2006-06-19 00:13:50 · 9 answers · asked by tima-infokill 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
‘Zombi’, or ‘Zombie’, is derived from the name of a Voodoo god of Niger-Congo origin - referred to by the Kongo word ‘nzambi’, which means ‘snake god’.
According to the tenets of 'Voodoo', which has been practiced for well over a millenium, a dead person can be revived by a Bokor or Mambo. Since they have no will of their own, zombies remain under the control of their reviver.
The ‘living dead’ zombie also appears in several other mythologies, worldwide - including those of Japan, China, the Pacific, India, and the Native Americans.
The first book to expose modern western culture to the concept of the zombie was The Magic Island by W.B. Seabrook in 1929.
Prior to the mid-1950s, zombies were usually presented as mindless thralls controlled like puppets by mystical masters.
...Sometimes the zombies were reanimated corpses, and sometimes living humans, but never malevolent by their own will. There was sometimes a strong sexual component in the depiction of these mindless beings.
The depiction of ‘undead’ zombies changed with the publication of ‘I Am Legend’ (1954) by author Richard Matheson : Its story was set in a future Los Angeles - overrun with undead cannibalistic, bloodsucking beings. One man is the sole survivor of a pandemic of a bacterium that causes vampirism. Continually, he must fight to survive attacks from the creatures.
Although ostensibly a vampire story, this work of fiction had enormous impact on the zombie genre film makers, particularly George A. Romero. His film ‘The Last Man On Earth’ (1964) starring Vincent Price is based on this story.
2006-06-19 01:31:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The West-Indians, mainly the Jamacians. they found a drug out there and when given to the victim they appeared to be gone, but days after would revive and appear barely human for a while. Whilst in this state they were zombies.
2006-06-19 09:01:50 · answer #2 · answered by smile4763 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know who started the theory, but i think my husband was the first zombie.
2006-06-19 07:21:50 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Charmed One♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Africans used spells to make the dead sleepwalk. Is it real? Who knows, but I sure do love zombie movies.
2006-06-19 07:24:01 · answer #4 · answered by ^..^ALUKAH^..^ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not sure about modern thinking of zombies but i think the bible has some mention of zombie like creatures
2006-06-19 07:16:03 · answer #5 · answered by sam s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus started the zombie cult, does that count?
2006-06-19 16:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Zulu tribe put spells on people to make them become the walking dead.
2006-06-19 08:21:23 · answer #7 · answered by apache672004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somebody named ROB[rob zombie]
2006-06-19 07:16:33 · answer #8 · answered by mock-1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to wikipedia, by afro-caribbean
2006-06-19 07:16:59 · answer #9 · answered by hsmnt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋