The word vampire (vampir) is the only Serbian word known worldwide. The myth of the vampire came from the 18th century, when around 20 people were killed in one night by some serial killer (never found) in eastern Serbia. Everybody were scared, and Austrians were fascinated because of that story and begun to write about that. Many people in this eastern places of Serbia today do believe in this paganic myth. Here you go a little info :D Nice job! And hello from Serbia! :)
+inatalin That's so cool, I had no idea! I mean, the 20 deaths part of it is obviously not great, but that it ties into the origin of the term is fascinating! Thanks! And hello to you in Serbia! *waves!*
And here is a movie about the grandfather of Dracula. His grandfather was Mircea (the Old Wise Man). The movie has English CC too. The main character of the child in this movie is actually Vlad the Impaler in his childhood. Is a Romanian historical movie about his grandfather's battles with the Ottomans. Here is the link and I hope you will enjoy it - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L92niYkUggo.html. Cheers !
Quite a history about Vlad and Dracula. It sounds like that with this novel, Bram Stoker was simply laying the groundwork for how a "vampire" should be portrayed in a work of literature, given that Vlad the Impaler was not on his mind when he first went forward with it. This is quite interesting to know and I will definitely keep the link and book that you mentioned in mind if I ever go forward in learning more about Dracula, for a horror fiction person like myself should know as much about the subgenres as they are able. Thank you for sharing! -Josh
+Literary Gladiators Essentially, that's all he was trying to do! He just wanted to write a vampire story and thought "Dracula" sounded cool. Every since people have been searching for connections and parallels and deeper meaning in his choice of name (all of which has been perpetuated by the fact that Vlad himself was a bit of a colorful character) but in reality Stoker just thought the name sounded neat!
+BookwormHistory The fact that Stoker was putting together a vampire story is quite the literary curveball. The fact that he laid the groundwork down, though, is his greatest feat regarding this particular novel. I am not sure what he expected vampire fiction would become, it turns out it became something quite extraordinary! As for the name, it makes sense to find a "catchy" name and then slap the title of Count on him to make him a villain!
Hi, Bookworm. While this is neither here nor there, I see you have four or five PG Wodehouse books on your shelf, toward the lower right of your screen!. I'd know those editions anywhere. (I can't quite see the titles, but the look says Wodehouse.) I managed to write to him in 1975, about a month before he died, just after he was knighted, and got a letter back saying, "Much appreciated, as Jeeves would say. Enclosed find autographed picture of self." There is a memorial marker (put up in the 1990s, I believe) at an old cemetery in Remsenburg, New York (a town not on the map. It's part of Southhampton.) It's worth seeing, inasmuch as it refers to many of his best-loved characters. Anyway, I found your channel while looking up videos about DON QUIXOTE. These are great little talks you're providing.
+Frederick Wemyss That's wonderful that he responded, what a fantastic story! I had no idea there was a memorial to him in Southampton. That's not too far from me, I'll have to track it down the next time I'm out that way! Thanks so much for the kind words!
So fascinating, as always. Interesting to see how facts get muddled and fiction then seems to be fact after it's been perpetuated for so long. I'm going to do some more reading on this =)
I agree with you in what you said. And now if you really want to learn about the true life of Vlad the Impaler (aka "Dracula" ) please watch this Romanian movie on you tube about him - "Vlad the Impaler - The true life of Dracula (uncut version)". The movie has English CC. Is a Romanian historical movie depicting as best as possible the life and history during Vlad the Impaler's reign. For the author to associate his nickname (Dracul/Dracula) with a vampire was wrong . He was a brave voivode of Wallachia who fought against the Ottoman empire like his grandfather (Mircea the Old Wise Man) did. Romania has fought for hundreds of years against the Ottomans, the country was an important point of Europe's first defense against the Ottomans. Yes, "Dracul/Dracula" comes from the Son of the Dragon. And yes, Poienari fortress is much more important. And yes "dracul" in Romanian means "devil". Now here is the movie link and I hope you will enjoy it - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VqbagKqtbAQ.html. Cheers !
