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Also, the idea of zombies originated in the 8th centry from Haitian Folklore. The idea was that they were an undead being that had been ressurected using humans, and re animate through many different ways, commonly through magic.
The word "zombie"
Was first recorded in an english dictionary in 1819, by a Brazillian poet listed under "Zambi". The oxford Dictionary gives refrence to West African words "nzambi" meaning god and "zumbi" meaning fetish, so a zombie would have been a "god of fetishes" or "fetish god"
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Also, the idea of zombies originated in the 8th centry from Haitian Folklore. The idea was that they were an undead being that had been ressurected using humans, and re animate through many different ways, commonly through magic.
The word "zombie"
Was first recorded in an english dictionary in 1819, by a Brazillian poet listed under "Zambi". The oxford Dictionary gives refrence to West African words "nzambi" meaning god and "zumbi" meaning fetish, so a zombie would have been a "god of fetishes" or "fetish god"
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[quote]The idea of zombies originated where?[/quote]
Hm, I think it's originally from Haiti, where it was associated with voodoo. I've read that zombielike symptoms could have been mimicked with some herbs/tonics/potions associated with voodoo, and that may be part of zombies' origin too.
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The idea of zombies originated where?
Hm, I think it's originally from Haiti, where it was associated with voodoo. I've read that zombielike symptoms could have been mimicked with some herbs/tonics/potions associated with voodoo, and that may be part of zombies' origin too.
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The idea of zombies came from a word from nzambi (I think I spelled that right......) that roughly means "spirit of the dead" or from a word that roughly means a person brought back from the dead without speech (and I believe) without free will
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The idea of zombies came from a word from nzambi (I think I spelled that right......) that roughly means "spirit of the dead" or from a word that roughly means a person brought back from the dead without speech (and I believe) without free will
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The idea of zombies originated as a fictional creature that came from a "reanimation" of a human corpse. The term comes from Haitian folklore, and "their" zombies were made from magic or mental diseases.
Nowadays- they are used to scare the be-jeebies out of me!
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The idea of zombies originated as a fictional creature that came from a "reanimation" of a human corpse. The term comes from Haitian folklore, and "their" zombies were made from magic or mental diseases.
Nowadays- they are used to scare the be-jeebies out of me!
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"History shows that this idea dates back to the 8th century. The word ‘zombie’ is said to have come from nzambi, which in Kongo means ‘spirit of a dead person’, or zonbi, used in the Louisiana Creole or the Haitian Creole that represents a person who died and was then brought to life without speech or free will."
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"History shows that this idea dates back to the 8th century. The word ‘zombie’ is said to have come from nzambi, which in Kongo means ‘spirit of a dead person’, or zonbi, used in the Louisiana Creole or the Haitian Creole that represents a person who died and was then brought to life without speech or free will."
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Zombies originate from Haiti! They are dead people revived by a bokor, or a sorcerer, and made to do their master's bidding. They have no will of their own. This eventually migrated and incorporated itself into popular culture today.
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Zombies originate from Haiti! They are dead people revived by a bokor, or a sorcerer, and made to do their master's bidding. They have no will of their own. This eventually migrated and incorporated itself into popular culture today.
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The idea of zombies originated in the folklore of Haitian slaves. After Haiti gained independence and freedom from slavery, the idea of undead people trapped in their own bodies became incorporated in to the Voodoo religion. The idea was taken by American filmmakers to popularize our current idea of the zombie.
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The idea of zombies originated in the folklore of Haitian slaves. After Haiti gained independence and freedom from slavery, the idea of undead people trapped in their own bodies became incorporated in to the Voodoo religion. The idea was taken by American filmmakers to popularize our current idea of the zombie.
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The most commonly cited origin of zombie mythology is from Haitian folklore.
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The most commonly cited origin of zombie mythology is from Haitian folklore.
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As for today's question.... zombies originally came from Haitian folklore! Reanimating the dead, voodoo, and all that~
The Undead have many forms in many cultures but the 'zombie' myth seems to come from Haiti where the zombies (there are corporeal and incorporeal examples) from the many slaves' cultures mixed with the realities of slavery and a dose of post-Haitian Revolution demonisation of Vodou to conclude in the mindless, cannibalistic, forced servant brought back by magic (with some explanations that the magic was the power of suggestion, traumatizing the victim, and tetrodotoxin). Or so internet says.
Anyway that's humans, for bugs on the other hand, the zombie apocalypse is more of a pick your poison kind of deal and by poison I mean pathogen, classics include:
Though there
are some studies on the behavior of mice infected with T. gondii... it seems a good idea to be
ready!
The Undead have many forms in many cultures but the 'zombie' myth seems to come from Haiti where the zombies (there are corporeal and incorporeal examples) from the many slaves' cultures mixed with the realities of slavery and a dose of post-Haitian Revolution demonisation of Vodou to conclude in the mindless, cannibalistic, forced servant brought back by magic (with some explanations that the magic was the power of suggestion, traumatizing the victim, and tetrodotoxin). Or so internet says.
Anyway that's humans, for bugs on the other hand, the zombie apocalypse is more of a pick your poison kind of deal and by poison I mean pathogen, classics include:
Though there
are some studies on the behavior of mice infected with T. gondii... it seems a good idea to be
ready!
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