Eh, it's late and I'm lazy and I shouldn't have thrown Luthi in there without explaining him. I blame the fact that I'm teaching a fairy-tales class.
One of the distinctions he makes between folktales and legends is that in folktales, you go far away for your supernatural experience, and when you encounter it, you don't think it's weird. ("Oh, hey, a talking dog just gave me one of its paws. Neat.") In legends, your supernatural experience happens in your own backyard, and you do think it's weird. ("Jesus Christ that tree tried to eat me!")
So my brain coughed that comparison up when I thought about having more fantasy take place close to home and involve the people around you, rather than drawing you away from home and your context and responsibilities there.
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Date: 2007-11-08 06:20 am (UTC)One of the distinctions he makes between folktales and legends is that in folktales, you go far away for your supernatural experience, and when you encounter it, you don't think it's weird. ("Oh, hey, a talking dog just gave me one of its paws. Neat.") In legends, your supernatural experience happens in your own backyard, and you do think it's weird. ("Jesus Christ that tree tried to eat me!")
So my brain coughed that comparison up when I thought about having more fantasy take place close to home and involve the people around you, rather than drawing you away from home and your context and responsibilities there.