iZombie for Review
Hello, again Biters this is James GBM’s skeleton in the closet retuning for our November creature of the month the zombie. Continue reading iZombie for Review
Tag: Zombies
Wade Davis The Zombie Anthropologist
In my previous article, I talked about Mr. Davis’ account with Haitian culture and the zombification of people. Mr. Davis’ work is known, read, and some even scoffed at his work.
Wade Davis The Man
However, I believe he was the first to take West African zombies seriously. Wade Davis might be the zombie anthropologist!
E. Wade Davis is a Canadian man born in British-Columbia on December 14th 1953. Mr. Davis studied at Harvard University and became an anthropologist and ethnobotanist. Wade Davis’ lifetime work included the study of psychoactive plants – which means he studied Botanics that changes human behavior, mood, consciousness, and perception. He focused is work mostly in North and South America.
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Zombie A Reanimated Corpse
The term comes from Haitian folklore, where a zombie is a dead body reanimated through various methods, most commonly magic.
Haitian Origins
The Oxford English Dictionary gives the origin of the word as West African and compares it to the Kongo words nzambi and zumbi. — Wikipedia… Zombie a reanimated corpse.
Making its entrance in the historical records in the year 1819 from a historical event happening in the country of Brazil through the poet Robert Southey, the word zombi surfaces for the first time.
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Zombies Are A Fact
Recently, zombies have been invading our small screen and the theatres. Either from famous shows as The Walking Dead or World War Z.
A Source of Entertainment
The term zombie has been part of our lives for centuries, but most recently, gained in popularity. However, research proved that zombies are a fact.
Zombies, Living Dead, Revenants, those terms all refer to a reanimated corpse without consciousness. Either from TWD or a Thriller video, they have common traits of decaying bodies, often their arms reaching forward and eyes without a reason to live.
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