sentences:  Each type of legendary zombie is therefore missing one half of its soul (the flesh or the spirit).The zombie belief has its roots in traditions brought to Haiti by enslaved Africans and their subsequent experiences in the New World.It was thought that the voodoo deity Baron Samedi would gather them from their grave to bring them to a heavenly afterlife in Africa ("Guinea"), unless they had offended him in some way, in which case they would be forever a slave after death, as a zombie.