Why was Vlad the impaler inspiration for dracula?

Question

I heard that dracula character comes from vlad the impaler, but how did this man inspire the fictional legend?

Answer 1

Vlad had a taste for blood and would get this blood by terrorizing local villages by taking villagers and impaling them. It was said that he up to 30,000 people impaled around his castle. This was known as the forest of the impaled. He would frequently have his servants put bowls under his victims to collect the blood that dripped down and then would dip bread in the blood and consume it.

Answer 2

I just watched a show about that last night. It was a great show and explained it, but I don't remember all of the details and it would take too long to tell you what I do remember. But basically it has to do with Vlad going by the name Dracul, which means Dragon and also devil in Romanian. He was supposedly a ruthless murderer. That combined with some ancient Romanian folklore plus Bram Stoker = the Dracula we all know and love today. I think the show was on The History Channel or History International.

Answer 3

The modern vampire mythos is largely the work of Bram Stoker, who throughly researched vampire myths from a variety of cultures and tagged it to a historical character to compose his ultimate supervillain. Vampires are a universal mythological symbol that occur in all cultures. Blood is symbolic of life and power. The ultimate evil - linked to darkness and the creatures of the night - has the power to steal it. The idea for bats in particular was inspired by the vampire bat of the Americas, only recently made known to Europeans at Stoker's time. Dracula roughly translates as 'dragon lord' and was the hereditary title of the noble family that Vlad was a part of. They were ruthless despots and valient defenders of the Transylvanian region against Turkish incursions. Their gruesome tactics earned them the fear and hatred of allies and enemies alike. Therefore, the commoners started nasy rumors about them, that they drank blood and dabbled in witchcaft. Stoker discovered these legends in his research, then followed them to their logical conclusion. What if these guys were vampires? What if they were brilliant generals and fierce warriors because of dark pacts and immortal experience? How does he gain superior strength and longevity? By the drinking of blood. How does he get access to victims? By transforming into a bat.

Answer 4

Shakespearian actor and friend of Stoker's, Sir Henry Irving was a real-life inspiration for the character of Dracula, tailor-made to his dramatic presence, gentlemanly mannerisms and speciality playing villain roles. Irving however never agreed to play the part on stage.
i have heard about vlad the inpaler to i think is because of the last name is like dracula sounding or something like that and his way of killing people

Answer 5

It due to his name, his torture technics,

"His Romanian surname Draculea (transliterated as Dracula in foreign languages of the historical documents where his name is mentioned) seems to come from his father's surname Dracul (see Vlad II Dracul); the latter was a member of the Order of the Dragon created by Emperor Sigismund. Vlad's family had two factions, the Drăculeşti and the Dăneşti."

"His post-mortem moniker of Ţepeş (Impaler) originated in his preferred method for executing his opponents, impalement - as popularized by medieval Transylvanian pamphlets. In Turkish, he was known as Kazıklı Bey (Impaler Prince). Vlad was referred to as Dracula in a number of documents of his times, mainly the Transylvanian Saxon pamphlets and The Annals of Jan Długosz."

"Outside Wallachia he was known by the exaggerated tales of atrocities (many of which stem from records of debatable authenticity) and even more so — the title of vampire, and it has been suggested that his surname Dracula was the source of inspiration for the name of the main character of Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel, Dracula. It is unknown if this is true."

"Asserting his status, Vlad II displayed the symbol of the Order, (a dragon), in all his public appearances, (on flags, clothing, etc.). The people of Wallachia gave Vlad II the surname Dracu (Dracul being the more grammatically correct form). His son Vlad III would later use in several documents the surname Drăculea. Through various translations (Draculea, Drakulya) Vlad III eventually came to be known as Dracula (note that this ultimate version is a neologism in Romanian)."

"It should be taken into account that Romanian folklore and poetry paints Vlad Dracula not as a vampire but as a killer of vampires. His favorite weapon being the stake, coupled with his reputation in his native country as a man who stood up to both foreign and domestic "bloodsuckers," gives Dracula the virtual opposite symbolism of Bram Stoker's vampire. For this reason, the association of his name with vampirism does not make sense to Romanians. In Romania he is still considered by some to be a "savior" to the people of his country."

Answer 6

It's in the name...

Answer 7

actually when he impale a lot of people he will host dinner parties and he will drink the blood dripping from the bodies

Answer 8

part of his family name is Dracol = Dracula as fas as vampirism he ate his dinner in the forest of bodies of his nobelman rivals on spiked poles who could have overthrown him

Answer 9

Because it was said that he would dip his bread in the blood of his victems and eat it

Answer 10

Some of the things he did to his enemies and he was a major leader when they fought the Turks. So blood and guts was his trade mark..................................