学校の怪談や都市伝説などから、口裂け女、トイレの花子さんなど新たな妖怪が誕生している。

New yokai have been born from the stories of haunted schools and urban myths, such as kuchisake onna (a woman with her mouth torn to her ears) and toire no Hanako-san (Hanako in the bathroom). - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

ただ一方では現世に留まる霊魂の観念もあり伝統教義ではあまり説かれないが、幽霊・亡霊などの怪談はしばしば民衆の口に上り、現代でも都市伝説として流布することがある。

Meanwhile, there is also an idea that spirits remain in this world, although traditional dogmas say little about the idea, and stories of ghosts and spirits have been often talked about by the public and get around as urban legends even today. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス