What some people may not know is that the idea of a zombie was originated on a small island called Haiti. The voodou religion was first practiced in Haiti. It is through this practice of voodou that an evil “boker” would be known to use a magical powder to create zombies. This powder would actually be made with various toxic substances from spiders, lizards, frogs, and the famous puffer fish. The fish especially contains a very toxic substance which would cause paralysis to its victim. Everyone would believe the person to be dead since they cannot move and their breath has slowed down. However, later that person would be revived and then be under the bokers power as a zombie.
A Voodoo Zombie and his Boker
A voodoo zombie is a zombie that was created by an evil boker which is a kind of witch doctor. The boker creates a zombie to punish a person or just to have a personal slave they can use to do their bidding. The boker uses a darker side of the religion voodou to create the zombie. With that being said, not all voodou is dark. See this post for more information on the history of voodou and zombies. A voodoo zombie is slow moving and not the sharpest tool in the shed. Therefore you should be able to trick one fairly easily. There is usually just one or two in a village so it’s not like there is a big threat of hordes. A voodoo zombie is interesting because it may have some memory of it’s human life, however, this is a faint and abstract concept to it and keep in mind it has to do whatever the boker wills it to. So, even if it remembers you from when it was alive it may still have to kill you because that’s what the boker wants it to do. They are slow but strong and it’s boker may ask it to attack at the most opportune moments (such as while sleeping.) Therefore, I give the Voodoo Zombie three and a half brains for it’s danger rating.
Danger Rating = 3.5 brains (oh yes, there will be blood)
Mummification is the process of preserving a dead body. Ancient Egypt is famous for their mummies but there are mummies all over the world. Technically a mummy that has been brought back to life is a zombie although it might not be what you first think of when you hear the word zombie. A mummy that has not been brought back to life is just a preserved dead body. Usually a mummy is brought to life through magic which makes it a little different than the normal graveyard zombie. A mummy may even lose it’s head and not die.
The Mummy of Queen Ahmes Nofretari.
The good news is that since they are so old and dried out a mummy is very brittle. The best way to defeat one is to smash it to bits. Another option is to use fire. Mummies are very afraid of fire and will back away if you have a torch. If you use the torch on them they will burn rather quickly. The other option is to reverse the magical spell which can be rather complicated. In the case of an Ancient Egyptian mummy, the magic spell usually will consist of a curse that a person has received for disturbing the pharoahs tomb. The mummy will be trying to protect the tomb and get revenge in the name of the pharoah. While there may be a way to reverse the spell it will probably involve being able to read heiroglyphs.
I give the mummy zombie 3 brains for the danger rating. They are dangerous and strong but there are some simple ways in which to kill them and on top of that they are pretty slow moving which makes it easy to run from them.
Danger Rating = 3 Brains (pretty scary!)
What some people may not know is that the idea of a zombie was originated on a small island called Haiti. The voodou religion was first practiced in Haiti. It is through this practice of voodou that an evil “boker” would be known to use a magical powder to create zombies. This powder would actually be made with various toxic substances from spiders, lizards, frogs, and the famous puffer fish. The fish especially contains a very toxic substance which would cause paralysis to its victim. Everyone would believe the person to be dead since they cannot move and their breath has slowed down. However, later that person would be revived and then be under the bokers power as a zombie.
