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Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula

Dracula

The ghostly pale figure of Dracula (dripping with blood, needle-pointed teeth) to a symbolic figure in horror literature.
Modeled after whom no less bloodthirsty figure who is remembered in his country a national hero.
"Horror and terror seized me, when I saw that the mans slow climb out of the window, face down, and span off the castle wall to divide the awesome. Cloak spread out like giant wings would have been."
Jonathan Harker, a young English clerk saw it in the moonlight noble vendéglátóját a wild, rocky landscape, somewhere in the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, now Romania.
Count Dracula, (this is a pale, tall, black is always associated with figure), he is already behaving quite particular.
When the old family mansion during the 300-meter ravine at night the wolves came, the count, swollen eyes and exclaimed: - Listen, sing the children of the night!
When Harker cuts himself shaving, the older man zemében flame demon madness "in the throat after a given, but when you tap the astonished guests neck chain with a cross-dependent, withdrawn his hand.
Harker directly EME episodes before he noticed that although the room is Dracula, not visible in the shaving mirror.
The Count utaztában the last station of the young Englishman surrounded by the peasants, rdög "hell" he muttered, and frequently thrown themselves to the cross. Suddenly he finds himself locked in a vast ruined castle, whose high windows of a black or a single ray of light penetrates through the jagged towers and gables fogsorként meredezik ominous black background of the moonlit skies. "Host, who is apparently the only inhabitants of the grim fortress, only at night there . The struggle between doubt Harker terrified because they do not know whether we ever see szülőhazáját.

Bram Stokers a success
Harker, of course one of the most popular of all time rémregényének, the protagonist in Dracula. The book appeared in 1897 in London erupted immediately successful, and since then has led to the best-seller lists. A number of films, stage work and comics, and even a ballet is processed, and the odious bloodsucking vampire, Count-known story of millions of people worldwide.
The novel Dracula travels to England to spread the cult of vampires but ultimately fails because Harker escapes from the castle, and summary dr. Abraham is Helsinggel, a Dutch expert vámpirológia. Only Helsing knows that the monster is repulsed by the daylight, the garlic and the cross signs. It was also learned that the "haláltalanokat as the vampires are called, but their hearts pierced wooden stakes can be killing.

Millennial myth
Stoker vámpírhistóriája beings the terrible and widespread belief in a rich tradition builds up its roots in ancient Egyptian and Greek literature going back. As many dying from blood loss due to weakening of the ordinary people must have thought that the vérivás restore the power, indeed the life blood of people can awaken the dead.
The novel, Dracula, however, the most deeply immersed in the Romanian peasant néphitből. The predominant religion there, (the Orthodox Greek Orthodox Christianity) teaches that, who is devastated die from the curse of excommunication, the returning dead, oroi "will be as long as the church does not unstrap him from the curse.
In addition to the known superstitions of the local trigoi named demonic bird that flies only at night, hungry for human flesh and blood. The popular belief held that the plague is caused by vampires.
The Romanian legend has it that certain people (such as the illegal or non-baptized children, or the seventh sons of seventh sons) destiny to be a vampire. The vampire is the power of that beast (bat or a wolf in most cases) be modified.
Some villages suspected of vámpírság mix is the one who refuses to eat garlic. In fact, the vérivók night attack on the house so people can avoid the best way, if you rub garlic all the doors and windows.
Stoker of Londons British Museum on intensive research and the Hungarian scholar Arminius Árminnal know through conversations with these beliefs. But it had an impact on the unsolved Jack the Ripper-style murders, and the friendship of the writer and explorer Richard Burton, who, amongst other eleven vámpírtörténetet translated into Hindi.

Hidden sensuality
Many critics claim that the era of Queen Victoria szexualitású repressed erotic content is often a disguised form appeared. Stokers novel unconsciously hidden sexual meaning of the mysterious and creepy Vampire Attack of the bloody night of violence and sensual experience of passionate yearning is tempered. Harker clearly as I like to dream of Draculas three young follower of a surprise: ind of the three had brilliant white teeth that flashed as a sensuous lips from behind, like rubies among the pearls. There was something unsettling, something attractive, but deadly threat. The burning in my heart, sinful lust awoke, I wish that those crimson lips megcsókolnának ... "
This sensual magic and the night wandering bloodsucking "halhatatlanokról" ancient superstition is certainly chilling effect on Stokers novel is a fantastic element reinforcing a Romanian national hero, incredible but true story. Indeed, it boasts Dracula Harker fought bravely against the Turks patriotic ancestor, with the tyrant, who was known as Vlad Karóbahúzó history.

A ruthless patriot
The original Dracula XV. century, the mountainous area adjacent to Transylvania, the Prince of Wallachia was. Paintings and portraits captured wood cuts, as shown in a thick mustache, and a large hooked nose, staring-eyed man, was baptized named Vlad, but also called Dracula because his family coat of arms racul , ie the dragon reared up. Rdög happened to this word, "report it is.
A young man he was captured by the Turks as a hostage, where ellesett a torturous execution method of impalement. This barbarous punishment of the victims body or iron spear sharpened wooden sword stabbed through the upright and then dig into the ground, painfully slow to suffer through it.
In 1448 Vlad II was only probably 18 years, when the Turks were transposed to the Wallachian throne, but his two months in a Christian monastery within the walls of a refugee. After the Turks conquered Constantinople, the capital of Orthodox Christianity, Vlad is back in 1456 inherited the throne, and from then on for four years resourceful unprecedented cruelty reigned. On one occasion, no reason at all upset with him for a friendly relationship with the city, 10 thousand people in this megkínoztatta, much damage can húzatott. You have gained a new ragadványnevére: Tepes, meaning "karóbahúzó. Notorious 1640 massacre of St. Bartholomews day, were, when one of the Transylvanian city of 30 thousand people were impaled húzatott.
Was Dracula was a common sadistic or cruel ravages of a political motive behind to look for?
The answer is probably well-well. When the ambassadors of Turkish court was not taken off in the presence of turbánjukat, ordered him to be clear in their skulls, this is clearly a bold declaration of independence was shamelessly. No matter how barbaric was the reputation of Christian Europe, many castles in the Danube back to the Turks, and the army has penetrated almost to the Black Sea.
The silver lining to having troops turned back, tried to fake his own people under suspicion are mixed with leaves to conspiring with the Turks. Dracula Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus, no words, no speech, lecsukatta twelve years. It is possible that their own ruler in the havasalföldiek undorodtak amazing változatosságától criminal methods in which the vivid and megfőzéstől megnyúzástól burning and mutilation of all fit.
Imprisoned under Dracula, who has been fraudulently charming personality, he befriended his guards, who helpfully provided with mice and other small animals, to the cell impaled just grab them with its own delight. In 1474, escaped. Two years later (third time) today announced the demand for the Wallachian throne, but two months later, at age 45, when he again took part in a battle against the Turks, were killed. Her head was cut off and sent to the Sultan honey conserved trophy, his body was buried in an unmarked grave.

The Vampire továbbélő
Why did you contact Stoker Vlad Tepes, Dracula, the vámpírizmussal? The Romanian peasant generations riogatták to him from becoming, or take you to Dracula "threat.
On the other hand have continued to live in the faith of simple people: that Dracula, the hero leader way back when the country is seriously threatened. It may be that the centuries-old legend of the enchanted prince impaled pull the author in his novel, he wanted to use the excitement of folklore motifs, and wanted to show Romanias hauntingly beautiful, barren landscape.
In any event, Stokers fictional Count Dracula, the counters elmúlással. Bearing the name of the film, games, food and even still runs well on the market.
Bela Lugosi, Hungarian actor (the screens most famous Dracula of all time) worth looking for the role, but the morphine consumed almost the whole thing. When in 1956, died at the age of seventy-three, the request in the red szaténszegélyes buried in a black cloak, worn by the vampire role.
The mid-1980s, published a very rare disease called porphyria on medical studies vámpírtörténetek stirred up the potential to increase interest in reality, the press romantically known as much again. rakula-era ".
In fact, the only CEP porphyria variants of known keep vampire external features: sharp teeth, strong hair, with light hypersensitivity and the development of anemia. Only sixty such cases have been recorded.
In any case, porphyria medical research by press reports published excited again proved that Dracula is a fictional character, still fascinate the public just as deeply as the young Sarah Jessica Parker, who stunned the novel raises the question: iféle man, or what sort of creature emberbőrbe hiding? "