vampire
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Category: Writing and Poetry
The term 'vampire' clearly being birthed in the Bulgarian area and subsequently being transferred into other Slavic cultures. The Dracula legend is based on Vlad the Third, the prince of Wallachia, which is in present-day Romania. Vlad ruled during the middle Ages and is considered a national hero in Romania for defending the country from invading Ottoman Turks. "However, he was merciless in killing thousands of both the Turks and, shockingly, his own people in Transylvania, which is in modern-day Romania. Because his favorite method of execution was to impale people on a stake this gruesome method showed his enemies what there eventual doom would be if they crossed him, this is why he's known as Vlad the Impaler." It is also said that after a battle he would dip bread into the blood of his enemies while dining.
