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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

How ancient are our fears not simply of dying but of the undead?

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How ancient are our fears not simply of dying but of the undead?

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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 days ago
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How ancient are our fears not simply of dying but of the undead? | Aeon Essays
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In enigmatic burials, crafted to bind the bodies within, we can see how truly ancient our fears of the undead must be
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    I like to think that there were at least a few clever shamans who faked their own deaths and then returned from the afterlife.

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      I know of at least one.

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        Actually, that guy did die. You got fooled by the person pretending to be him.

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      Like the Haitian Zombies? I just saw a documentary and the dude paid a lot of money to see a scam happen in real time.

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    Uhm… why is the skeleton on the left is giving the one in the middle a handy?

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      They’re boning

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      It’s better than doing it yourself. 10/10 recommend

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    After further reading, it’s been posited that at least some vampire stories are about the wealthy upper class extraction of wealth from society.

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