Zombie Fears Causing "Zombie Issues"?

[Evan_]

Well the legend of Dracula (the first vampire) originates from my country.

I wont get into a medical or pop-cultural discussion, but I beg to differ at this point. Undead consuming the blood or flesh of living beings have been found in nearly every culture around the world for many centuries. Ghouls in Arabia, Sekhmet in Egypt, Lillith in Hebrew folklore comes to mind. Though I admit, the term 'vampire' originates from the age of Dracula, probably even from his legend - but it's hard to track the word's first appearance.

Seems nothing new here with the zombies. Just another name for a similar destructive/consuming phenomena in a global~ish culture.

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