I don’t imply to be an expert. But all the information I got was from the first paragraph of vlad the impaler and vlad II Dracul.
It is interesting that in Romania it’s a synonym for devil. That’s metal.
But about the midieval origins, Vlad the Impaler is from the actual middle ages. As is his father. So I would assume the mid8eval origins are “the Dragon” or “Son of the Dragon”. Any other origins might be influenced by Vlad II or Vlad the impaler.
They might have been: Vlad Bad, Dragon = devil. And it stuck. But I don’t know. I’m not a historian.
TWeaK@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yes exactly! But at least he did mention rabies, and Balkan legends involving werewolves, even if only in passing.
Tbh I think there are so many facets to the “vampire” and associated legends that anyone can be forgiven for not comprehensively covering all of them - particularly with how they’ve been blended together over the last century or so. The podcast is meant to be about specific bastard people, after all.