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zombie

Mythical undead being created through the reanimation of a human corpse, or submitted person or entity

EntityQ9406

Also known as zonbi

Subclass of: undead
, mythic humanoid

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A zombie is a legendary undead being created through the reanimation of a cadaver, a corporeal manifestation of the revenant type. In modern popular culture, zombies often appear in horror genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in which a zombie is a dead body reanimated through magic by a bokor sorcerer. Modern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods such as fungi, radiation, gases, infection, diseases, plants, bacteria, viruses, etc.

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Facet of: Haitian mythology
Different from: Jiangshi
vetala
draugr
ghoul
vampire
Zombie
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Hashtag: zombies
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Based on: zombie

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