zombie lore
Walking dead traditions
Zombie lore is the accumulated mythology, rules, and conventions surrounding zombies in fiction and folklore.
Different traditions establish how zombies are created, what they want, and how they can be stopped—whether through Haitian voodoo origins, viral outbreaks, or supernatural causes.
Fans and creators debate the finer points: Do they run or shamble? Is a headshot the only way?
The term encompasses both the body of existing zombie fiction and the implicit rules any new story must engage with.
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- living deadCorpses somehow still animated
- walking deadZombies or doomed souls
- brainsMental capacity, informally
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
slow walkers · apocalypse · infection · horde · flesh-eating · reanimated · corpse · survival · bite · outbreak · headshot · decay · graveyard · voodoo · risen · plague · decomposing · mindless
- modern mythsurban legends, creepypasta, ghost stories, cryptids, Bigfoot
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