tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5309197310165407752..comments2024-03-29T09:53:45.879-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The myths and legends of 'street children'Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-9480858692216480812010-06-21T20:01:36.757-05:002010-06-21T20:01:36.757-05:00Check out the date on the article- 1997.Check out the date on the article- 1997.LabRathttp://www.atomicnerds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22786668594123909832010-06-21T16:23:11.087-05:002010-06-21T16:23:11.087-05:00Heck, a lot of this is the storyline from the TV s...Heck, a lot of this is the storyline from the TV show Supernatural.<br /><br />BrassAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39052433187751111062010-06-21T15:29:32.223-05:002010-06-21T15:29:32.223-05:00Look for the earlier ones rather than the later an...Look for the earlier ones rather than the later anthologies- he went into more detail and gave more background to those legends whose roots are more traceable.<br /><br />I may be biased, though; I was one of those kids whose reading level was always way, WAY above their actual age, and my parents let me read basically anything I was ABLE to and able to ask coherent questions about, so his books are actually something of a cherished childhood memory. I just wanted to read a story, I didn't care if it came with scholarly analysis, I'd just read that too.LabRathttp://www.atomicnerds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8462865999464130602010-06-20T19:09:18.670-05:002010-06-20T19:09:18.670-05:00Thanks for mentioning Prof. Brunvand, Labrat. I h...Thanks for mentioning Prof. Brunvand, Labrat. I hadn't heard of him (not surprising, being a furriner!), but I've looked him up and found lots of interesting information. I'll have to look for a book or two by him.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-83428770231625914832010-06-20T13:36:50.055-05:002010-06-20T13:36:50.055-05:00This isn't the first article I've read abo...This isn't the first article I've read about the shelter mythology- it's a fairly well-established anthropological oddity by now.<br /><br />I also see elements of traditional American folktale in there- Bloody Mary and La Llorona are two American ghost stories/urban legends, one Anglo and one Latin, folded together.<br /><br />Peter, have your read any of Jan Harold Brunvand's books on urban legends?LabRathttp://www.atomicnerds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67294929420667986382010-06-20T07:09:52.381-05:002010-06-20T07:09:52.381-05:00Joe, all it would take is one child with a vivid i...Joe, all it would take is one child with a vivid imagination to start the process, and then the others could add more and more detail. I'm not saying that you are wrong, but that this is quite plausible, given some of the imaginary stories I've head from kids and that I remember coming up with myself in my younger days.<br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70776324787783418612010-06-20T00:07:41.656-05:002010-06-20T00:07:41.656-05:00Hmmm... my BS detector is twitching. I'm remin...Hmmm... my BS detector is twitching. I'm reminded of the whole New York Mole People kerfluffle.<br /><br />Some of the mythology seems a bit sophisticated for adolescents to have come up with it.Joe Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610203017162443764noreply@blogger.com