about the origin of vampires There are many theories and legends.One of them says that they are the descendants of Cain, who was the first biblical murderer of his brother.But all this speculation to the basic version.Until now, everyone knows that the origin of the vampire is directly linked with the name of Vlad Tepes - Romanian magistrates 15th-century later - the governor of Transylvania.It is he who is the most famous Count Dracula!
Vladislav III Count Dracula - a real historical character, who is a national hero in Romania and crime fighter.Its history is rooted in medieval Transylvania ...
story of Count Dracula
bloodthirsty ruler
Vlad Tepes was the ruler of Transylvania (region located in north-western Romania) from 1448 to 1476.His favorite pastime was the sadistic torture of enemies and civilians, among them one of the worst - piercing the anus.For what Vlad Tepes liked to impale people alive, he was nicknamed Vlad-puncturer.However, its most brutal atrocity is different: once the Romanian governor invited to his castle (in which he, in fact, and spent all torture - see. Photo below) at a dinner a large number of the poor.When the poor man peacefully trapeznichat, Count Dracula locked them in a room and set fire to.In addition, in the chronicle described the case when the sadist ordered his servants nailed to the head of Turkish ambassadors of their hats because they refused to remove them before the governor.
Similar atrocities have left their imprint on the character of the person of the ruler.Count Dracula became the prototype of the hero of the eponymous novel written by Bram Stoker.Why Tepes was unusually cruel?Why he was holding at bay the entire Transylvania, resulting in confusion and bewilderment of European monarchs?This was on.
Wicked and cruel Dracula
Transylvania - his birthplace."Dracula" (Dragon) - nickname.In 13 years, son of the Wallachian voivode Vladislav II was captured by the Turks captured and was held hostage for almost 4 years.This fact affected the psyche of the future ruler.About it spoke as a disturbed man with a lot of obscure habits and strange ideas.For example, Count Dracula loved trapeznichat to the execution of persons or a recent battle with a fatal outcome.Is not it strange?
Nicknamed "Dragon" Tepes was due to the fact that his father had membership in an elite order of knights of the Dragon, which was created by the Emperor Sigismund in 1408.As for the title - Vlad III, then it should be called hospodar, not count, but this naming is arbitrary.But why is this considered to be the ancestor of the vampire ruler?
's all about the extraordinary passion Tepes to bloodshed, to the inhuman torture and murder.Then it is not clear why the Russian tsar of the Rurik dynasty - Ivan Vasilyevich - nicknamed "Ivan the Terrible"?He, too, it should be baptized a vampire, after all, he drowned in the blood of ancient Rus in the literal sense of the word.But that's another story ...
