The Zombie Creation Myth of Haitian Vodou
The zombie (zonbi) originates from Haitian folklore, where it is a dead body reanimated through magic by a bokor sorcerer. In Vodou belief, a person has two souls: the ti bon ange (little good angel) and the gros bon ange (big good angel). The bokor captures the ti bon ange, the essence of personality and consciousness, bottling it while the body becomes a soulless slave. The Bizango secret societies are said to have used zombification as social control, poisoning individuals who transgressed codes and then providing antidotes to leave them in a pliant, obedient state. The zombie metaphor refl