SÚČASNÉ POVESTI A FÁMY V URBÁNNOM PROSTREDÍ ŽILINY

The aim of the article is to be acquainted with issues of the contemporary legends and rumours. Concretely, the work is concentrated on the narrations collected in the urban environment of Žilina. In the first place these ones are tested to comparison with Czech contemporary legends but also with other foreign materials mainly from the USA. The work shows continuity of contemporary legends themes both at older types of motives and parallels with material acquired via internet. It tries to identify latent tidings of concrete narrations and demonstrates respondent´s attitudes to the given theme. The contemporary legends and rumours issue in Žilina was classified on the basis of typological classification of J. H. Brunvand. It was elaborated within the bounds of seven thematic spheres: car legends, frightening legends, animal legends, sex and scandal legends, crimes, business and professional legends, academic legends. The issue was elaborated on the basis of field research which enabled to show at local particularities of contemporary legends and rumours.