
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What are mermaid like creatures?

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selkies, sirens and merfolk

36
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What does it mean when mermaid have a dual nature?

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beautiful but monsterous

37
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Compare the Disney little mermaid to Hans christen Anderson?

A

Instead of a happy ever after the mermaid dies, and the sister are supportive rather than not supportive

38
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What is ritual?

A

wide range of repeated actions

39
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What are key components and characteristics of Halloween celebrations in Northern Ireland?

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carve gourds not pumpkins

40
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What are the huldufolk?

A

the hidden people

41
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How to Icelanders regard the hidden people?

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with respect, natural, part of everyday life

42
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What are yokai? EX.

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Japanesse shapeshifters
EX. Kapi

43
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What are tanuki?

A

racoon dog

44
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what are characteristics tanuki?

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shapeshifters

45
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What are legends about the kanuki?

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mischievous, cheerful with wide eyes sometime wear straw hat

46
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What are some characteristics of legend?

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true or false, about real places/people, center around an incident or episode

47
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How do Japanese tanuki legends help is understand cultural attitudes and dears to the changing environment?

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losing nature

48
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Who is moth man?

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a creature that is half man half moth

49
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What is moth man?

A

a creature that is half man and half moth

50
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What is the legends of moth man?

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That disaster happens when is appears

51
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How does the story of moth man diff from the movie?

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the movies is based on true events but not true at all

52
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What does moth man symbolize?

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dangerous or a warning

53
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How do vampires in folk traditions differ from literary and pop cul.?

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folk: monsters
pop: attractive, sparkling

54
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What is virtual ostension?

A

frame of ostension online, act out of themes or events

55
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What is reverse ostension?

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the action before the story

56
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Who is slender man?

A

leers kids to the woods

57
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Characteristics of slender man

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tall, slender, no hands, long limbs, faceless

58
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What is creepypasta?

A

fiction or other media with elements of horror, typically posted online in the form of short narratives supposed to be true

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