Mummies are animated by the pure, malevolent force of the tormented soul (KA!) of the mummified-alive subject.
Golems are inanimate clay statues brought to life by a Rabbi using a strip of paper with a charm written on it.
Zombies are voodoo-made cheap labor. Flesh-eating corpses were called "ghouls" in Night of the Living Dead, and "Romero Zombies" became the popular designation, but not the film's.
Brain eating O'Bannon zombies are created by 245-Trioxin. Romero "Ghouls" (or Zombies) were made by radiation from a returning Venus probe/satellite.
The whole abuse of the word "Golem"... arghhh! This stems from Advanced Dungeons and Dragons- where most of the world gets its mythology these past 30 years. It makes me want to smack some people with a statue of Judah Loew ben Bezalel.
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Date: 2010-01-22 12:59 am (UTC)Mummies are animated by the pure, malevolent force of the tormented soul (KA!) of the mummified-alive subject.
Golems are inanimate clay statues brought to life by a Rabbi using a strip of paper with a charm written on it.
Zombies are voodoo-made cheap labor. Flesh-eating corpses were called "ghouls" in Night of the Living Dead, and "Romero Zombies" became the popular designation, but not the film's.
Brain eating O'Bannon zombies are created by 245-Trioxin. Romero "Ghouls" (or Zombies) were made by radiation from a returning Venus probe/satellite.
The whole abuse of the word "Golem"... arghhh! This stems from Advanced Dungeons and Dragons- where most of the world gets its mythology these past 30 years. It makes me want to smack some people with a statue of Judah Loew ben Bezalel.