Myths and Legends
This is the Sociological purpose of story telling
What is to teach?
These are the 2 main types of Magic
What are Instrumental and Sympathetic?
Urban legends often claim to be this though they never provide proof
What is True?
Most cryptids feature as characters in these
What are Urban legends?
A set of norms, Beliefs, and values relating to spiritual things
What is Religion
Mythic Traditions used to be these
What are Religions?
Instrumental Magic can be split into these 3 categories
Destructive, Protective, Productive
Urban legends are often purposely this to let listeners fill in their own details
What is Vague
This famous cryptid was believed to have possibly caused a bridge collapse
Who is Mothman?
Experience, Belief, consequences, Intellectual dimension, and ritual are all these
What are dimensions of Religiosity?
These ideas about what the world is and how it works may be presented in Myths and Legends
What are Beliefs?
This theory States that people's use of magic doesn't actually achieve its intended goal but increases success through relieving the participants stress
What is the Anxiety Theory of Magic?
Many Urban legends continue from these older sets of tales common to most cultures
What are Folktales?
This famous Cryptid is known as Saabe in the Ojibwe tradition and may be "Kenough"
What is Bigfoot?
These are the 2 major groups given to us by dear Emily about Religion
What are sacred and Profane?
These ideas about what is right conduct maybe presented in myths and legends
What are norms?
This division of magic uses similarities or pieces of the thing in order to invoke its power or give power over it
What is Sympathetic magic
Urban legends often present fears and issues from this time period
What is Modern Times?
This famous Cryptid's name means "Goat Sucker" in the native language of those who created it
What is Chupacabra?
These groups often called cults introduce novel concepts of belief to the wider culture
What are New Religious Movements?
This story featuring a man worried for his 13th Child was told by Mr. M during class
What is Godfather Death?
Conflict theory might say this about Practitioners of Magic
That they practice it to gain power and influence over others/societal position
Urban legends often incorporate these to lend themselves credibility
What are real events?
This Horse-Bat- dog Chimera creature native to the American East Coast was supposedly the 13th son of a Witch
What is the Jersey Devil
These are the 3 types of Religious beliefs that we discussed in class
What are Animism, Polytheism, Monotheism?