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Definition of Rumpelstiltskin
1. Noun. A dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself.
Definition of Rumpelstiltskin
1. Proper noun. 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. ¹
2. Proper noun. The fictional dwarf who is the protagonist and title character of that story. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumpelstiltskin
Literary usage of Rumpelstiltskin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Household Stories, from the Collection of the Bros: Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1883)
"... 'Rumpelstiltskin* HERE was once a miller who was poor, but he had one beautiful
daughter. It happened one day that he came to speak with the king, and, ..."
2. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"178 The story of "Rumpelstiltskin" is taken from Margaret Hunt's translation of
Grimm. ... Rumpelstiltskin Once there was a miller who was poor, ..."
3. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"178 The story of "Rumpelstiltskin" is taken from Margaret Hunt's translation of
Grimm. ... Rumpelstiltskin Once there was a miller who ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"Rumpelstiltskin ONCE there was a miller who was poor, but who had a beautiful
daughter. Now it happened that he had to go and speak to the King, ..."
5. Elson Primary School Reader by William Harris Elson (1913)
""Then it must be Rumpelstiltskin!" she cried. "The witches must have told you!
The witches must have told you! Oh, bother the witches! ..."
6. The Question as a Factor in Teaching by John William Hall, Alice Cynthia King Hall (1916)
"Rumpelstiltskin Once there was a miller that was very poor, but who had a daughter
that was very beautiful. It happened one day that he met the king. ..."
7. Elson Primary School Reader by William Harris Elson (1913)
"... with rage and disappointment, as he hopped back to his little cottage, carrying
the empty blanket. And the queen never saw Rumpelstiltskin again. ..."
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