zombie

mythical undead being created through the reanimation of a human corpse, or submitted person or entity
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Summary

zombie ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,862 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Based on: zombie[2]
  • Subclass of: undead[3], mythic humanoid[4]
  • Commons category: Zombies[5]
  • Unicode character: 🧟[6], 🧟‍♂️[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Zombies[8]
  • Facet of: Haitian mythology[9]
  • Different from: Jiangshi[10], vetala[11], draugr[12], ghoul[13], vampire[14], Zombie[15]
  • Hashtag: zombies[16]
  • Does not have characteristic: will[17]

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Influence

Things named for zombie include Zombie[18], a single[19]; philosophical zombie[20]; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies[21], a literary work[22], founded in 2009[23], written by Seth Grahame-Smith[24]; Gangnam Zombie[25], a film[26]; and smartphones and pedestrian safety[27], a word[28].

Why It Matters

zombie has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] zombie is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for zombie include Zombie[18], a single[19]; philosophical zombie[20]; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies[21], a literary work[22], founded in 2009[23], written by Seth Grahame-Smith[24]; Gangnam Zombie[25], a film[26]; and smartphones and pedestrian safety[27], a word[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  4. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → zombiism, zombies
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: zombies, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969692|zombies (#289969692)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 5w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Know your meme numeric id → 8954
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Know your meme numeric id: 8954, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142803248|Culture Zombies (#142803248)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2417|Know Your Me"
  3. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i94230
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151058744
    Harper's tag → zombiism, zombies
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: zombiism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969693|zombiism (#289969693)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  4. 17w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 10825242-n
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Wordnet 3.1 synset id: 09844921-n"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0286163-zombie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0286163-zombie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → zombie
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 25319, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  7. 23w ago · Infovarius · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Jiangshi, vetala, draugr +3
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Different from: Zombie, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  8. 23w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Jiangshi, vetala, draugr +3
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Different from: Zombie"
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