How did Dracula become the world's most famous vampire? - Stanley Stepanic
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-dracula-become-the-world-s-most-famous-vampire-stanley-stepanic Over a hundred years after his creator ...
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How did Dracula become the world's most famous vampire? More than 100 years after his creator was laid to rest, Dracula lives on as the most famous vampire in history. But this Transylvanian noble, neither the first fictional vampire nor the most popular of his time, may have remained buried in obscurity if not for a twist of fate. Dracula's first appearance was in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name. But that was far from the beginning of vampire myths. Blood-sucking monsters had already been part of folklore for at least 800 years. It was Slavic folklore that gave us the word vampire, or "upir" in Old Russian. The term's first known written mention comes from the 11th century. Vampire lore in the region predated Christianity's arrival and persisted d...
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How did Dracula become the world's most famous vampire? More than 100 years after his creator was laid to rest, Dracula lives on as the most famous vampire in history. But this Transylvanian noble, neither the first fictional vampire nor the most popular of his time, may have remained buried in obscurity if not for a twist of fate. Dracula's first appearance was in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name. But that was far from the beginning of vampire myths. Blood-sucking monsters had already been part of folklore for at least 800 years. It was Slavic folklore that gave us the word vampire, or "upir" in Old Russian. The term's first known written mention comes from the 11th century. Vampire lore in the region predated Christianity's arrival and persisted d...
