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An urban legend or urban myth is a modern genre of folklore. It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements. Urban legends are often rooted in local history and popular culture.
Urban legends (sometimes modern legend, urban myth, or simply legend) is a genre of folklore concerning stories about an unusual (usually scary) or humorous event that many people believe to be true but largely are not.
The Monument Mythos is a YouTube horror webseries created by Alex Casanas and set in a paranormal alternate history of the world, depicting supposed horrific secrets behind major monuments and landmarks across America and beyond.
Our friends at TripTogether, the social platform enabling travelers to connect with travel buddies or locals around the world, compiled a list of the top travel myths and legends from its members ...
Casper the Friendly Ghost [11] and his uncles, the Ghostly Trio also known as of Fatso, Stinky, and Stretch; Danny, a human-ghost hybrid child from Nickelodeon's animated TV series, Danny Phantom. The Dead Men of Dunharrow in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
The overlap between religion and ghostlore can be seen in the many rituals, myths, and stories that involve interactions with the spirit world. [ 68 ] [ 23 ] [ 69 ] [ 70 ] [ 71 ] In many religions, there is a belief in an afterlife , where the soul or spirit of a person continues to exist after death. [ 72 ]
Cultures around the world tell stories about a great flood. [14] In many cases, the flood leaves only one survivor or group of survivors. For example, both the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh and the Hebrew Bible tell of a global flood that wiped out humanity and of a man who saved the Earth's species by taking them aboard a boat . [ 15 ]
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