Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jan Harold Brunvand (born in Cadillac, Michigan on March 23, 1933) is an American folklorist. A professor emeritus of the University of Utah, he is best known for spreading the concept of the urban legend, a form of modern folklore. Before his work, folk tales were associated in the popular mind with ancient times or rural cultures; Brunvand has taken concepts developed in the academic study of traditional folktales and applied them to stories circulating in the modern world.. }
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- Jan_Harold_Brunvand comment "Jan Harold Brunvand (born in Cadillac, Michigan on March 23, 1933) is an American folklorist. A professor emeritus of the University of Utah, he is best known for spreading the concept of the urban legend, a form of modern folklore. Before his work, folk tales were associated in the popular mind with ancient times or rural cultures; Brunvand has taken concepts developed in the academic study of traditional folktales and applied them to stories circulating in the modern world.".