Where do zombies come from?

• Zombies are from Haitian folklore, called zonbi they are an animated corpse raised by magical means.
• Though associated with voodou religion it has no part in the faiths formal practices.
• the first English used word zombie was in an 1838 short story 'The Unknown Painter' as zombi
• The E was not added until the 1900's
• Zombies were widely used in Haitian folklore as the dead revived by the art of necromancy of a Bokor sorcerer
• Zombies remain under the control of the Bokor sorcerer as they have no will of their own
• Zombie astral is an incorporeal type of zombie
• Zombie astral is captured by a Bokor to enhance their spiritual power
• Bokors produce and sell decorated bottles with a zombie astral inside to give luck, healing or financial success
• It is believed after a time God will take the soul back and the zombie is a temporary spiritual entity
• It is believed that zombies represent soul dualism in Haitian voodou
• Each type of legendary zombie is missing one half of it's soul (flesh or spirit)
• Zombie belief has its roots brought to Haiti by enslaved Africans and their subsequent experiences in the new world
• It was thought the voodou deity 'Baron Samedi' would gather them from the grave to bring them to a heavenly after life in Africa unless they offended him in someway, in which case they would be a slave after death as a zombie
• A zombie could be saved by feeding them salt
• Scholars have pointed out the significance of zombie as a metaphor for the history of slavery in haiti