Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A fairy tale collected by the brothers Grimm about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, and whose name is critical to the conclusion.
- n. The fictional dwarf who is the protagonist and title character of that story.
Etymologies
- German Rumpelstilzchen (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Shrek suddenly finds himself in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumpelstiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona have never met.”
“I feel rather like that miller's daughter in Rumpelstiltskin, unable to spin the expected gold from straw.”
“For some reason the name Rumpelstiltskin popped into my head when I saw this cake.”
“While waiting, do check out these buildable 3D papercrafts of the characters namely Rumpelstiltskin, Donkey, Shrek, Fiona and Puss in Boots by HP.”
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“The fairy tale is from the Grimm's Brothers collection and it is called Rumpelstiltskin (read it).”
“NEARY: Now, your story is based on the "Rumpelstiltskin" story.”
“One of my only two short stories is a retelling of "Rumpelstiltskin" called “The Price” which appears in the Datlow-Windling anthology Silver Birch, Blood Moon.”
“My inspiration for this novel was, of course, the fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin," particularly the miller's daughter and the concept of spinning straw into gold.”
“Unfortunately, saying "Rumpelstiltskin" will not end this particular nightmare.”
“The Grimm story of "Rumpelstiltskin" is the best known of many variants (No. 178).”
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes
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