Origin of Zombies

edited October 2012 in The Walking Dead
You zombie fans may be interested in the origin of zombies.

Edit: Red Panda noted that zombies preceded Haitian slavery. They were referenced in The Epic of Gilgamesh.

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  • edited October 2012
    The zombie goes way back, to the first known recored text. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, specifically:
    Father give me the Bull of Heaven,
    So he can kill Gilgamesh in his dwelling.
    If you do not give me the Bull of Heaven,
    I will knock down the Gates of the Netherworld,
    I will smash the doorposts, and leave the doors flat down,
    and will let the dead go up to eat the living!
    And the dead will outnumber the living!
  • edited October 2012
    You are right, Red Panda. I apologize for misleading anyone.
  • edited October 2012
    while the undead or dead rising has been a story told forever, i think modern (in popular culture) zombies originate from frankenstein mixed with other daemons/supernatural monsters, like walking skeletons and vampires
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