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Zombies and Revenants | Three Ravens Bestiary #19
For this week's Haunting Season-themed Bonus Episode we're chatting all about the mythology of Zombies and Revenants!
To start off with, which is which? Because one dates from Medieval times, and the other comes from a word invented by an English poet in 1819.
And if we look further back, to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and Scythia, what root creatures and legends can we find that travel forward through history to become 'The Zombie' and 'The Revenant.'
One is rooted in fear surrounding death, too, and society showing due respect to the dearly departed, while the other is…
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