Real Dracula
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Worldwide there are many names for mythical creatures that live forever by drinking the blood of human victims. We know them as nosferatu( the un-dead )and the most common term in America :Vampire. (Giurescu,134)
Vampires appear in the folklore of cultures all over the world, and some of these vampire stories can be traced back thousands of years. People in Germany, China, Egypt, Romania, Greece and Russia all tell stories about these mysterious creatures that drink blood of innocent victims. Hollywood glamorized the image of the vampire, making him the epitome of the American dream; hypnotically seductive, and immortal.
Vampires were always ugly vile creatures that no mortal would choose to become. In most cases he is no more than an animated corpse that must feed on blood. The vampires we are familiar with today are mostly based on the deeply rooted eastern European legends that in turn had spread from the Far East along the silk route, through India to the Mediterranean, thence to the Balkans and, of course, Romania and Transylvania.(Matthias,71)
Vlad Tepes was born in November or December 1431, in the fortress of Sighisoara, Romania. His father, Vlad Dracul, at that time appointed military governor of Transylvania by the emperor Sigismund, had been inducted into the Order of the Dragon about one year before...