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Writer's Block: Fellow Libras

  • Nov. 8th, 2008 at 10:20 AM
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Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, and Vlad the Impaler, the original Dracula, have the same birthday. Coincidence?


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Of course it's a coincidence, duh. That said, I recently read a brief article about Celtic vampire mythology that mentions the dreach-fhoula, pronounced droc'ola, which means "bad" or "tainted blood." In modern times it's taken to mean a blood feud or even a location, but older translations connect it to a type of blood-drinking Sidhe or daoine maith. This may have contributed to the title Dracula and the character by the same name.