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  2. Transylvania in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Transylvania is one of the places mentioned in various episodes of the animated series The Addams Family, where the Addamses used to have fun in. Transylvania is the main setting for the animated series Count Duckula. Transylvania is one of the main settings for "Wizards vs. Werewolves", a Wizards of Waverly Place episode.

  3. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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    Tales of the undead consuming the blood or flesh of living beings have been found in nearly every culture around the world for many centuries. [3] Today these entities are predominantly known as vampires, but in ancient times, the term vampire did not exist; blood drinking and similar activities were attributed to demons or spirits who would eat flesh and drink blood; even the devil was ...

  4. Dracula tourism - Wikipedia

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    In 2011 Dracula Tours in London were included in "The world's best vampire-spotting locations" by Lonely Planet. [4] In 2011 Dracula Tours in Transylvania were included in "Top 5 Offbeat Travel Tours" by Tourism Review. [5] In 2007 Dracula tour-Halloween in Transylvania was included in a "Top 10 Must-Do Adventure" by Fodor's. [6]

  5. Are vampires real? Here's what the experts say - AOL

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    Get your turtlenecks ready, it's time to talk vampires. If you're fascinated by creatures of the night, the kind that prey on human blood, you aren't alone.From dressing up in vampire costumes on ...

  6. Count Orlok - Wikipedia

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    Count Orlok (German: Graf Orlok; Romanian: Contele Orlok) is a fictional character who first appeared in the silent film Nosferatu (1922) directed by F. W. Murnau.Based on Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, he is played by German actor Max Schreck, and is depicted as a repulsive vampire descended from Belial, who leaves his homeland of Transylvania to spread the plague in the idyllic city of Wisborg ...

  7. Transylvania - Wikipedia

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    Transylvania, with an alternative Latin prepositional prefix, means "on the other side of the woods". The Medieval Latin form Ultrasylvania, later Transylvania, was a direct translation from the Hungarian form ErdÅ‘-elve, later Erdély, from which also the Romanian name, Ardeal, comes.

  8. Are werewolves real? The facts and history behind the myth

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    Long before "Twilight" put Jacob on the map, werewolves have been the subject of countless movies, books and monster tales.. In fact, much like ghosts, witches and vampires, the werewolf has been ...

  9. Nosferatu (word) - Wikipedia

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    The living vampire is in general the illegitimate offspring of two illegitimate persons, but even a flawless pedigree will not ensure anyone against the intrusion of a vampire into his family vault, since every person killed by a nosferatu becomes likewise a vampire after death, and will continue to suck the blood of other innocent people till ...