Rumpelstiltskin
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Illustration from Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book (1889) | |
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| Name | Rumpelstiltskin |
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| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 500 (The Name of the Helper; The Name of the Supernatural Helper)
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"Rumpelstiltskin" (/ˌrʌmpəlˈstɪltskɪn/ RUMP-əl-STILT-skin; German: Rumpelstilzchen [ˈʁʊmpl̩ˌʃtiːltsçn̩] ⓘ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. The story is about an imp who spins straw into gold in exchange for a woman's firstborn child.