Dracula's tomb found? (1 Viewer)

[tdoss]

I for one rewelcome our new dark lord.

Obama?

 

[Osaurus]

This story has teeth

 

[GregR]

One thing I never could stand about the FFA... all the damn vampires.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

It's never been entirely clear why Stoker choose Vlad to be the vampire. Dracula just really means son of Dracul which is translated to dragon. Tepes was never associated with vampires in Eastern Europe where the myths originate. He was actually closely aligned with the church. In fact he is still celebrated as a national hero for asserting Romanian autonomy and his work defending against the Turks. Stoker wrote his book after there was a hysteria in Eastern Europe over alleged vampiric infestation. He may have gotten the name from a Hungarian history professor he was friends with. Also not clear is why he moved the story from Wallachia to northern Transylvania. Generally thought to be because that part of the world was still very medieval even in Stoker's time.

Stoker was an actor and he based the Drac character partly on his agent, a notorious womanizer and Svengali type. (Just something I read a long time ago).

Also, Transylvania sounds a lot scarier than Wallachia. And it probably is a lot scarier.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

LONDON — The truth is out: Prince Charles is related to Vlad the Impaler.

The heir to the British throne says he is related to Vlad the Impaler, the cruel 15th-Century Romanian warlord who helped inspire Bram Stoker's 1897 vampire novel "Dracula."

He makes the comments on an upcoming TV show to promote his interest in protecting the forests of Romania's Transylvania region.

Charles says genealogy shows that he is related to Vlad, giving him a stake in the future of Romania. The prince has long worked to conserve the forests and has bought a home in the region.

On a visit to Romania earlier this year, he called Transylvania a national treasure because of its unspoiled landscape and centuries-old rural farming traditions.

http://www.today.com/id/45063968/ns/today-today_people/t/prince-charles-claims-vlad-impaler-ancestor/#.U7mrSrFa6lJ

 

[Rohn Jambo]

LONDON — The truth is out: Prince Charles is related to Vlad the Impaler.

The heir to the British throne says he is related to Vlad the Impaler, the cruel 15th-Century Romanian warlord who helped inspire Bram Stoker's 1897 vampire novel "Dracula."

He makes the comments on an upcoming TV show to promote his interest in protecting the forests of Romania's Transylvania region.

Charles says genealogy shows that he is related to Vlad, giving him a stake in the future of Romania. The prince has long worked to conserve the forests and has bought a home in the region.

On a visit to Romania earlier this year, he called Transylvania a national treasure because of its unspoiled landscape and centuries-old rural farming traditions.

http://www.today.com/id/45063968/ns/today-today_people/t/prince-charles-claims-vlad-impaler-ancestor/#.U7mrSrFa6lJ

Yes, sustainabilty has a whole different meaning to a vampire.

 

[GregR]

LONDON — The truth is out: Prince Charles is related to Vlad the Impaler.

The heir to the British throne says he is related to Vlad the Impaler, the cruel 15th-Century Romanian warlord who helped inspire Bram Stoker's 1897 vampire novel "Dracula."

He makes the comments on an upcoming TV show to promote his interest in protecting the forests of Romania's Transylvania region.

Charles says genealogy shows that he is related to Vlad, giving him a stake in the future of Romania. The prince has long worked to conserve the forests and has bought a home in the region.

On a visit to Romania earlier this year, he called Transylvania a national treasure because of its unspoiled landscape and centuries-old rural farming traditions.

http://www.today.com/id/45063968/ns/today-today_people/t/prince-charles-claims-vlad-impaler-ancestor/#.U7mrSrFa6lJ

Good choice of words...

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Speaking of sustainability, here is a tip on how to eliminate vampire power in your house. No, don't hang garlic everywhere...

http://www.green.harvard.edu/tools-resources/green-tip/eliminate-vampire-power

 

[GregR]

Any attempts to unearth Dracula are likely to end in vein.

 

[Fennis]

Speaking of sustainability, here is a tip on how to eliminate vampire power in your house. No, don't hang garlic everywhere...

http://www.green.harvard.edu/tools-resources/green-tip/eliminate-vampire-power

what a pain in the neck to do all that!

 

[Fennis]

Any attempts to unearth Dracula are likely to end in vein.

its batty to do so

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Speaking of sustainability, here is a tip on how to eliminate vampire power in your house. No, don't hang garlic everywhere...http://www.green.harvard.edu/tools-resources/green-tip/eliminate-vampire-power

what a pain in the neck to do all that!

They are sucking your pocket dry.

 

[GregR]

Any attempts to unearth Dracula are likely to end in vein.

its batty to do so

Please don't be negative, Dracula prefers you to be positive.

 

[Guest]

The Count

 

[IvanKaramazov]

The Count