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When was the first time Zombie was used in any media like books, movies, television etc? And why was it coined? (self.askhistorians)
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[–] palebluethought 12 points 3 months ago (9 children)

The idea of a zombie comes from vodou (voodoo) and long predates any pop culture depiction of it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie

[–] Zachariah 6 points 3 months ago (8 children)

who do?

[–] dugmeup 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You do

[–] Zachariah 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

do what?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Remind me of the babe

[–] dugmeup 1 points 3 months ago

That voodoo

[–] dugmeup 1 points 3 months ago
[–] Alexstarfire 0 points 3 months ago

Doo doo

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