德古拉是以真人為原型的?

德古拉是以真人為原型的?

Dracula is the most famous vampire in pop culture but some might be surprised to learn that the character is inspired by a real person.

德古拉是流行文化中最著名的吸血鬼，但有些人可能會驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，這個角色的靈感來自真人。

Very likely – Dracula was first introduced to the world in Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic novel, Dracula, and the author drew from popular Central European folktales to create his famous immortal character.

布拉姆·斯托克1897年出版的哥特式小說《德古拉》中，第一次將吸血鬼介紹給了世界。作者從中歐流行的民間故事中汲取靈感，創(chuàng)造了著名的不朽人物。

He also appeared to be inspired by the historical accounts of a 15th-century Romanian Prince named Vlad Tepes aka Vlad the Impaler.

他似乎還受到了15世紀羅馬尼亞王子弗拉德·特佩斯(Vlad Tepes)，也就是穿刺王弗拉德(Vlad the Impaler)的歷史記載的啟發(fā)。

Vlad was born in Transylvania, and was the second son of a nobleman called Vlad II Dracul.

弗拉德出生于特蘭西瓦尼亞，是一個名叫弗拉德二世德古的貴族的次子。

So when Vlad was initiated into a secret order of Christian knights known as the Order of the Dragon, Vlad took the name Dracula – which means Son of Dracul.

所以當弗拉德加入一個秘密的基督教騎士團——龍的騎士團時，弗拉德取了德古拉這個名字，意思是德古拉之子。

While he was the ruler of Walachia, Dracula became pretty notorious for the brutal way he dealt with his enemies.

當他是瓦拉契亞的統(tǒng)治者時，德古拉因為他對待敵人的殘忍方式而臭名昭著。

Torture, mutilation and mass murder were all options he liked to use, as well as decapitation, disembowelment and boiling/skinning his victims alive.

折磨、殘害和大屠殺都是他喜歡使用的手段，還有斬首、開膛破肚和活活煮死/剝皮。

He was particularly fond of impalement (hence the nickname) and would often drive a wooden stake through the bodies of his enemies before leaving them to die of exposure.

他特別喜歡刺穿敵人的身體(因此有了這個綽號)，他經(jīng)常在敵人暴露前用木樁刺穿他們的身體。

Some rather gory rumors claims that Vlad loved to dine on the impaled bodies of his victims, and would even drip his bread into their blood.

一些相當血腥的謠言聲稱，弗拉德喜歡吃被刺穿的受害者的尸體，甚至會把他的面包滴到他們的血液里。