For my second script writing fairy tales into film noir films and my first story is about Rumpelstiltskin entitled "What's My Name". So for this post i'll just give general information on the story and research I found about it.
Introduction:
Rumpelstiltskin is a fairy tale popularly associated with Germany (where he is known as Rumpelstilzchen). The tale was one collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. According to researchers at Durham University and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, the story originated around 4,000 years ago.Name:
The name Rumpelstilzchen in German means literally "little rattle stilt", a stilt being a post or pole that provides support for a structure. A rumpelstilt or rumpelstilz was consequently the name of a type of goblin, also called a pophart or poppart, that makes noises by rattling posts and rapping on planks. The meaning is similar to rumpelgeist ("rattle ghost") or poltergeist, a mischievous spirit that clatters and moves household objects. (Other related concepts are mummarts or boggarts and hobs, which are mischievous household spirits that disguise themselves.) The ending -chen is a German diminutive cognate to English -kin.
The earliest known mention of Rumpelstiltskin occurs in Johann Fischart's Geschichtklitterung, or Gargantua of 1577 (a loose adaptation of Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel) which refers to an "amusement" for children, i. e. a children's game named "Rumpele stilt oder der Poppart".
| Name | Rumpelstiltskin |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Tom Tit Tot Päronskaft Repelsteeltje |
| Data | |
| Country | Germany England Sweden Netherlands |
| Published in | Grimm's Fairy Tales English Fairy Tales |
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