A zombie is an undead person in the Afro-Caribbean and Creole spiritual belief system of voodoo. These folkloric zombies are human bodies re-animated by supernatural means and shamanistic medicine to create dread among the living. Other more macabre versions of zombies have become a staple of modern horror fiction, where they usually engage in human cannibalism.

Zombies in voodoo

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According to the tenets of voodoo, a dead person can be revived by a bokor or mambo. Zombies remain under the control of the bokor or mambo since they have no will of their own. "Zombi" is also the name of the voodoo snake god of Niger-Congo origin; it is akin to the Kongo word nzambi, which means "god."

In 1937, while researching folklore in Haiti, Zora Neale Hurston encountered the case of Felicia Felix-Mentor, who had died and been buried in 1907 at the age of 29. Villagers believed they saw Felicia wandering the streets in a daze thirty years after her death, as well as claiming the same with several other people. Hurston pursued rumours that the affected persons were given powerful drugs, but she was unable to locate individuals willing to offer much information. She wrote:

"What is more, if science ever gets to the bottom of Voodoo in Haiti and Africa, it will be found that some important medical secrets, still unknown to medical science, give it its power, rather than gestures of ceremony."^*

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playing Plants Vs. Zombies.. can't believe @jcyril is also playing this..
@gothwalk Civilised perhaps but I've to go to that blight upon the Earth, an industrial estate. If zombies rise, they'll be the origin point
Ardua (Ardua) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:25:04 -0000
@gothwalk Civilised perhaps but I've to go to that blight upon the Earth, an industrial estate. If zombies rise, they'll be the origin point
Plants vs. Zombies ! XD
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I had a dream about the end of the world and was very weird..... With a lot of zombies!
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I had a dream about the end of the world and was very weird..... With a lot of zombies!
RT @samchartier Boston at 5am is like dealing zombies, all the fucking crazies are out. Too early for that bullllshit.
Philly808 (Philip Lund) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:18:53 -0000
RT @samchartier Boston at 5am is like dealing zombies, all the fucking crazies are out. Too early for that bullllshit.

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