Big Bene wrote:Well, that's what folklore sais, but using my (biological) definition of death as a scientifically thinking European I'd say the real Zombies in Haiti have probably been not "dead", butin some form of suspeded animation.chaoticprime wrote: Any way you put it, [Zombies] are remote-controlled slaves, that may or may not be "all-the-way" dead, but usually it is suggested that they are.
And we are indeed talking folklore here. The reality of zombies in Haiti, if there is any, is that they're living people traumatized to the point of catatonia.
Big Bene wrote:Well, that's new to me. Very interesting. But it's surely still Lovecraft from whom western fantasy authors got the idea.chaoticprime wrote:Vathek ... an 18th century Gothic horror novel based in Arabic mythology.
Lovecraft was hugely inspired by a lot of authors, most notably Poe and Chambers. His mix of all those different styles gave birth to his own unique style and content, which he never fully recognized as original himself.
Also, even if vampires are sometimes lumped in with revenants, they're as distinct from each other as they are from zombies: vamps suck blood and until the late 80's and early 90's were always undeniably evil creatures looking to spread like a disease. Revenants aren't inherently evil, but can be depending on the circumstances of their life and their death.
