Did you hear about Dracula?

Because i am a romanian and i live in the country of Dracula, i have heard of it. I post here some dates taken from wikipedia the encyclopedy. Following the publication of In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally in 1972, the supposed connections between the historical Transylvanian-born Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia and Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula attracted popular attention. During the six-year reign of Vlad III (1456–1462), "Vlad the Impaler" is said to have killed from 20,000 to 40,000 European civilians (political rivals, criminals, and anyone else he considered "useless to humanity"), mainly by using his favourite method of impaling them on a sharp pole. (It should be noted, however, that the main sources dealing with these events are records by Saxon settlers in neighboring Transylvania, who had frequent clashes with Vlad for political and economic reasons and may have been somewhat biased.) Vlad is revered as a folk hero by Romanians for driving off invading Turks with his brutal tactics. His impaled victims are said to have included as many as 100,000 Turkish Muslims. Historically, the name "Dracula" is derived from a secret fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon, founded by Sigismund of Luxembourg (king of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor) to uphold Christianity and defend the Empire against the Ottoman Turks. Vlad II Dracul, father of Vlad III, was admitted to the order around 1431 because of his bravery in fighting the Turks. From 1431 onward, Vlad II wore the emblem of the order and later, as ruler of Wallachia, his coinage bore the dragon symbol. Either because the people believed the dragon to represent the devil, or of the fact that the Romanian archaic word for dragon was "drac" (see Dacian Draco), his subjects called him Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Devil). In archaic Romanian the ending -ulea meant "the son of". Vlad III thus became Vlad Draculea, "The Son of the Devil" (or "of the Dragon") . Hope this information helped you a little. Good luck!

I heard. ANd did you hear about Bela Lugosi? Do you know he is Hungarian and he is the most famous "Drakula" in Hollywood?

yeah

I know dracula and he is a count and very rich, he never suck a blood as hersay.

of course i hear bout him its in my country i am from romania.......si tu la fel esti doctore:D nU?

Yes..I love him xD

yah sure i think its cool.

Is it just a story or reality.

no never..............

of corse i did hurd about dracula!!!saptamana trecuta am fost acolo!!! when wore you last time there?

yeah i heared about that and watch seevral movies. but i couldnot believe that these things really exist in reality. but who knows they does ;-)

Yes, the Stocker's dracula. But Stoker did not make up the name "Dracula". There was a Dracula in the 15th century: Vlad the Impaler. Stoker didn't know much about him (most probably) but he came across his name in a book he was researching entitled AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPALITIES OF WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA (1820). This book has a very short section on a "Voivode Dracula" who fought against the Turks. What attracted Stoker to the name "Dracula" was a footnote by Wilkinson which stated that "Dracula in the Wallachian language means devil". Not quite accurate, but that is what Stoker saw and copied into his notes. He was originally going to call his vampire "Count Wampyr" but changed it to "Count Dracula." This change is clearly made in Stoker's own notes for DRACULA which are located at the Rosenbach Museum in philadelphia. The real Dracula (about whom we know much more than Stoker ever did) was NOT a Count, nor was he a vampire (or ever associated with vampires). The two Draculas have become greatly confused in many people's minds.

YES I HERD ABOT DRACULA 'S LEGEND ...AND I HOPE U ALL KNOW IT IS JUST A MITH ....BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT IDEA IS THAT HE WAS BUILT VERY NICE/INTERESTING/IMPRESING ..AND VLAD TEPES WAS AND IT HAS REMAINED THROUGH HISTORY A VERY IMPORTANT MEN IN ROMANIAN HISTORY ..AND IT WORT GOING AND VISIT THE PLACE WHERE HE LIVED .....

of course i have ..i am from Romania...you know transilvania... where the legend of dracula was "born"... i actually know that dracula was the nick name of a cruel man called Vlad Tepes.. he used to kill a lot of people and leave then lying there in the blood.. from here it started all the stroy about vampires that suck blood... a have to say i like this legend..but it is only that ..a legend and nothing more:P

yeah

yes

I know dracula and he is a count and very rich, he never suck a blood as hersay.

I think we can make a good team together to convince others that Romania has nothing to do with its leaders...it is really a wonderful country, even it has got a weak administration

Yes.