Once upon a time there was a man called Dracula. Dracula? Yes, there was a real Dracula, and he was a true prince of darkness. His name was Prince Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad Tepes, meaning "Vlad the Impaler." He was prince of Walachia, but was born in Transylvania. Vlad was the son of Vlad II or Dracul, a military governor. Vlad Dracul was a knight in the Order of the Dragon, a secret fraternity, sworn to uphold Christianity and defend the empire against the Islamic Turks. The name Dracul can be interpreted in two ways, the first translation from Romanian would be "Dragon", but it also means "Devil". Vlad III was not called Tepes until after his death; instead, he was known as Vlad Dracula, the added "a" meaning "son of", so essentially, throughout his life, he was known as the "son of the Devil".
Vlad Dracula is known for his cruel reign. In his fight for Christianity he slaughtered people in the most bizarre ways. His punishments for e.g. women having sex outside marriage or just lying cover things like scalping, skinning, burning or even boiling people alive.
The myth about Dracula the vampire is created by Bram Stoker in the Victorian Age. During the reign of Queen Victoria, people were much suppressed. Women had no right to have any sexual thoughts at all, and all contact with men was to be no more than a gentle pressing of hand. Having any sexual affairs outside marriage was totally out of the picture. What does all this have to do with Dracula you may ask? Well, the vampires “live out” their sexuality. When they bite a person and drinks the blood, it gives them some sort of sexual satisfaction. This way of being satisfied was a contradiction to the norms of the society at that time, the Apollonian society. The vampires represent the Dionysian traits of the Victorian Age – the forbidden. People wanted to live out their crazy sexual imaginations.
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