zombie

Also known as zombi, zonbi

thumb|310x310px|A depiction of a zombie at twilight in a field of sugar cane

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Commons category: Zombies
Unicode character: 🧟‍♂️
hashtag: zombies

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Contents

Etymology
Mythological creature
Folk beliefs
Haiti
Africa
Kongo
South Africa
Origin hypotheses
Chemical
Social
Modern archetype evolution
Historical influences
Apocalypse
Subtext
Story elements
Depictions in popular culture
Film and television
George A. Romero (1968–1985)
Relative Western decline (1985–1995)
Early Asian films (1985–1995)
Far East revival (1996–2001)
Global film revival (2001–2008)
Spillover to television (2008–2015)
Return to decline (2015–present)
Literature
Anime and manga
Games
Music
Metaphorical uses
Social activism
Artworks
Preparedness
Theoretical academic studies
See also
References

thumb|310x310px|A depiction of a zombie at twilight in a field of sugar cane

A zombie (Haitian French: ; ; Kikongo: zumbi) is a legendary undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. In modern popular culture, zombies often appear in horror genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in which a zombie is a dead body reanimated through magic by a bokor sorcerer. Modern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods such as fungi, radiation, gases, diseases, plants, bacteria, viruses, etc.