For the record, I have got nothing to do with the Dracula. The diabolic figure in the movie is a myth after all. Since I use the name for my blog, I think it would be fair to give some background about who the real Dracula is.
The blood sucking Dracula that we know is nothing more than a product of popular imagination, featured in the classic Gothic horror story Dracula (1897) written by Anglo-Irish novelist, Bram Stoker. The real Dracula was Vlad Tepes, born in Transylvania, the center part of Romania in 1431. His princely father, Vlad III, was known as Vlad Dracul, means Dragon after he received chivalric Order of the Dragon by Sigismund of Luxembourg in 1431. The Draculea in Romania, means “son of the Dracul / Dragon”, was given by his father, and was used as a term of honour.
Vlad (Dracula) had an unhappy childhood. He spent many of his youthful years in a Turkish prison, Perhaps, this was the reason why Vlad Jr. a.k.a Dracula famous for his ruthless and cruelty. His notorious and brutal punishment methods were ranging from decapitation to boiling and burying people alive. He gained the name “Tepes, which means impale, after his favourite form of punishing his enemies. A wooden stake was carefully driven through the victim’s anus, to emerge from the body just below the shoulder, in such a way as to not pierce any vital organs. This ensured at least 48 hours of unimaginable suffering before death. Tepes had a habit of having his meal while watching his Turkish and Greek Prisoners writhing on stakes in front of him.
It is important to note that despite his brutality, Vlad Tepes is known as a strong ruler of his time and is seen by some Romanians as a national hero and brave defender of his principality. In memory of Vlad Tepes, his statues were erected in several significant towns in Romania.
