Rumpelstiltskin (/ˌrʌmpəlˈstɪltskɪn/ RUMP-əl-STILT-skin) is a
fairy tale popularly associated with Germany (where it is known as
Rumpelstilzchen). The tale was one collected by the Brothers Grimm in
the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales.In order to appear
superior, a miller lies to the king, telling him that his daughter can
spin straw into gold (some versions make the miller's daughter blonde
and describe the "straw-into-gold" claim as a careless boast the
miller makes about the way his daughter's straw-like blond hair takes
on a gold-like lustre when sunshine strikes it). The king calls for
the girl, shuts her in a tower room filled with straw and a spinning
wheel, and demands she spin the straw into gold by morning or he will
cut off her head (other versions have the king threatening to lock her
up in a dungeon forever, or to punish her father for lying). When she
has given up all hope, an imp-like creature appears in the room and
spins the straw into gold in return for her necklace (since he only
comes to people seeking a deal/trade). When next morning the king
takes the girl to a larger room filled with straw to repeat the feat,
the imp once again spins, in return for the girl's ring. On the third
day, when the girl has been taken to an even larger room filled with
straw and told by the king that he will marry her if she can fill this
room with gold or execute her if she cannot, the girl has nothing left
with which she can pay the strange creature. He extracts from her a
promise that she will give him her firstborn child, and so he spins
the straw into gold a final time. (In some versions, the imp appears
and begins to turn the straw into gold, paying no heed to the girl's
protests that she has nothing to pay him with; when he finishes the
task, he states that the price is her first child, and the horrified
girl objects because she never agreed to this arrangement.)In order to
appear superior, a miller lies to the king, telling him that his
daughter can spin straw into gold (some versions make the miller's
daughter blonde and describe the "straw-into-gold" claim as a careless
boast the miller makes about the way his daughter's straw-like blond
hair takes on a gold-like lustre when sunshine strikes it). The king
calls for the girl, shuts her in a tower room filled with straw and a
spinning wheel, and demands she spin the straw into gold by morning or
he will cut off her head (other versions have the king threatening to
lock her up in a dungeon forever, or to punish her father for lying).
When she has given up all hope, an imp-like creature appears in the
room and spins the straw into gold in return for her necklace (since
he only comes to people seeking a deal/trade). When next morning the
king takes the girl to a larger room filled with straw to repeat the
feat, the imp once again spins, in return for the girl's ring. On the
third day, when the girl has been taken to an even larger room filled
with straw and told by the king that he will marry her if she can fill
this room with gold or execute her if she cannot, the girl has nothing
left with which she can pay the strange creature. He extracts from her
a promise that she will give him her firstborn child, and so he spins
the straw into gold a final time. (In some versions, the imp appears
and begins to turn the straw into gold, paying no heed to the girl's
protests that she has nothing to pay him with; when he finishes the
task, he states that the price is her first child, and the horrified
girl objects because she never agreed to this arrangement.)The king
keeps his promise to marry the miller's daughter, but when their first
child is born, the imp returns to claim his payment: "Now give me what
you promised." She offers him all the wealth she has to keep the
child, but the imp has no interest in her riches.He finally consents
to give up his claim to the child if she can guess his name within
three days (some versions have the imp limiting the number of daily
guesses to three and hence the total number of guesses allowed to a
maximum of nine). Rumpelstiltskin Top Movies & Young Movies