Do u believe in dracula is it real or a fiction?

[wins2n]

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Pls.post your information regarding dracula its real or not?

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

VAMPIRES are real , DRACULA is real .

VAMPIRE - vampire bats do exist

DARCULA - prince Vlad Darcula of Transylvannia existed

DRACULA as a bloodsucking creature ?NO. Its a fictional character made popular by Bram Stoker .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker

Youll find more bloodsucking maniacs in movie theaters and secluded areas that will result to the dreaded CHIKININI lolz !!

[IceInHeLL]

King Sigismund of Hungary, who became the Holy Roman Emperor in 1410, founded a secret fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon to uphold Christianity and defend the Empire against the Ottoman Turks. Its emblem was a dragon, wings extended, hanging on a cross. Vlad III’s father (Vlad II) was admitted to the Order around 1431 because of his bravery in fighting the Turks. From 1431 onward Vlad II wore the emblem of the order and later, as ruler of Wallachia, his coinage bore the dragon symbol.

The word for dragon in Romanian is "drac" and "ul" is the definitive article. Vlad III’s father thus came to be known as "Vlad Dracul," or "Vlad the dragon." In Romanian the ending "ulea" means "the son of". Under this interpretation, Vlad III thus became Vlad Dracula, or "the son of the dragon." (The word "drac" also means "devil" in Romanian. The sobriquet thus took on a double meaning for enemies of Vlad Tepes and his father.)

Although it is widely assumed, even among scholars, that Bram Stoker based his novel upon the historical figure of Vlad Tepes, there is at least one prominent scholar who challenges this assumption. Her name is Elizabeth Miller, a professor with the Department of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Her primary argument is that Bram Stoker kept meticulous notes of his references in creating Dracula (the fictional character), and none of the references contain specific information about the life and/or atrocities of Vlad Tepes.

In particular she notes the only reference provided by Stoker in his notes that contains any information about Vlad Tepes is a book by William Wilkinson entitled An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1820), which Stoker borrowed from the Whitby Public Library in 1890 while there on vacation. The book contains a few brief references to a "Voivode Dracula" (never referred to as Vlad) who crossed the Danube and attacked Turkish troops. Also, what seems to have attracted Stoker was a footnote in which Wilkinson states "Dracula in Wallachian language means Devil".

With regard to vampires (mythical monsters), it is certainly no coincidence that Bram Stoker chose the Balkans as the home of his famous vampire. The Balkans were still basically medieval even in Stoker’s time. They had only recently shaken off the Turkish yoke when Stoker started working on his novel and the superstitions of the Dark Ages were still prevalent.

The legend of the vampire was and still is deeply rooted in the Balkan region. There have always been vampire-like creatures in the mythologies of many cultures. However, the vampire, as he became known in Europe and hence America, largely originated in the Slavic and Greek lands of Eastern Europe.

The vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) however, have a wingspan of about eight inches and a body about the size of an adult's thumb. If not for their diet, people would not pay much attention to these small bats. Vampire bats feed on the blood of large birds, cattle, horses, and pigs. However, they donÕt suck the blood of their "victims".

Using their sharp teeth, the bats make tiny cuts in the skin of a sleeping animal. The bats' saliva contains a chemical that keeps the blood from clotting. The bats then lap up the blood that oozes from the wound. Another chemical in their saliva numbs the animal's skin and keeps them from waking up.

[bisdakfever]

Yes it's real!

[cooldude06]

I don't believe it, it's only a fiction!

[wilner]

Drakula i think its fiction.... or wala lang gyud ta ani diri sa ato kay lahi man atong mga ungo diri daghan man klasi

[arisarnado]

toinks. di man ungo si dracula oi

prince man gali na xa pero brutal lng kaayo iyang gipangbuhat sa iyang mga kontra ;P hehe :P

[jkid8]

i think it's fiction....pero ang vampire bats are real kay kita ko ana sa national geographic and discovery

[IceInHeLL]

Yaiks!

People, you are totally confused. "Dracula" is a name of a person and not a name of a dark specie. In Bram Stoker's novel (which popularized it), the vampire head is named Dracula or Count Dracula. "Count" being a title of nobility like Duke or Prince.

[sweetz]

c dracula? real mana xa, as in real person, sa una (brutal kaayo).. pero kadto vampire na dracula, dli noon, hinimo ra ni stoker...