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Rumpelstiltzkin
Rumpelstiltzkin is a story about a young, beautiful, miller’s daughter who is held by the greedy King, as he believes that she is able to turn straw into gold. This belief came about after the miller began to boast that his daughter was in fact able to fulfill such a feat. After being locked away in the dungeon with nothing but a spinning wheel and a room full of straw the miller’s daughter did not know what to do except cry.
It was only until a little man who went by the name of Rumpelstiltzkin appeared that she was forced to compose herself. He then informed her that he would complete this task for her, if she give him something in return. This happened on three occasions, as the King was so greedy that he just needed more and more gold. Though on the third occasion the miller’s daughter had nothing left to give Rumpelstiltzkin and so she promised him her first born son when she became Queen.
After this third feat, the miller’s daughter was in fact made Queen and when the day arrived of her first born child’s first birthday Rumpelstiltzkin came to take the child away. In a panic she begged and pleaded with him not to take her baby and as he pitied her, he made a deal with her he felt he would not lose. That being that if she was able to guess his name in three days she shall be able to keep her baby. In the end she was able to name him, keep her baby and live “happily ever after”.
The tale of Rumpelstiltzkin is well known throughout the world, with its principal traits being usually the same in each interpretation. The film version presented is one of many interpretations of the fairy tale that are based on the Rumpelstiltzkin written by the Brother's Grimm. Who had collected four versions of the tale in their research in Hesse that they combined into the Rumpelstiltzkin that is best known in English speaking countries today.
The Brothers Grimm version of Rumpelstiltzkin is mainly targeted towards...