Supernatural Folklore Quiz 2 Flashcards
What is a monster?
-Monster most generally are the inhuman
-A A term that is used both literally and metaphorically
Ancient Monsters: Griffins
-Offspring of lion and eagle
-Greedy
Ancient Monster: Cyclops
-One huge eye in the middle of their head
-Huge
Medieval Monsters: Behemoth
-Brass bones & huge jaws
-Shape of elephant and tempts humans
Medieval Monsters: Leviathan
- Sea monster rises from the deaths of the sea to cause problems
Scientific Monsters: Hydra
-Stuff and killed
-Multiheaded
Scientific Monsters: Jo Jo the Dog Faced Boy
-Russian boy
-Displayed to the public
Psychological & Future Monsters: Pyschopaths
- Certain kinds of people, serial killers
Psychological & Future Monsters: Cyborgs
-Reflect fear of things around us
Vampires(definition)
Living creatures who send out their souls to wonder
Vampires( belief and legends)
Overlap with other shapeshifters and cryptozoology monsters who feed on the living
Chupacabra
- A blood thirsty cyrtid that is said to feed on the blood of livestock, including goats
- Heavy creature
-Reptile like
-Alien like
-Size of a bear
-Dog like
-Tail
Vampire & Science
-Overlap: both use the same evidence to support certain conclusions
Werewolves
A human being who turns into a wolf and later returns human
“Were”- man
Both tradtional and pop culture
Shapeshifter
Being that can transform into another form
Therianthropy
Transformation of a human being into an animal
Lycanthropy
The ability to change to the shape of a wolf
Werewolf Background
-Existed since ancient times
-Northern Europe and Scandinavia
-Admired for hunting ability but became feared as time moved towards farming
Werewolves Beliefs: Involuntary
-Hereditary
-Birth or improper nursing
-Witch craft
Werewolves Beliefs: Voluntary
- Drinking water from a wolf’s footprint
-Applying magical salve
Werewolves Beliefs: Protection against them
-Silver bullet
- Burning
Werewolves & Masculinity
-Seen as hypermasculine, hair, strength, appetite and exaggerated sexual organ
Alien sightings in 1950 through folk tradition
-Described as grays, little green men
-Non threating
Aliens in 1950’s through pop culture
-Appear sinister( taking over the human race)
Aliens: Folk Tradtion
-Gray
- Encounters are frighting & traumatic
Aliens: Pop Culture
-Seen as sinister plans for earth
-Vary in looks but still gray/green
Alien sightings
1st: UFO Sighting
2nd: Physical Ev.
3rd: Contact is made
4th: Abduction
Aliens: Crop Circles
- Believed to be saucer nests, communication from aliens
-Became famous through notable hoaxes in England
Alien Abduction Narratives
- Memorates( first person and told as true)
Who tells abduction narrative?
Come from reliable narrators across a wide variety of context
Narrative Structure: Capture
Strange being seize and take the witness aboard the UFO
Narrative Structure: Examination
Beings subject the witness to a physical and mental examination
Narrative Structure: Conference
Conversation with the beings follows
Narrative Structure: Tour
The beings show their captive around the ship
Narrative Structure: Otherworldly Journey
The ship flies the witness to some strange and unearthly place
Narrative Structure: Theophany
An encounter with a divine being occurs
Narrative Structure: Return
At last the witness comes back to earth leave the ship returns to normal life
Narrative Structure: Aftermath
Physical, mental and paranormal aftereffects continue in the wake of the abduction
Motif
The smallest element in a tale having a power to persist in tradition: small repeating details in folk narratives
Common Themes
-Focused on reproduction
- Come from a dying home planet
-Offer prophecies and warning to human
-Deceitful and indifferent towards humans
Famous Alien Narratives
-1947 Roswell UFO incident
-Betty and Barney Hill, 1961
Conspiracy Theory
The conviction that a secret, omnipotent individual or group covertly controls the political and social order
Rumor
Info that is spread without secure evidence
Legend
3rd person narrative about a single episode the truth of which is debated in the telling, solidified rumors
Similarities among rumors, legends, and conspiracy theories
-All deal with questions
-All 3 genres
-All 3 express shared fears and distrust
UFO
Unidentified Flying Object
Ufology
Study of UFO sightings and related evidence
Accounts of UFO’s
-Dis shaped
-Bright light
-Crashes & debris
Under the Sea Monsters
-Kraken( Scandinavia)
-Each Uisge ( Scotland)
-Ningyo (Japan)
-Selkies
-Sirens
-Merfolk
Merfolk
-Fair creatures
-Beautiful maidens
-Also monsters
Qalupalik
-Stories in Alaska, Western Canada, Artic
-Human like
-Green skin
-Long hair
-Long fingernails
-Lives in the sea
-Hums to children
Yemaya
-Stories from Brazil & Cuba
- Queenly Mermaid
-Ocean mother goddess
Lara
-Stories found in Brazil, sometimes Cuba
-Mermaid like
-Mother of the Waters
-Love & Beauty
-Grief & Misfortune
Pania of the Reef
-Storied found in New Zealand
-Protector of the Reef
-Beautiful maiden
-Lingers in the waves
-Broken heart
Merfolk Hoax
1822, turned out it was nothing but a dried stuffed skin of a monkey attached to a salmon that was cut in half
What is ritual
-Sub genre of customary folklore
-Wide range of repeated habitual actions and behaviors, small or large, serious or playful
Guising
Halloween tradition where people dress up and visit homes for candy/treat
Belsnickeling
visit homes prior to Christmas to check up on the behavior of children
