Dracula & Crucifix`s?

Question

So if Vlad the Impaler (ie Dracula) spent most of his life defending christianity from the Ottomans (muslims), why would he be afraid of the crucifix ? And even if he is the undead as is supposed, why would evil only be thwarted by this one purely christian symbol as opposed to "good" icons from any other religion?

Answer 1

It's fantasy...no matter how hard you try, you cannot get logic from fiction.

Answer 2

Vlad was a man nothing more. Dracula ie the vampire was a book written by Bram Stoker. Vlad was an inspiration to the story because of his legendary ability to kill people.Dracula is a story that has been popularized by Hollywood and fiction writers.

The name Count Dracula was inspired by a real person, Vlad Ţepeş (Vlad the Impaler). Ţepeş was a notorious Wallachian (Romanian) prince of the 15th century, also known by as Vlad III Dracula. Unlike the historical personage, however, Stoker located his Count Dracula in a castle near the Borgo Pass in Transylvania, and ascribed to that area the supernatural aura it retains to this day in the popular imagination.

Vlad III the Impaler (Vlad Å¢epeş IPA: ['tsepeʃ] in common Romanian reference; also known as Vlad Dracula or Vlad Drăculea and Kazıklı Voyvoda in Turkish; November or December, 1431 – December 1476) was Prince (voivode) of Wallachia, a former polity which is now part of Romania. His three reigns were in 1448, 1456-1462, and 1476. In the English-speaking world, Vlad is best known for the legends of the exceedingly cruel punishments he imposed during his reign, and consequently serving as the inspiration for the vampire main character in Bram Stoker's popular Dracula novel.

As Prince, he led an independent policy in relation to the Ottoman Empire, and in Romania he is best remembered as a prince with a deep sense of justice and a defender of Wallachia against Ottoman expansionism. His impact on the expansion of the Ottoman Empire is recognizable in that his successful hold against them bought precious time for western Europe.

Answer 3

It's not really Vlad that's afraid of the crucifix; it's the undead creature that once *was* Vlad. The theory is that the cross represents God's Holy Order for things, and one really important element of that Holy Order is when you die, *you die.* You go to Heaven, Hell, or maybe Purgatory--as far as most people who are into crucifixes believe, you go *straight* to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory, with no reincarnation, hauntings, or anything else. SO--the crucifix represents that order, and thus the power of it threatens the vampire's very existence. So he fears it. Perhaps *especially* because Vlad believed so strongly in the Church.

Answer 4

Bram Stoker really created the modern vampire. Without him we would not have vampires fearing crucifix's, garlic, etc. Vlad the Impaler was a warrior for his God. Also, more recently, it does not have to be a cross to repel vampires - well not the traditional cross. Greek, Russian, etc. Any kind of religious symbol backed by faith will repel Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Answer 5

as being undead they "hate" all things holy. this emotion is hardly possible because u need a mind to think. undead dont have minds. since they have no minds they do not rember past life. "Dracula" may have spent his LIFE protecting christianity but at death he loses his mind (literally) and has no past tense reference of anything. and since holy vanguishes evil (undead being evil) they hate all holy things like a crucifix

Answer 6

i think it was something about he was afraid what he did to others would happen to him, and that included the impalement on the stake and the last rites with a cross done to him. then it got modified for the sake of fiction. just my thought.