In Haiti, some believe that magical practitioners can put people in a death-like trance, steal them from their graves after their funerals, revive them to a semi-conscious state, and force them to work. Some Haitians who claim to have been through this ordeal can show others their graves and death certificates. Such folklore likely, in part, originates from the traumas of slavery. The Haitian penal code states: "The use made against a person of substances, which, without giving death, will cause a more-or-less prolonged state of lethargy ... is considered an attempt on life by poisoning. If the person was buried as a consequence of this state of lethargy, the attempt will be considered a murder." The painting below is by Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite from 1946. #gothic #folklore #death #mythology #history #art #painting #graveyard #zombies










