https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula
Folkloric vampires predate Stoker's Dracula by hundreds of years
Scholars have suggested various figures as the inspiration for Dracula, including the Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler and the Countess Elizabeth Báthory, but recent scholarship suggests otherwise. He probably found the name "Dracula" in Whitby's public library while on holiday, selecting it because he thought it meant 'devil' in Romanian
At least those who possess an imagination have the capaciy to think, Cazza.
Also, Stoker was greatly inspired by ruins near the seafront at a certain town in North Yorkshire: so Whitby Abbey is a ‘secret Freemasonry lodge’…?!
Also, grow a thicker skin OP. Also III - thus you’ve struck out - re. where I live, Yorkshire: our folklore speaks of demonic canids known as the Barghest.
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Eineus the Verghest (l). Dunno if Ichiro Sakaki, BLADE & Enterbrain are Freemasons, but in their wacky creation “Macademi Wasshoi” I was glad to see something from British legends in an anime series.
Vlad Țepeș is a folk hero in Romania sure, just as Genghis Khan is to Mongolians. So where is the direct & indisputable evidence that the eponymous character in that classic example of Gothic fiction is that historical figure, OP?
…oh, and blood - even in animals - isn’t Kosher. Whoops!