THE LEGEND OF DRACULA

Dracula - as perceived today - is the result of interference of the real historical facts, entered into legend, about the reign of Vlad the Impaler - Dracula, the records of the chroniclers of the time, with the intention to make the great prince in a bad light, amplified in the next century association with the character of the fiction novel "Dracula" appeared in England in 1897, having as author on Irish writer Bram Stoker.
The truth about Prince Vlad the Romanian Country (1456-1462, 1476) is known from many works belonging to Romanian and foreign historians. Convinced that only a strong rule inside the country able to provide order and organize successfully defend her external dangers Vlad Impaler recourse to authoritarian rule, his honesty and diligence required subjects as virtues, dishonesty (theft) idleness and fraud were punished harshly by impaling a cruel punishment, but can be understood only in relation to the times in which he lived an era of great cruelty, which has seen other punishment as harsh, such as burning, gallows, etc. ..
Following its drastic measures, Vlad managed to bring order to the country, "Foreign mercy and compassion - AD Xenopol history says - he's terrible yarn made in the service of his country and after a clean inner relay, he put his chest injosirii that country had fallen. "

But his actions have attracted the hatred of many of his contemporaries. They were vilified and accused him of understanding with the Turks, contrary to the interests of the country, was imprisoned by King Matthias Corvinus and later face or cruel man, but has "terrible job of wires in his country, was associated with vampire Dracula, the famous character from fiction novel "Dracula" the Irish writer Bram Stoker published in London in 1897 and considered by Oscar Wilde "perhaps the finest novel of all time."

Contact is made between the character of Bram Stoker, Vlad Dracula and Prince is even suggested by the author, who recorded: "... that was really Dracula prince who has acquired the name of opposing the Turks over the great river even from the border with Turkey. " Bram Stoker believes this was not an ordinary man "because for centuries it has been said that the most skilful, the most cunning but also the most valiant of the sons of the country beyond the forest's spirit and will of skillful Iron came to him in the grave and fight and now. " Here the author makes about faith related to ghosts, whose existence, imagined the popular beliefs, not ends with the coming generation of "We the dead (ie ghosts, vampires) suffer from the curse of immortality, says Bram Stoker, pass out an age of multiplying and other victims, increasing the evils of the world .... "

Characters in the novel "Dracula" are the result of fantasy author, but the facts of Count Dracula and his end are based on popular beliefs about the existence of evil forces: vampires or ghosts. In many peoples beliefs vampires are dead people who by virtue of a sentence or a curse during life, leaving her grave at night and wander among the living and sleeping they suck blood - their only food. Everything is considered and vampire bat, an animal that lives on in the cave at night to suck blood out and people .* In Central America and South American vampire bats are a large species that feed on blood of birds and mammals caught sleeping . In his famous work Odisseea, ancient poet Homer identify souls of the dead bat.

The popular belief in the Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic vampire correspondent in acceptance of people who leave their dead at night and wander among the living tomb which I capture in my sleep and make a lot of inconvenience and damage, they suck blood and milk taken from cattle, is the ghost.Ghost may be alive, one that - as recorded by folklorist I Aurel Candrea - "all day sees the things that other people, but at night i fell asleep as soon as the soul goes out to meet with other ghosts, and the body remains as dead on the bed. Souls of these ghosts ... kill children and suck their blood, take the hand of the crops and cows. The same author says, "then you die one of these beings that are believed to have been ghost through the heart of summer is a red-hot spit fire or even that her soul can not escape from the grave and not torture people night.

In Romanian mythology and ghosts are dead, those spirits of dead people from the former ghost alive or that the ordinances have been something wrong at the funeral, have lost the way to the afterlife or what had to pay customs. Besides the damage that people make in life - say Sat. Marian Fl - dead ghosts "eat one by one each member of their family or they eat only the heart and they suck blood.

As interpreted today, Dracula appears in the person of Romanian Country prince, Vlad Tepes, under whose face (portrayed in a woodcut of the "German Stories About Dracula Prince" printed in Nuremberg in 1488) is represented in many commercial advertisements. In this situation no longer seen as a real historical figure, but as a vampire, as is known, by Western tourists, from Bram Stoker and the many films that were cast in the West since 1922.
Thus, while the Roman ruler's portrait, which appears on the cover stories German edition, published in Bamberg in 1491, suggests a sense of justice that the transformed life, by means of a special cruelty, judged by standards of the contemporary era, but typical time in which to live, on-screen image transposed a Dracula play us a picture of cruelty that no longer has to do with the spirit of justice. This image, fanciful and chilling, is the taste of tourists who went in search of sensational and, once in Romania, Bran Castle and associated (which by appearance and location to emit an air of mystery) to places where Dracula's haunted imagination.

Bran Castle, one of the most valuable monuments of medieval architecture in Romania, historical features, military and economic, is known by worldwide tourists as Dracula's Castle.
Most tourists, after visiting Bran Castle, leaving him disappointed not met Dracula - The vampire who sucks people's blood, known from movies and figure associated with the Roman ruler Vlad the Impaler - Dracula. And not meet him because visitors do not distinguish between historical reality and the origin story behind both the character of Bram Stoker, Dracula called, in which action is based on popular beliefs about ghosts and vampires and legends about Vlad Impaler, especially those shows him as a ruthless ruler. Interference main character in the novel Dracula legends real Prince Vlad the Impaler - Dracula, a reference figure of Roman history, has created an imaginary character known as Dracula's vampire as an embodiment of evil that violate human, I struggles and those came under his rule transforms them into these forces of evil. This character exists at the imaginary and can not be shown in a museum exhibition is like that of Bran Castle.

Bran Castle Dracula's Castle was named after three decades, by tourists, especially Americans, who came in search of Dracula in horror films made by Bram Stoker. Tourists are surprised to enter a castle in Transylvania that the appearance resembled the castle described by Irish author.Therefore they named Castle Dracula. What about the imagination can be between Dracula vampire and tourists come in search of Bran? It's simple. If it is the ruler of the Romanian Country, history records the many campaigns undertaken by Vlad - Impaler - Dracula Brasov Saxon punish merchants who disobeyed the commandments Prince on trade fairs in the Romanian Country. And it makes sense transition to be made at Bran pass closest to Brasov, which links to Targoviste, Mr. Muntean residence. Relations with the Bran castellans will not be too friendly, because they were representatives of the city center, hostile Vlad Tepes.
If Vlad ruled Bran Castle is hard to answer because it does not mention written documents. But existing documents in the archives of the city - Bran Castle, as many are still preserved, are mainly administrative nature, refer to income and expenses on the area of Bran castle and very little to the events of political and military. Arguably, however, that in autumn 1462, after army Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus, the city got around the Dambovita Bridge, near Rucar, located about 25 km from Bran, Prince Vlad Tepes was taken to Castle Bran and dark here for about two months, as the recent volume recorded Vlad Tepes Dracula, Editura Mirador, Arad, 2002, author George Lazea Postelnicu. It was taken and imprisoned in Visegrad Citadel.

In terms of vampire, known as the ghost Romanian folklore (vampire name is found in Serbian) is worth mentioning that in the villages of Bran is kept faith with the existence of evil spirits called steregoi (version of ghost) . Village elders remember that until half a century ago believed that there are some people in life - ghost - who led a normal life day and night time sleep, their souls left the band and haunted by torturing people in the village and sleep. These evil spirits haunted the first midnight until the roosters sang when no longer had the power to cause bad people.
Belief in ghosts and other evil spirits is a component of popular mythology. It can be told, imagined by every individual. But beyond this imaginary world populated by vampires and ghosts, tourists can actually meet at Bran, who was to enjoy and relax the soul.
The image of Dracula fiorosului in mind, came to Bran, the tourist will meet in beautiful places in this mountain shepherds with herds to grazing or mowing grasses, whose women at war woven textiles that adorn the interiors of homes or preparing traditional dishes (Bulzul Shepherd, beat, beat milk, etc..) both in their own household and in hostels prepared specifically for those who want to spend Bran from sunrise until sunset and you can even overnight, the dream will come and Dracula vampire whose strength will wither on the clove housewife sits above the entrance door so that she knows that defending the old house evil spirits.

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