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Zombies

Usually a soulless, animate corpse. The zombie is usually controlled by an entity other than the zombie, called the Zombie Master. If the zombie is a corpse it may seek to eat human flesh. If a zombie is a corpse it is pretty much indestructible, and only the Zombie Master can stop it. Alternately, a zombie is not a corpse, but a living person under a spell, also controlled by a Zombie Master.

Zombies are sometimes associated with Vodun. If the Zombie Master is practicing Vodun they could also be called a Bokor. In some instances the Zombie may not be under a spell, but instead drugged by the Zombie Master.

Reanimating of human corpses is often considered to be "black magic".
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It's my understanding that "zombies" are actually made to think that they have died and are thus undead, by use of a poison that slows their heart rate such that they are pronounced dead and consequently interred. The Bokor (black voodoo magic practicioner) then digs them out and, once the poison wears off, enslaves them, probably taking advantage of their weakened state to convince them that they are now zombies under the Bokor's control. Your description just seemed a little incomplete...

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zombies can be killed by chopping them up!

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