Urban Legend

Have you ever heard "urban legend"? Probably, you have heard from your friends,TV, radio, and so on. This is spreed on mas media and Internet by ordinary people, for example, young people, the city dweller and the highly educated person. For a formal legend, this is a rare occurrence. According to the Jan Harold Brunvand, he made a concept of "urban legend" widely known, it belong to legend of lower-level and legend is the folk history or simulated history. "Urban legend" is not always stories about urban community and it called "urban legend" even if it is stories about rural community. Today, "urban legend" have reason for popular favor and there are genres of science and technology, small story.

First, regarding reason "why people are attractive to it?". There are main elements. People tell other people just like folktale and it was sometimes told that it was true certainly. They told seriously! Also, it don't stop as a rumor temporary and it tell about happening of an acquaintance. In other word, it is lively stories. "Urban legend" satisfy of our desire "I want to know about strange, terrible and dangerous stories."

Next, genre of science and technology have two famous rural legend. Some old woman heat hers cat in a microwave because hers cat got wet , it passed away and she raised matter with that things. Since then, the notes of microwave was added to this: Please don't heat animals in it. Moreover, "The Unix Macintosh operating system can communicate with the user and make out thought of user's." When someones Mac was malfunctioning and he mutter about disposing of Mac, suddenly Mac started again!

In addition, if a couple go to the a Shinto shrine of the Goddess, they break up.It is said that the Goddess is jealous. If they go to the big theme park, they do like that because they are distracted by other man or woman owing to long waiting time. If you eat "tyuppatyappusu" in 5 minute, you make happy!

Thus there are many many urban legends in society and it make you believe easily. People speak express themselves frankly whether it is true or not. The science and technology, small story and so on are told you because of reason for attractive factors.