Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 18:33:28 GMT
Headless Horseman
The 'headless horseman' has long been a trope in European folklore.
Although the headless horseman had long been a motif of European folklore, the Headless Horseman as we know him today first appeared in 1820 in Washington Irving’s spooky short story ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, and from there quickly entered into the popular imagination. The thought of the ‘Galloping Hessian’ is still bound to send a shiver down the spine of anyone walking along a lonely country road in autumn.
Zombie
The word 'zombie' is related to the Kikongo 'zumbi' (‘fetish’) and 'nzambi' (‘a god’)
A more current cultural obsession, the zombie is rarely considered in the singular anymore. Although the concept of the zombie – a corpse without a soul brought back to life by witchcraft or other means – began in the religion of some West African peoples, it has since broadened to generally refer to a person or reanimated corpse capable of movement but not rational thought, and which feed on human flesh.
