My roommates and I were hanging out last night and if you truly knew us than the fact that the conversation turned to zombies at some point during the night would not be a surprise. So, we were talking about vampire movies and jumped to zombies somehow and Kim tells me that she finally told Jenn about her zombie plan. We were laughing hysterically and I had a brillant thought that instead of everything going back to myth, everything actually goes back to zombies! I've since given it some thought and have started wondering just how old the idea of zombies truly is. So, I did a little research. For those of you unbelievers who scoff at the notion of zombies and say that of course zombies are myth, really meaning not possible, here is a little tid bit for you. Apparently, zombies originated in myths of Haitian Voodoo! It is believed that one can take over and control a person's body by using a powder called coup padre. Even zombies, something that seems relatively new and planted firmly in movies, goes back to myth. I guess Sexson was right in the end. Hmmm, I wonder what else can be traced back to myth?
If you have an undying love of all things zombie or are just a little interested in the concept here are some of the websites that I looked at: http://www.umich.edu/~engl415/zombies/zombie.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie
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