The living dead or resurrected corpses better known as zombies materialize in the abyss of the uncanny valley. Physically they appear to be in the form of humans, yet they no longer have the connection to humanity. Their sole existence is to exploit our deepest darkest fears of cannibalism and the hypothetical line of life and death. Zombies seem to appear out of nowhere, but the repulsive figure originates from a complex blend of Grecian, African and Haitian folk myths.
The ancient Greeks were one of the earliest civilization to believe in the undead, specifically in the island Sicily. In Passo Marinaro better known as Necropolis, the city of the dead and Kamarina, an ancient city in Southeast…show more content… As sugar expanded, so did the slave population which brought in new traditions and ultimately a new culture, Vodou. Vodou is a creolized religion originating from its descendants of Kongo, Yoruba, and other African Ethnicities. "Humans are spirits who inhabit the visible world and Iwa (spirits), mystè (mysteries), anvizib (invisibles), and zanj (angels) inhabit the unseen world"(McAlister). The mythical world that they are indicating is called Ginen. It is described as a 'cosmic Africa'. Followers of Voudou believe that people die in two ways, natural causes like age or sickness and unnatural causes like murder. Unnatural deaths prohibit unity with their ancestors and must linger at its grave eternally to be snatched up by a boko, a powerful Vodou sorcerer to be bottled up and used to control a corpse. The boko aren't necessarily evil, "a hardworking man might prefer to continue working rather than lie waiting in the ground, especially if he is used by the boko to help with healing magic." But shitfy boko could use its magic to purposely kill a man and erect a zombie from it it do its bidding of evil
