The miller falsely brags that his daughter is so clever that she is able to spin straw into gold. 1889 illustration by the British artist Henry Justice Ford.Ī miller has a meeting with the king. The little man comes to the aid of the miller's daughter. The tale and its title character are often referenced in popular culture. There have been many adaptations of the "Rumpelstiltskin" story to other media. He agrees to spin straw into gold for her on the condition that she gives him her first born child. The story's title character, a mysterious little man with supernatural powers, comes to the young woman's aid. The king hears this and orders the young woman to spin straw into gold for him. The plot of "Rumpelstiltskin" is set in motion when a man falsely boasts that his clever daughter is able to use a spinning wheel to change straw into gold. Similar stories exist in the folklore of the British Isles, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Iceland, Russia, Slovakia, Arabia, Japan and Latin America. It is included in Kinder- und Hausmärchen ( Children's and Household Tales), the 1812 anthology of German folktales compiled by the Brothers Grimm. "Rumpelstiltskin" (German: "Rumpelstilzchen" also published in English as "Rumpel-Stilts-Kin" and "Rumpel-Stilts-Ken") is a German fairy tale. Rumpelstiltskin is depicted on this East German postage stamp issued in 1976.
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