Comment by neaden
7 hours ago
The issue there is that the modern Zombie myth of an undead creature that spreads by biting only dates back to 1968.
7 hours ago
The issue there is that the modern Zombie myth of an undead creature that spreads by biting only dates back to 1968.
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-b...
Why does it being from 1968 mean it wasn’t inspired by rabies?
previous iterations were clearly not cool enough of a fantasy to be propagated
I think you just invented epimemetics.
There is no Epimemetic Division.