Monstrous
Dead... And Not So Dead => The Dead and the Undead => Topic started by: Regina Terra on October 05, 2008, 08:38:16 AM
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Cuz all they really are, is well preserved dead who are reanimated. Sooo, are they actually zombies? :?
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mum·my1 /ˈmʌmi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[muhm-ee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural -mies, verb, -mied, -my·ing. –noun
1. the dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming.
2. a dead body dried and preserved by nature.
curteosy of www.dictionary.com
A mummy itself is not anything living. It's the result of a process of embalming.
zom·bie /ˈzɒmbi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[zom-bee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun
1. (in voodoo) a. the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose.
A zombie is the 'reanimated' corpse of something or someone. They are just terms used in different cultures that people confuse to be the same thing.
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I got the idea from watching Return Of the Mummy the other day.
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You got the idea from Hollywood? The same Hollywood who says that Vamps are the walking dead?
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No just Hollywood, they only brought the idea up to the surface. I originally got the idea from a book where a necromancer arose a mummy to kill his enemies cuz it wouldn't rot & fall apart like ordinary zombies would.
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That's quite true.. The way they're preserved after death would make them a better weapon.
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But does that make them a class all their own?
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They're still two seperate things. Mummies and Zombies. Not really related because a Mummy can become a Zombie. But it's not a zombie origionally. A Mummy and a body are related because they can both become Zombies.
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Ah, okay. :-D
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Yeah, I don't think that it says anywhere in egyptian mythology that Mummified people would magically get up and hunt down people who stole their stuff. It's usually controlled by a sick form of Karma (Their eyes will fall off, they'll be eaten by a hippo, ect).
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Revenge of the Gods........... gotta love the Ancients. :roll: