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  1. Jan 29, 2017 · Rumpelstiltskin, in summary, is one of the earliest known narratives in Western literature. Rumpelstiltskin: plot summary. The plot of the fairy tale can be summarised easily enough. A miller has a beautiful daughter, of whom he is immensely proud. One day, the miller makes an empty boast to the king of the land that his daughter can spin gold ...

  2. Rumpelstiltskin, German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm for their Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1812–22). Other variations occur in European folklore; in some British versions the title character is named Terrytop, Tom Tit Tot, or Whuppity Stoorie. The title character is a mysterious gnomelike.

  3. by The Brothers Grimm. One of the Brothers Grimm's most enduring fairy tales, Rumpelstiltskin was first published in their collection, "Kinder- und Hausmärchen," translated as Children's and Household Tales (1812). They didn't invent the story -- its origins may go back over four thousand years -- but the Grimms made it a childhood classic.

  4. Oct 13, 2009 · The fairytale of Rumpelstiltskin. by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Joyce Crick. Tue 13 Oct 2009 07.05 EDT. There was once a miller who was poor, but he had a beautiful daughter. Now it so ...

  5. Rumpelstiltskin. Additional Information. Year Published: 1905. Language: English. Country of Origin: Germany. Source: Edwardes, M., Taylor, E., trans. (1905). Grimm's Fairy Tales. New York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co. Readability: Flesch–Kincaid Level: 6.3. Word Count: 1,234. Genre: Fairy Tale/Folk Tale. Keywords: evil, fairy tales, good. Cite This.

  6. Rumpelstiltskin the name of a vindictive dwarf in one of Grimm' fairy tales; he initially appears beneficent, helping a miller's daughter to fulfil her father's boast to the king that she can spin straw into gold, but as a price on three successive nights he takes her necklace, her ring, and finally the promise of her first child.

  7. Rumpelstiltskin. Rumpelstiltskin. There was once a miller who was poor, but he had one beautiful daughter. It happened one day that he came to speak with the king, and, to give himself consequence, he told him that he had a daughter who could spin gold out of straw. The king said to the miller: "That is an art that pleases me well; if thy ...

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