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(huì)驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，這個(gè)角色的靈感來(lái)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(shuō)《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(jì)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(gè)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(dāng)弗拉德加入一個(gè)秘密的基督教騎士團(tuán)——龍的騎士團(tuán)時(shí)，弗拉德取了德古拉這個(gè)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(dāng)他是瓦拉契亞的統(tǒng)治者時(shí)，德古拉因?yàn)樗麑?duì)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(kāi)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(gè)綽號(hào))，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(dāng)血腥的謠言聲稱(chēng)，弗拉德喜歡吃被刺穿的受害者的尸體，甚至?xí)阉拿姘蔚剿麄兊难豪铩?/p>