Comments on: Ishtar and Zombies http://jimgetz.org/2009/09/16/ishtar-and-zombies/ The musings and wanderings of an academician. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:47:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Zombies | Zombies Rock http://jimgetz.org/2009/09/16/ishtar-and-zombies/#comment-2460 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:31:16 +0000 http://jimgetz.org/?p=1137#comment-2460 [...] ^ “Ishtar and the Zombies”. [...]

]]> By: Akkadian Zombies! Zomgz! « The Musings of Thomas Verenna http://jimgetz.org/2009/09/16/ishtar-and-zombies/#comment-2152 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:13:18 +0000 http://jimgetz.org/?p=1137#comment-2152 [...] did some quick blog-surfing, and to my dismay I discovered I’m not the first person to recognize this cultural icon in these myths, but it deserved some more mention none the [...]

]]> By: Steve Wiggins http://jimgetz.org/2009/09/16/ishtar-and-zombies/#comment-1637 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:53:07 +0000 http://jimgetz.org/?p=1137#comment-1637 I am very glad to see another scholar looking at zombies! I was beginning to fear that I was the only (quasi-)academic to take an interest in where these creatures originate. The world of the undead has deep religious ties not only with zombies, but also vampires, currently also in the cultural ascendant!

]]> By: Ben Godby http://jimgetz.org/2009/09/16/ishtar-and-zombies/#comment-1628 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:16:02 +0000 http://jimgetz.org/?p=1137#comment-1628 Whoa! That is awesome. Awesome article. Before now I’ve only heard of these divine beings through death metal songs and the like, and I had no idea the profundity of wicked that inheres in these epics. Man, this is awesome. I’m going to go write a death metal song about making the dead outnumber the living.

Aw, who am I kidding, I’m sure someone beat me to the punch. Still, great story.

-bn

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