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The novel links him with the historical figure [[Vlad the Impaler]], a [[Wallachia]]n [[prince]] noted for his unusual [[cruelty]], and suggests that he became a vampire through study of the 'black arts', or [[occult]]ism.
The novel links him with the historical figure [[Vlad the Impaler]], a [[Wallachia]]n [[prince]] noted for his unusual [[cruelty]], and suggests that he became a vampire through study of the 'black arts', or [[occult]]ism.
Contrary to popular belief, the idea of sunlight being fatal to Dracula and other vampires is not found in the folklore or the novel. It was the silent film adaption [[Noserfatu]], whose ending ends with the vampire being killed by sunlight, that gave birth to the idea of sunlight being fatal to vampires.
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