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The issue there is that the modern Zombie myth of an undead creature that spreads by biting only dates back to 1968.

• atomicnumber3 1mo ago
  previous iterations were clearly not cool enough of a fantasy to be propagated
  • mwcz 1mo ago
    I think you just invented epimemetics.
    • jachee 1mo ago
      There is no Epimemetic Division.
• delichon 1mo ago
  Turns out George Romero took the infectious aspect from the novel I Am Legend (made into Omega Man in 1971), which is a vampire story. He mashed up the European vampire with the Haitian "zonbi". Some scholars think that the 18th century rabies epidemics shaped the vampire legend. https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/04/20/rabies-seen-as-basis-for-vampire-myth/ https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/04/20/rabies-seen-as-b...
• onionisafruit 1mo ago
  Why does it being from 1968 mean it wasn’t inspired by rabies?