Originally Posted by
vertigo12
Sadly people playing WoW are only seeing just one section of the huge scope of necromancy.
It's not only about reanimated corpse from stiched bodies, raising the dead back to life, ghouls,zombies, wights, the Scourge, Forsaken, Val'kyr, etc.
Yes everything that has connection with the dead is within the field of necromancy. Including ressurection,interacting with souls and spirit of the dead.
Necros=the dead or death
Mancy = mantis - prophet, mantein =to known, knowledge; see logia/logy
Necrology wasn't used as to herbology/herbalism because it describes another set of reality which otherwise known as orbituary or list of the dead.