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Hoodoo is indeed a real religion. I dont have any sources at the moment to back myself up with. But I do believe it is.

er...hmm...I've heard that the religion is commonly know as Hoodoo and they practice that. But Voodoo...is...different. somehow. >.< sweatdrop Im afraid I dont have the exact reasons why down pat. Its just what I saw on the Discovery channel.

Really? perhaps I was mistaken. Thank you for correcting my error.

Thanks for the input! biggrin And thats one nice dream. >.< I recently had a zombie dream where there were more like the ones from Slither though.

oh leandra, i cant wait for you to make that zombie story, your ideas may have made more tolorent of them, but im still afraid of meeting on in my yard

Huh...I could have sworn it was the other way around. At least, on the Skeleton Key extras they talked about the difference between hoo doo and voo doo. I really thought that hoo doo was the religion and voo doo was the dolls...I'll have to check tomorrow.

It should be noted that it's not all dark. Voodoo dolls are just like poppets in early European magical practice...they can be, and usually are, used for healing. It's only sometimes they're used for messing up your enemies.

If you find a book in the 'fiction' section, that means that it isn't meant to be taken seriously. Neither is the sci-fi or fantasy section of your local blockbuster. Word to the wise, that.

Firstly, it's magic. Screwing with the spelling doesn't change what it is. There is no 'pure form' of magic. It's a personal art.

As for Houdou and Voudun, they are indeed two different things. Voudun , or voodoo as it's commonly called, is the religion that emphasizes prayer and piety, whereas Houdou is the shamanistic craft practiced by traditional 'witchdoctors,' or whatever it is you choose to call them.

Magical zombies can be killed in a number of ways, depending on the means of their creation. Zombies raised with Greek necromantic rites must be killed by nailing them to their funeral bed. Houdou zombies must have their mouths filled with salt, and then sewn shut. Strigan, a ghoul from the middle east, must be slain via bodily dismemberment. Demonic (to be read: Christian) zombies can be slain in many ways similar to that of demons, with consecrated iron or silver weapons, or, for our purposes, bullets. Russian undead must be burned after having their heads cut off...and even then, the being may return for a day or two afterword.
Some zombies can be tied to a particular object, and can only be killed by destroying the philactriate, much like a liche. Then there are the plague dancers, known for their famous 'Danse Macabre.' There is no way to kill these beings...you just have to wait out the plague that spawned them. They will not persue you, but if you stumble across them while they're dancing, you will immediately be infected with what killed them.

...and as a side note, what on Earth could the english language have ever done to you to warrant you butchering it so badly? Why must you hurt it so? In the future, please use some kind of punctuation...and you might want to run your posts through a spell checker. You spelled every other word wrong. Really wrong.