How is the purpose of urban legends of today the same as that of folktales that have been passed down for generations?

They both are told from person to person and they give a teaching or warning

Explanation:

Even when urban legends and folktales have some differences in the purpose that they have like the fact that folktales are made with the purpose of unifying a group into the belief of something, they both share the purpose of spreading a common knowledge among people as they tell the story from person to person.

the words "strangest" and "unusual" suggest (:

i literally just read the book and studied it for months so i could you, but i need to know where these questions are coming from. they are too general.