2007-08-20 08:14:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I agree with Glenn, but he was also a Christian War Lord who had strict laws in his region that effected everyone. The story about Vampires came from the small German Population living in what was called Wallachia and Transylvania. The region of Moldova was under his control. The Germans feared him because he had harsh laws that they didn't like at all. I believe it either had to do with religious background or something else why the Germans didn't like him. I do know he didn't like the Germans.
The truth he was a mad man who believed in God, and it was his insanity that allowed him to be a formidable enemy against the Turks, and the defender of Christianity's borders.
Hungarian's supported him when his back was against the wall, but I am starting to think the Germans didn't like him because of Orthodox and Catholic difference in the Christian faith.
If you wanted a very honest and protective ruler, he was great, but he just liked killing people a little to much. We know if you broke the law he killed you, not just ill kill you.
The actual reason why he was like that is because as a child he was kept prisoner at the Turkish Sultans Palace where he experience tortures, and murders. He didn't learn at a young age that life had much value, and what he learned from the Turks was used against them. The blood lust came natural to him from his child hood.
2007-08-20 09:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by NICK A 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because usually people believe that the fictional character Dracula (from Bram Stoker's novel and the many movies inspired by it) has something to do with the real life 15th century Wallachian prince Vlad III Basarab (surnamed "The Impaler" or "Dracula"), when in fact these two have nothing in common.
And btw Vlad (the real person) although he did courageously start a war with the Ottoman Empire and had some initial success, he was unable to resist the large scale Turkish counteroffensive and was forced to leave the country. So, his real achievement was the near eradication of criminality and lawlessness in Wallachia during his reign.
2007-08-24 00:19:43 · answer #2 · answered by XIII 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vlad Tepes wasn't a vampire, that's just a Hollywood story, he was a war hero in the fight against the Turks. I can imagine that the Romanians like to see him as the war hero and nationalist but not as the monster (Dracula, the vampire) that Hollywood made out of him.
2007-08-20 17:11:45 · answer #3 · answered by lihanmu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vlad Teppis (a.k.a., Drakula, or "The Dragon"), was king of Transylvania, now a section of Romania. He was not actually a vampire, though he was quite bloodthirsty. He was known as Vlad the Impaler because of his tendency to have opponents impaled on stakes. He is considered a hero in Romania, because he successfully defended his Christian country against Muslim invaders. When Bram Stoker wrote "Dracula," he mixed the reputation of Vlad Teppis with the Romanian legends of vampires.
2007-08-20 09:12:20 · answer #4 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because in real history, dracula is a count, belongs to a royal family in romania, vampires linking to count dracula is mere hearesay and comes only as fictions storey.
2007-08-28 07:02:35 · answer #5 · answered by head_cebu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a Romanian and never was insulted. Dracula is folklore and perhaps they are think you are making fun of them like asking a Negroe for chicken or watermelon or all rednecks are drunks.
2007-08-27 11:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by heatishellinflorida 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vlad tepes, Dracula (son of Draco), called the impaler, was a hero fighting against the Turks, keeping Romania free thru political and military skill. He was known for impaling Turks on spears, left hanging to die.
2007-08-20 08:23:01 · answer #7 · answered by glenn 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because it is twisted. It all came from one of our leaders, and his nickname was given to him for his cruelty. He was not a vampire, the vampire story is for hollywood.
2007-08-20 14:34:46 · answer #8 · answered by larissa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because of we do not know if he was one.
Plus, there is more to Ramania that Dracula, you know?... thats why
2007-08-27 11:36:51 · answer #9 · answered by Blazin 22s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We got thrown out of a bar in NYC...the bartender was from Transylvania....and we kidding with him and asking him if he " VANTS TO BITE OUR NECKS ". He got wicked pissed and we were thrown out.
2007-08-24 08:01:13 · answer #10 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋