Bram Stoker's Dracula, Transylvania has become a popular setting for gothic horror fiction, and most particularly vampire fiction. In some later books and...
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it was returned to Romania after the end of World War II. In popular culture, Transylvania is commonly associated with vampires because of the influence...
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and the famous character of Frankenstein's monster, have influenced popular culture for at least a century. The work has inspired numerous films, television...
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Vampires are frequently represented in popular culture across various forms of media, including appearances in ballet, films, literature, music, opera...
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entirely in Transylvania. A new Northern Ballet Theatre production of Dracula was created by choreographer David Nixon in 2005 and has become popular at Halloween...
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island of Atlantis has often been depicted in literature, television shows, films and works of popular culture. Before 1900 there was an overlap between...
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References to the fictional kraken are found in film, literature, television, and other popular culture forms. In various comics, particularly DC and Marvel...
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human or ape-like cryptid in North America. Since the mid-20th century, Bigfoot has become increasingly relevant in popular culture and is the subject of...
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Works of popular culture influenced by H. G. Wells' 1897 novel The Invisible Man include: The Invisible Man, a 1933 film directed by James Whale and produced...
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The science fiction franchise Doctor Who has been referenced in various popular culture media. Some of these references have ranged from cameos, pastiches...
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List of werewolves (redirect from Werewolves in popular culture)
Macmillan. ISBN 9781137526335. Cooper B., Lee (1997). Rock music in American popular culture II : more rock 'n' roll resources. Wayne S. Haney. New York:...
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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (released internationally as Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation or simply Hotel Transylvania 3 as marketed...
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Cultural depictions of Anne Boleyn (redirect from Anne boleyn in popular culture)
various media, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture, film and fiction. The entries represent portrayals that a reader...
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The influence of Countess Elizabeth Báthory in popular culture has been notable from the 18th century to the present day. Since her death, various myths...
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Transylvania University book heist, also known as the Transy book heist, was the theft of rare books from the library of Transylvania University in December...
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Slovaks, Gypsies, and others, Transylvania has long been a center for folk music from all of these different cultures. Bartók and Kodály collected many...
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Pied Piper of Hamelin (redirect from Pied Piper of Hamelin in popular culture)
help settle parts of Transylvania. Emily Gerard reports in The Land Beyond the Forest an element of the folktale that "popular tradition has averred...
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was a major reference work in European science and culture up until the 19th century. In Transylvania, although they formed the majority of the population...
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Transylvania 6-5000 is a 1985 horror comedy film about two tabloid reporters who travel to modern-day Transylvania to uncover the truth behind Frankenstein...
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Natasha Fatale (category Animated characters introduced in 1959)
A former Miss Transylvania, she was expelled from college for subversive activities at a local cemetery. She traveled from Transylvania to the United...
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Highwayman (redirect from Representations of highwaymen in popular culture)
Novak, a notable outlaw was Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga. In medieval Vlachia, Moldavia, Transylvania, and Ukraine, the Haiduks (Romanian – Haiduci, Ukrainian...
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Transylvania University is a private university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It was founded in 1780 and is the oldest university in Kentucky...
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Romania (redirect from Infrastructure in Romania)
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture—the best known archaeological culture of Old Europe—flourished in Muntenia, southeastern Transylvania and northeastern Moldavia...
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Elizabeth Báthory (category Hungarian people who died in prison custody)
resulted in combined land ownership in both Transylvania and the Kingdom of Hungary. Nádasdy's wedding gift to Báthory was his household in the Castle...
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Turul (category Monuments and memorials in Hungary)
symbolized the leader. The image of a bird of prey was extremely popular in Saka-Scythian culture. More broadly, this image was common among the nomads of Central...
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4650–4050)." In the middle era, the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture spread over a wide area from Eastern Transylvania in the west to the Dnieper River in the east...
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Croatia, Transylvania (western Romania), and Transcarpathia (western Ukraine). The Celtiberians of western Iberia shared many aspects of the culture, though...
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1918, had an immediate impact on popular culture. In the over a hundred years since the war ended, the war has resulted in many artistic and cultural works...
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mostly in Moldavia, known as the Csángós. These live in the so-called region of Csángó Land in Moldavia but also in parts of Transylvania and in a village...
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Bran Castle (category Buildings and structures in Brașov County)
in Transylvania. The fortress is on the Transylvanian side of the historical border with Wallachia, on road DN73. Commonly known outside Transylvania...
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