Talk:Game Updates/@comment-11439344-20130709023153/@comment-4738639-20130711150341

Zombie culture is a touchy topic, but for time period we can say the Middle Ages or Medieval time period was between the 5th century and 15th century.

Depending on what a person considers a zombie, it could be said that Gilgamesh mentions the living dead around 5000 years ago. It Norse mythology there is mention of an undead creature called the draugr which is created after a person's death, and more recently Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in 1818 where Frankenstein's monster is created from different pieces of already deceased bodies.

It can be argued that Frankenstein's monster isn't medieval, but the other two mentions of a zombie/zombie-like creature have been in culture possibly before the Middle Ages/Medieval time period so it may not be that far of a stretch it to be used in DragonVale.