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How ancient are our fears not simply of dying but of the undead? (aeon.co)
submitted 2 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I like to think that there were at least a few clever shamans who faked their own deaths and then returned from the afterlife.

[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I know of at least one.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

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

[–] scytale@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] por_que_pine@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

They're boning

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 2 months ago

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