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A zombie is an undead person in the Caribbean
tradition of voodoo. Essentially a dead body re-animated by supernatural
means, the zombie creates dread among the living. Zombies have been popularly
adapted for horror fiction, film, and video games, where they usually engage
in cannibalism.
According to the tenets of voodoo, a dead person can be revived by a houngan
or mambo. After resurrection, it has no will of its own, but remains under the
control of the person who performed the ritual. Such resurrected dead are
"zombies".
In the Middle Ages, the idea that souls of dead return to earth and haunt the
living was commonly believed. These revenants (someone who has returned from
the dead) are well documented by contemporary writers of the time.
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